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Released
  
October 15, 1996

Genius of America (1996)
  
Wild in London (2005)

Release date
  
15 October 1996

Label
  
Popular Records

Length
  
53:15

Artist
  
The Tubes

Producer
  
Richard Marx

Genre
  
Rock music

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Genius of america


Genius of America marked The Tubes return to the studio for their first studio album 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.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Genius of America" (Cambra, Prince) - 4:00
  2. "Arms of the Enemy" (Cambra, Waybill) - 4:29
  3. "Say What You Want" (Cambra, Waybill) - 4:09
  4. "How Can You Live With Yourself" (Marx, Waybill) - 5:15
  5. "Big Brother's Still Watching" (Lukather, Marx, Waybill) - 5:31
  6. "After All You Said" (Steen, Waybill) - 4:29
  7. "Fishhouse" (Cambra, Prince, Steen) - 4:38
  8. "Fastest Gun Alive" (Anderson, Cambra, Steen, Waybill) - 5:05
  9. "I Never Saw It Comin'" (Cambra, Waybill) - 3:19
  10. "Who Names the Hurricanes" (Cambra, Prince) - 4:50
  11. "It's Too Late" (Steen, Waybill) - 2:52
  12. "Around the World" (Cambra, Waybill) - 4:47

Personnel

Musicians
  • Rick Anderson – bass
  • Gary Cambra – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Richard Marx – acoustic guitar, piano, strings, synthesizer bass, vocals
  • Jennifer McPhee – vocals
  • David Medd – vocals
  • Prairie Prince – drums, percussion, voices
  • Roger Steen – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
  • Fee Waybill – 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
  • Songs

    1Genius of America4:01
    2Arms of the Enemy4:30
    3Say What You Want4:09

    References

    Genius of America Wikipedia