Genius of America

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Genius of America
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 15, 1996
Genre Rock
Length53:15
Label Critique
Producer Richard Marx, The Tubes
The Tubes chronology
Love Bomb
(1985)
Genius of America
(1996)
Wild in London
(2005)
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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]

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

Hoods from Outer Space Track listing

  1. "Hoods from Outer Space" (Cambra, Steen, Waybill) - 4:07
  2. "I Know You" (Lukather, Waybill) - 3:51
  3. "Say What You Want" (Cambra, Waybill) - 4:09
  4. "Around the World" (Cambra, Waybill) - 4:23
  5. "Genius of America" (Cambra, Prince) - 4:13
  6. "Who Names the Hurricanes" (Cambra, Prince) - 4:46
  7. "It's Too Late" (Steen, Waybill) - 2:50
  8. "How Can You Live With Yourself" (Marx, Waybill) - 5:14
  9. "I Never Saw It Comin'" (Cambra, Waybill) - 3:17
  10. "Arms of the Enemy" (Cambra, Waybill) - 4:36
  11. "Fishhouse" (Cambra, Prince, Steen) - 4:36
  12. "Big Brother's Still Watching" (Lukather, Marx, Waybill) - 4:53
  13. "Fastest Gun Alive" (Anderson, Cambra, Steen, Waybill) - 5:03
  14. "After All You Said" (Steen, Waybill) - 4:26

Personnel

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References

  1. Connolly, Dave. "Genius of America - The Tubes | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2018-01-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)