The Tubes - The Completion Backward Principle (Capitol 1C 064-400 009) (GER 1981) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)

Info:

Tubes, The – The Completion Backward Principle

Label: Capitol Records, EMI Electrola
Catalog#: 1C 064-400 009
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Germany
Released: 1981
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock

Tracklist:

A1 Talk To Ya Later 4:29
A2 Let's Make Some Noise 3:24
A3 A Matter Of Pride 3:14
A4 Mr. Hate 3:41
A5 Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman 4:29

B1 Think About Me 3:16
B2 Sushi Girl 3:26
B3 Don't Want To Wait 4:16
B4 Power Tools 4:03
B5 Amnesia 4:26

Credits:

Art Direction – Roy Kohara
Bass – Rick Anderson
Design [Blue Print] – Hanns Kainz, Mike Cotten
Drums – Prairie Prince
Engineer [Additional] – Don Smith, Paul Lani
Engineer [Assistant] – Bobby Gerber, Don Smith, Ernie Sheesley, Paul Lani
Keyboards, Vocals – Vince Welnick
Lead Vocals – Fee Waybill
Management – Bernie Boyle, Rikki Farr
Photography By – Jim McCrary, Jonathan Exley
Producer – David Foster
Recorded By, Mixed By – Humberto Gatica
Synthesizer – Mike Cotten*
Vocals, Guitar – Bill Spooner, Roger Steel
Written-By – B. Spooner, D. Foster (tracks: A1, B3), F. Waybill, M. Cotten, M. Snyder (tracks: A5), P. Prince, R. Anderson, R. Steen, S. Lukather (tracks: A1), V. Welnick

Notes:

Recorded at Goodnight L.A., Panorama City; Monterey Studios, Glendale; Davlen Studios, Hollywood
Mixed at Studio 55, Hollywood
Printed inner sleeve
? 1981 Capitol Rec, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Other (Rights Society): GEMA
Other (Label Code): LC 0148
Matrix Number (Runout Side A): 400009-A1
Matrix Number (Runout Side B): 400009-B1


Discogs Url: http://www.discogs.com/Tubes-The-Completion-Backward-Principle/release/1717911

Review

by Tom Demalon

The Completion Backward Principle was the first release on EMI/Capitol by San Francisco-based the Tubes. It found the outrageous septet working with producer David Foster, who gives the record a high-gloss sheen. It's a pairing that, while possibly surprising to fans of the band's earlier releases, actually works quite nicely. The ballads (the Top 40 hit "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" and the Toto-esque "Amnesia") don't suit the band, but most everything else does. There's a pair of catchy new wavish rockers in "Talk to Ya Later" and "Think About Me," the wacky "Sushi Girl," and the R&B-flavored "A Matter of Pride." The Completion Backward Principle rightfully earned the Tubes new fans and set the table for their commercial breakthrough, Outside/Inside, two years later.

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Dynamic Range Analysis

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Analyzed folder: I:\=== VINYL RIPS ===\The Tubes - The Completion Backward Principle\16Bit\
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR12 -4.08 dB -17.97 dB A1 - Talk To Ya Later.wav
DR13 -3.88 dB -19.15 dB A2 - Let's Make Some Noise.wav
DR14 -3.05 dB -18.82 dB A3 - A Matter Of Pride.wav
DR13 -4.19 dB -19.65 dB A4 - Mr. Hate.wav
DR14 -4.47 dB -20.05 dB A5 - Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman.wav
DR13 -4.81 dB -19.54 dB B1 - Think About Me.wav
DR13 -4.26 dB -19.76 dB B2 - Sushi Girl.wav
DR12 -3.03 dB -19.37 dB B3 - Don't Want To Wait.wav
DR12 -3.59 dB -18.45 dB B4 - Power Tools.wav
DR13 -3.34 dB -20.30 dB B5 - Amnesia.wav
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Number of files: 10
Official DR value: DR13

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