''Genius of America'' is the eighth and most recent studio album to date by
The Tubes
The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band. Their eponymous 1975 debut album included the single "White Punks on Dope," while their 1983 single "She's a Beauty" was a top-10 U.S. hit and its music video was frequently played in the early day ...
and marked their return to the studio for the first time since 1985's ''
Love Bomb''. The band self-produced the album and is their first body of work to include Gary Cambra. The album was released on October 15, 1996.
A CD featuring re-mixed versions of the songs plus two bonus tracks was released in Europe in 1999 as ''Hoods from Outer Space''.
Track listing
#"Genius of America"
(Cambra, Prince) - 4:00
#"Arms of the Enemy"
(Cambra, Waybill) - 4:29
#"Say What You Want"
(Cambra, Waybill) - 4:09
#"How Can You Live With Yourself"
(Marx, Waybill) - 5:15
#"Big Brother's Still Watching"
(Lukather, Marx, Waybill) - 5:31
#"After All You Said"
(Steen, Waybill) - 4:29
#"Fishhouse"
(Cambra, Prince, Steen) - 4:38
#"Fastest Gun Alive"
(Anderson, Cambra, Steen, Waybill) - 5:05
#"I Never Saw It Comin'"
(Cambra, Waybill) - 3:19
#"Who Names the Hurricanes"
(Cambra, Prince) - 4:50
#"It's Too Late"
(Steen, Waybill) - 2:52
#"Around the World"
(Cambra, Waybill) - 4:47
Hoods from Outer Space Track listing
#"Hoods from Outer Space"
(Cambra, Steen, Waybill) - 4:07
#"I Know You"
(Lukather, Waybill) - 3:51
#"Say What You Want"
(Cambra, Waybill) - 4:09
#"Around the World"
(Cambra, Waybill) - 4:23
#"Genius of America"
(Cambra, Prince) - 4:13
#"Who Names the Hurricanes"
(Cambra, Prince) - 4:46
#"It's Too Late"
(Steen, Waybill) - 2:50
#"How Can You Live With Yourself"
(Marx, Waybill) - 5:14
#"I Never Saw It Comin'"
(Cambra, Waybill) - 3:17
#"Arms of the Enemy"
(Cambra, Waybill) - 4:36
#"Fishhouse"
(Cambra, Prince, Steen) - 4:36
#"Big Brother's Still Watching"
(Lukather, Marx, Waybill) - 4:53
#"Fastest Gun Alive"
(Anderson, Cambra, Steen, Waybill) - 5:03
#"After All You Said"
(Steen, Waybill) - 4:26
Personnel
;Musicians
*
Rick Anderson –
bass
*
Gary Cambra –
acoustic guitar
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,
electric guitar
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,
keyboards
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Music
* Musi ...
, vocals
*
Richard Marx
Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary music, adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
Marx's Richard Marx (album), self-titled debut album went tri ...
– acoustic guitar,
piano
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, strings,
synthesizer bass, vocals
* Jennifer McPhee – vocals
* David Medd – vocals
*
Prairie Prince
Charles Lempriere "Prairie" Prince (born May 7, 1950) is an American drummer and graphic artist. He came to prominence in the 1970s as a member of the San Francisco–based rock group The Tubes, was a member of Jefferson Starship from 1992 to ...
–
drums
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,
percussion
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, voices
* Roger Steen – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
*
Fee Waybill
John Waldo "Fee" Waybill (born September 17, 1950 in Omaha, Nebraska) is the lead singer and songwriter of San Francisco band The Tubes. Waybill has also worked with other acts, including Toto, Richard Marx, and Billy Sherwood.
Early life and ...
– vocals
* Anita Whitaker – vocals
;Production
* Mike Ainsworth – assistant engineer
* Chris Bellman – mastering
* Bob Biles – engineer
* David Bryant – assistant engineer
* Michael Cotton – concept consultant
* Bill Darm – engineer
* Annamaria DiSanto – photography
* Bill Drescher – engineer, mixing
* Rory Earnshaw – photography
* Kim Foscato – engineer
* Dave Huron – assistant engineer
* Michael Johnson – assistant engineer
* Paul Knotter – concept consultant
* Kenji Nakai – assistant engineer
* Prairie Prince – art direction, design, photography
* Ralph Provino – concept consultant
* Witold Riedel – art direction
References
The Tubes albums
1996 albums
Albums produced by Richard Marx
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