1996 studio album by The Tubes
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Genius of America is the eighth and most recent studio album to date by The Tubes 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 .[2]
Track listing [ edit ] "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 [ edit ] "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 [ edit ] 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 References [ edit ]
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