The Completion Backward Principle is the fifth 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."
After the release of their fourth studio album, Remote Control, and after their time filming and recording for Xanadu and its soundtrack, The Tubes found themselves dropped by record label A&M. The group spent much of 1980 searching for a new label, eventually finding Capitol Records through Bobby Colomby of Blood, Sweat, & Tears.[1] Reportedly, their three-album contract with Capitol allowed the label to drop The Tubes if any of the three records were not commercially successful.[2] Colomby claimed the band needed a new producer in order to achieve the commercial success they had been looking for, and eventually introduced the group to David Foster. Foster, who had just come off of Earth, Wind & Fire's "I Am", agreed to produce the group. Some time after this, lead vocalist Fee Waybill alleges that he discovered a spoken-word motivational record from the 1950s in a record store, and used the sales pitch as the central concept to the band's next album.[3] “The sales technique was that ‘imagination creates reality,’ which it turns out, was a metaphor for someone like me, who grew up singing Beatles songs around the house dying to be in a band,” Waybill said in later interviews.[4] The 2011 remaster liner notes claim keyboardist Michael Cotten instead found the record.
Recording
In the liner notes of the 2011 remaster, Brett Milano asserts that the band's approach to recording was "to make an album of memorable stand-alone songs; not a soundtrack for the live show." Foster would often have input on the sound of the band's tracks, resulting in co-writing credits for "Amnesia", "Don't Want To Wait Anymore", and "Let's Make Some Noise". Foster also had control over what songs were and weren't on the album, opting to cut the track "Sports Fans" among others (which would later become a live staple before being included on the 2011 remaster). As well, Foster oversaw the recording process meticulously. Whereas Rundgren allowed the band to use as many takes as they needed, Foster reportedly demanded near-perfection from the group's performances.[5] Notorious for sending band musicians home and replacing them with session musicians if they couldn't perform to his level, Foster initially included additional backup singers, such as Colomby and Bill Champlin.
Notable in the album's track list is "Mr. Hate", a track inspired heavily by then-alleged murderer Mark McDermand.[6] The track was written during a time where McDermand seemed to be an innocent man, and as such the lyrics paint the character as an anti-hero as opposed to an outright villain. By 1984, McDermand had been convicted of two counts of murder.[7]
Upon what would have been the conclusion of the recording sessions at Record One studios,[8] Foster felt as if the album lacked a true single. The band initially suggested "Let's Make Some Noise" and "What's Wrong With Me", but Foster instead relegated the tracks to an album cut and a B-side, respectively. Foster instead brought in Steve Lukather, guitarist for Toto. Lukather, Foster, Waybill, and The Tubes' drummer Prairie Prince reportedly recorded "Talk to Ya Later" in a single-day session, The title and hook was taken from engineer Humberto Gatica, who deflected the band's questions with the phrase.[9] To bolster the album's single lineup, Foster also made changes to "Don't Want To Wait Anymore". An unnamed band member in the 2011 liner notes said "the big choral ending that kicks your ass, that was his idea; and the modulation at the end".
Packaging and design
The album was given a sleek, minimalist aesthetic, with the band only billed as "Tubes" on the front cover, which displayed only a T-shaped piece of PVC pipe casting a shadow on a blue background. The album's design and packaging also parodied the growing corporatism of America, with the CD booklet billing them as "The Tubes Group", with a slogan of "credibility, growth, direction", and the performance credits including joke credits such as "Analysis", "Motivation", and "Policy".
The album was received well by critics, and was at the time the band's best selling and charting album. 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[11] and for one week on the Cashbox Top 100.[12] It also reached number 22 on the BillboardHot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Talk to Ya Later" hit number 6 on the BillboardHot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It also spent five weeks on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart, peaking at number 101 and also had a music video produced for the song.[13]
However, internally, things were tense. After "Talk to Ya Later" proved massively successful despite no input from the majority of the band, Foster intended to take the group in a similar direction, with the band's following album Outside Inside featuring even more session musicians and guest writers than before, including a return appearance by Lukather. These tensions would result in the group fragmenting and temporarily disbanding in 1985 after Waybill's debut solo album and the failure of the Rundgren-produced Love Bomb.
Original LP track listing
All tracks composed by The Tubes; except where indicated.
