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Released
  
April 1981

Length
  
39:30

Artist
  
The Tubes

Producer
  
David Foster

Genre
  
Rock music

Recorded
  
August 1980

The Completion Backward Principle (1981)
  
Outside Inside (1983)

Release date
  
April 1981

Label
  
Capitol Records

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Similar
  
The Tubes albums, Rock music albums

The Completion Backward Principle is the sixth studio album by the American rock group The Tubes. It is the group's first for Capitol Records. It was accompanied by a long form music video release of the same name, although it did not contain all of the songs from the album. It is a concept album presented as a motivational business document. The album contains two hit singles, "Don't Want To Wait Anymore" and "Talk To Ya Later."

Contents

Singles

The album's first release and first top 40 hit, "Don't Want To Wait Anymore" peaked at number 35 for two weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 and for one week on the Cashbox Top 100. It also reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Talk to Ya Later" hit number 6 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It also spent five weeks on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart, peaking at number 101.

Original LP track listing

All tracks composed by The Tubes; except where indicated.

Side one

  1. "Talk to Ya Later" (The Tubes, David Foster, Steve Lukather)
  2. "Sushi Girl"
  3. "Amnesia"
  4. "Mr. Hate"
  5. "Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman"

Side two

  1. "Think About Me"
  2. "A Matter of Pride"
  3. "Don't Want To Wait Anymore"
  4. "Power Tools"
  5. "Let's Make Some Noise"

2011 Remastered CD (IconoClassic ICON 1021)

  1. Talk To Ya Later
  2. Sushi Girl
  3. Amnesia
  4. Mr. Hate
  5. Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman
  6. Think About Me
  7. A Matter Of Pride
  8. Don't Want To Wait Anymore
  9. Power Tools
  10. Let's Make Some Noise
  11. Tube Talk
  12. What's Wrong With Me
  13. Gonna Get It Next Time
  14. Sports Fans

CD Mastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios, NY.

Video

  1. Matter of Pride
  2. Sports Fans
  3. Amnesia
  4. Mr. Hate
  5. Mondo Bondage
  6. Don't Want to Wait Anymore
  7. Business
  8. Talk To Ya Later
  9. Sushi Girl
  10. Let's Make Some Noise
  11. White Punks on Dope

This video was choreographed by Kenny Ortega.

"White Punks on Dope" is included after the closing credits, and contains many scenes from the Tubes early cable access TV appearances as well as footage from early shows where Waybill would play the part of Quay Lude.

Personnel

  • Bill Spooner - Analysis, Guitar, Vocals
  • Michael Cotten - Trend, Synthesizers
  • Fee Waybill - Motivation, Lead Vocals
  • Roger Steen - Development, Guitar, Vocals
  • Prairie Prince - Systems, drums
  • Vince Welnick - Accounts, keyboards, Vocals
  • Rick Anderson - Policy, Bass
  • Steve Lukather - Guitars Talk to Ya Later

    • Songs

    1Talk to Ya Later4:44
    2Let's Make Some Noise3:27
    3A Matter of Pride3:15

    References

    The Completion Backward Principle Wikipedia
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