Tuff Darts! Explained
| Tuff Darts! |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Tuff Darts |
| Cover: | Tuffdartsalbum.jpg |
| Released: | 1978 |
| Recorded: | Power Station, New York City |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | Sire |
| Producer: | Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn, Bob Clearmountain |
| Next Title: | You Can't Keep A Good Band Down |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
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
- "Rats" (Butani, Salen) - 2:59
- "Who's Been Sleeping Here?" (Mikael Kirke, Salen) - 3:00
- "Here Comes Trouble" (Frenzy) - 2:12
- "She's Dead" (Frenzy, Salen) - 2:39
- "Phone Booth Man" (DeSalvo, Salen) - 3:37
- "(Your Love Is Like) Nuclear Waste" (DeSalvo, Salen) - 2:57
- "My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms" (DeSalvo, Morelli) - 3:17
- "Love and Trouble" (Salen) - 3:46
- "Head Over Heels" (Jeff Salen) - 2:44
- "Slash" (DeSalvo) - 3:31
- "Fun City" (DeSalvo) - 2:57
- "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."
