The Tubes - The Completion Backward Principle (Blue vinyl)
Bill Spooner - Analysis, Guitar, Vocals
Michael Cotten - Trend, Synthesizers
Fee Waybill - Motivation, Frontman
Roger Steen - Development, Guitar, Vocals
Prairie Prince - Systems, Drums
Vince Welnick - Accounts, Keyboards, Vocals
Rick Anderson - Policy, Bass
Steve Lukather - Guitars on "Talk to Ya Later"
Stanley Paterson - Sampled vocals on "Talk to Ya Later"
Bobby Colomby - Backing vocals
Bill Champlin - Backing vocals
1 LP, Gatefold Cover
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Blue
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Capitol Records
Recorded August 1980
Engineered & mixed by Humberto Gatica
Produced by David Foster
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1981
Reissued in 2019
Tracks:
Side A :
- Talk To Ya Later
- Sushi Girl
- Amnesia
- Mr. Hate
- Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman
Side B :
- Think About Me
- A Matter Of Pride
- Don't Want To Wait Anymore
- Power Tools
- Let's Make Some Noise
Reviews :
"The Completion Backward Principle was the first release on EMI/Capitol by San Francisco-based the Tubes. It found the outrageous septet working with producer David Foster, who gives the record a high-gloss sheen. It's a pairing that, while possibly surprising to fans of the band's earlier releases, actually works quite nicely. The ballads (the Top 40 hit "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" and the Toto-esque "Amnesia") don't suit the band, but most everything else does. There's a pair of catchy new wavish rockers in "Talk to Ya Later" and "Think About Me," the wacky "Sushi Girl," and the R&B-flavored "A Matter of Pride." The Completion Backward Principle rightfully earned the Tubes new fans and set the table for their commercial breakthrough, Outside/Inside, two years later." AllMusic Review by Tom Demalon
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 3,84 / 5