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The Tubes (album)

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Released
  
June, 1975

Artist
  
The Tubes

Producer
  
Al Kooper

Genre
  
Rock music

Length
  
37:11

Release date
  
June 1975

Label
  
A&M Records

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Recorded
  
March-April, 1975; Record Plant, Los Angeles, California

Similar
  
The Tubes albums, Rock music albums

The Tubes is the debut album of The Tubes. Songs which received significant airplay from this album include "What Do You Want from Life" and "White Punks on Dope". The latter song peaked at number 28 on the UK singles chart. The album was dedicated to Bob McIntosh and Tom Donahue.

Contents

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Up from the Deep" (The Tubes, Ray Trainer) – 4:28
  2. "Haloes" (Al Kooper, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen) – 4:53
  3. "Space Baby" (Bill Spooner, Mike Carpenter, Vince Welnick) – 4:25
  4. "Malagueña Salerosa" (Pedro Galindo, Elpidio Ramirez) - 3:52

Side Two

  1. "Mondo Bondage" (The Tubes) – 4:34
  2. "What Do You Want from Life?" (Bill Spooner, Michael Evans) – 4:01
  3. "Boy Crazy" (Bill Spooner) – 4:09
  4. "White Punks on Dope" (Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Michael Evans) – 6:49

Personnel

Adapted from Discogs.

  • Fee Waybill – vocals
  • Bill Spooner – guitar, vocals
  • Roger Steen – guitar, vocals
  • Michael Cotten – synthesizer
  • Vince Welnick – keyboards
  • Rick Anderson – bass
  • Prairie L'Emprere Prince – drums
  • Dominic Frontiere – string and horn arrangements
    • Technical
  • Lee Rhett Kiefer – engineer
  • Al Kooper – mixing
  • Lee Rhett Kieger – mixing
  • Roland Young – art direction
  • Michael Cotten – design
  • Prairie Prince – design
  • Ian Patrick – photography
  • Harry Mittman – photography

    • Cover versions

  • Mötley Crüe covered "White Punks on Dope" on their album New Tattoo, and performs it live in concert on their "Lewd, Crüed, & Tattooed" DVD. The Nina Hagen Band interpreted the song in a German-language version, translated to "TV-Glotzer" (with re-written lyrics about being an East German who lives vicariously by staring at West German television all day) on their self-titled debut album in 1978. In the 1993 film "Fear of a Black Hat" , the band N.W.H. ( with Ric Ocasek of The Cars ) perform a parody of "White Punks on Dope" , titled "White Cops on Dope" !

    • Songs

    1Up From the Deep4:29
    2Haloes4:54
    3Space Baby4:25

    References

    The Tubes (album) Wikipedia
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