Tuff Darts!

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title: "Tuff Darts!" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1978-debut-albums", "albums-with-cover-art-by-mick-rock", "albums-produced-by-tony-bongiovi", "albums-produced-by-bob-clearmountain", "sire-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuff_Darts!" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Tuff Darts!
type	Studio album
artist	Tuff Darts
cover	Tuffdartsalbum.jpg
released	1978
recorded	Power Station, New York City
genre	Glam punk
label	Sire
producer	Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn, Bob Clearmountain
next_title	You Can't Keep A Good Band Down
next_year	2007
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| name = Tuff Darts! | type = Studio album | artist = Tuff Darts | cover = Tuffdartsalbum.jpg | alt = | released = 1978 | recorded = Power Station, New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = Glam punk | length = | label = Sire | producer = Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn, Bob Clearmountain | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = You Can't Keep A Good Band Down | next_year = 2007 | rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide | rev2Score = C 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

References

1. "Tuff Darts".
2. Christgau, Robert. (1981). "[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]". [[Ticknor & Fields]].

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