Tough!
by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
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Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers Tough! Cadet MJ-1017M Japan VINYL LP OBI
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers bestography
Tough! is ranked 34th best out of 65 albums by Art Blakey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Art Blakey is Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers which is ranked number 494 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,497.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Upcoming concerts
Mar
07
Sat
20:00
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Ledbetter Heights 30th Anniversary Tour
Chevalier Theatre, Medford, United States.
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Jan
23
Fri
19:30
Gaelic Storm
Culture Room, Ft Lauderdale, United States.
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Tough! track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tough! rankings
Rankings summary
Overall rank: 57,310th | 1960s rank: 3,139th | 1966 rank: 314th| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 85 Music Albums of 1966 | 44/85 | 2 |
| 2020 | Fischman | My Top Jazz Albums of 1966 | 19/40 | - |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2017 | Fischman | Art Blakey Albums Ranked | 31/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 10 | |||
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Tough! collection
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Tough! ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/27/2023 05:50 | Norman Bates | 9,971 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2023 12:17 | TonySayers61 | 23,301 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/29/2019 16:20 |  Maxence | 12,622 | 61/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2019 05:20 |  covecove | 6,491 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2018 20:04 | Fischman | 11,846 | 66/100 |
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