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1978 studio album by Tuff Darts
Tuff Darts!
Studio album by Tuff Darts
Released1978
RecordedPower Station, New York City
GenreRock
LabelSire
ProducerTony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn, Bob Clearmountain
Tuff Darts chronology
Tuff Darts!
(1978) 		You Can't Keep A Good Band Down
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideC

Tuff Darts! is a 1978 album by American punk rock band Tuff Darts. It was released on the Sire Records label. Mick Rock was responsible for the sleeve design and photography.

Track listing

  1. "Rats" (Butani, Salen) - 2:59
  2. "Who's Been Sleeping Here?" (Mikael Kirke, Salen) - 3:00
  3. "Here Comes Trouble" (Frenzy) - 2:12
  4. "She's Dead" (Frenzy, Salen) - 2:39
  5. "Phone Booth Man" (DeSalvo, Salen) - 3:37
  6. "(Your Love Is Like) Nuclear Waste" (DeSalvo, Salen) - 2:57
  7. "My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms" (DeSalvo, Morelli) - 3:17
  8. "Love and Trouble" (Salen) - 3:46
  9. "Head Over Heels" (Jeff Salen) - 2:44
  10. "Slash" (DeSalvo) - 3:31
  11. "Fun City" (DeSalvo) - 2:57
  12. "All for the Love of Rock N'Roll" (Butani, Salen) - 3:18

Personnel

  • Tommy Frenzy - Vocals
  • Jeff Salen - Lead Guitar
  • Bobby Butani - Guitars
  • John DeSalvo - Bass
  • John Morelli - Drums

Source: Tuff Darts "Tuff Darts!" album cover

Reception

  • Robert Christgau gave the record a C grade, stating: "Maybe Robert Gordon left this band to escape resident sickie John DeSalvo, one of those guys who sounds like he deserves to get fixed by the knife-wielding lesbians he has nightmares about. The only way to make their record more depressing would be to add a hologram of Gordon's replacement, Tommy Frenzy, whose slick blond hair and metal teeth now set the band's android-delinquent "image." Then again, you could take away Jeff Salen's guitar."


References

  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
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