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The Completion Backward Principle

The Tubes

Initial release : 1981

Capitol 12151

The Tubes sixth album, their first with Capitol.

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Tracks

  • Talk to Ya Later (Anderson/Cotton/Prince/Spooner/Steen/Waybill/Welnick/Foster/Lukather)
  • Let's Make Some Noise (Anderson/Cotton/Prince/Spooner/Steen/Waybill/Welnick/Foster)
  • Matter of Pride (Anderson/Cotton/Prince/Spooner/Steen/Waybill/Welnick)
  • Mr. Hate (Anderson/Cotton/Prince/Spooner/Steen/Waybill/Welnick)
  • Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman (Anderson/Cotton/Prince/Spooner/Steen/Waybill/Welnick/Snyder)
  • Think About Me (Anderson/Cotton/Prince/Spooner/Steen/Waybill/Welnick)
  • Sushi Girl (Anderson/Cotton/Prince/Spooner/Steen/Waybill/Welnick)
  • Don't Want to Wait Anymore (Anderson/Cotton/Prince/Spooner/Steen/Waybill/Welnick/Foster)
  • Power Tools (Anderson/Cotton/Prince/Spooner/Steen/Waybill/Welnick)
  • Amnesia (Anderson/Cotton/Prince/Spooner/Steen/Waybill/Welnick/Foster)
Musicians

  • Bill Spooner - analysis, guitar, vocals
  • Fee Waybill - lead vocals
  • Rick Anderson - policy, bass
  • Mike Cotten - trend, synthesizer
  • Roger Steen - development, guitar, vocals
  • Prairie Prince - systems, drums
  • Vince Welnick - accounts, keyboards, vocals

  • Bobby Colomby - additional background vocals
  • Bruce Garfield - additional background vocals
  • Keith Olsen - additional background vocals
  • Bill Champlin - additional background vocals
  • Steve Lukather - guitar (Talk To Ya Later)
Credits

  • Producer - David Foster
  • Recording, mixing - Humberto Gatica
  • Assistant engineers - Don Smith, Ernie Sheesley, Paul Lani, Bobby Gerber
  • Additional engineers - Paul Lani, Don Smith
  • Art direction - Roy Kohara
  • Cover design - Cotton/Prince Design
  • Cover photo (front) - Prince-Knotter-Exley-Leach-Rosenthall-Cotton Productions
  • Cover photo (back) - Jim McCary
  • Sleeve phot - Jonathan Exley
  • Blueprint design - Mike Cotton, Hanns Kainz
  • Logo concept - Cotten, Leach
  • Equipment management - Lee Collins, Geoff Ganiford
  • Executive secretary - Mimi Mills
  • Management - Rikki Farr/Bernie Boyle
  • Completion Backward Principle - Stanley Paterson
  • Recorded at Goodnight, LA; Panorama City; Monterey Studios, Glendale; Davlen Studios, Hollywood
  • Mixed at Studio 55, Hollywood
Related releases

Two singles were released in conjunction with this LP;

  • Talk To Ya Later / Power Tools, The Tubes, May 1981
  • Don't Want To Wait Anymore / Think About Me, The Tubes, July 1981
Talk to Ya Later, Sushi Girl, Amnesia, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, Don't Want to Wait Anymore and Let's Make Some Noise were included on the compilation; Talk to Ya Later, Sushi Girl, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman and Don't Want to Wait Anymore were included on the compilation; Talk to Ya Later, Sushi Girl, Think About Me, Mr Hate, Amnesia, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, Don't Want to Wait Anymore and Let's Make Some Noise were included on the European compilation; Talk To Ya Later, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman and Don't Want to Wait Anymore have been included on a number of various artists compilation.


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