"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 Lewd.
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^"FindLaw's California Court of Appeal case and opinions". Findlaw. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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^"The Tubes enthusiastically moving forward with 'The Completion Backward Principle' tour". The Vinyl Dialogues Blog. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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The Completion Backward Principle is the fifth 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 The Completion Backward PrincipleStudio album by The TubesReleased6 April 1981RecordedAugust 1980StudioRecord One Los Angeles GenreRockLength39 30LabelCapitolProducerDavid FosterThe Tubes chronologyT R A S H Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits 1979 The Completion Backward Principle 1981 Outside Inside 1983 Contents 1 Background 2 Recording 3 Packaging and design 4 Reception and fallout 5 Original LP track listing 5 1 Side one 5 2 Side two 6 2011 Remastered CD IconoClassic ICON 1021 7 Video 8 Personnel 8 1 The Tubes 8 2 Additional personnel 9 Charts 9 1 Weekly charts 9 2 Year end charts 10 ReferencesBackground EditAfter the release of their fourth studio album Remote Control and after their time filming and recording for Xanadu and its soundtrack The Tubes found themselves dropped by record label A amp M The group spent much of 1980 searching for a new label eventually finding Capitol Records through Bobby Colomby of Blood Sweat amp Tears 1 Reportedly their three album contract with Capitol allowed the label to drop The Tubes if any of the three records were not commercially successful 2 Colomby claimed the band needed a new producer in order to achieve the commercial success they had been looking for and eventually introduced the group to David Foster Foster who had just come off of Earth Wind amp Fire s I Am agreed to produce the group Some time after this lead vocalist Fee Waybill alleges that he discovered a spoken word motivational record from the 1950s in a record store and used the sales pitch as the central concept to the band s next album 3 The sales technique was that imagination creates reality which it turns out was a metaphor for someone like me who grew up singing Beatles songs around the house dying to be in a band Waybill said in later interviews 4 The 2011 remaster liner notes claim keyboardist Michael Cotten instead found the record Recording EditIn the liner notes of the 2011 remaster Brett Milano asserts that the band s approach to recording was to make an album of memorable stand alone songs not a soundtrack for the live show Foster would often have input on the sound of the band s tracks resulting in co writing credits for Amnesia Don t Want To Wait Anymore and Let s Make Some Noise Foster also had control over what songs were and weren t on the album opting to cut the track Sports Fans among others which would later become a live staple before being included on the 2011 remaster As well Foster oversaw the recording process meticulously Whereas Rundgren allowed the band to use as many takes as they needed Foster reportedly demanded near perfection from the group s performances 5 Notorious for sending band musicians home and replacing them with session musicians if they couldn t perform to his level Foster initially included additional backup singers such as Colomby and Bill Champlin Notable in the album s track list is Mr Hate a track inspired heavily by then alleged murderer Mark McDermand 6 The track was written during a time where McDermand seemed to be an innocent man and as such the lyrics paint the character as an anti hero as opposed to an outright villain By 1984 McDermand had been convicted of two counts of murder 7 Upon what would have been the conclusion of the recording sessions at Record One studios 8 Foster felt as if the album lacked a true single The band initially suggested Let s Make Some Noise and What s Wrong With Me but Foster instead relegated the tracks to an album cut and a B side respectively Foster instead brought in Steve Lukather guitarist for Toto Lukather Foster Waybill and The Tubes drummer Prairie Prince reportedly recorded Talk to Ya Later in a single day session The title and hook was taken from engineer Humberto Gatica who deflected the band s questions with the phrase 9 To bolster the album s single lineup Foster also made changes to Don t Want To Wait Anymore An unnamed band member in the 2011 liner notes said the big choral ending that kicks your ass that was his idea and the modulation at the end Packaging and design EditThe album was given a sleek minimalist aesthetic with the band only billed as Tubes on the front cover which displayed only a T shaped piece of PVC pipe casting a shadow on a blue background The album s design and packaging also parodied the growing corporatism of America with the CD booklet billing them as The Tubes Group with a slogan of credibility growth direction and the performance credits including joke credits such as Analysis Motivation and Policy Reception and fallout EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 10 The album was received well by critics and was at the time the band s best selling and charting album 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 11 and for one week on the Cashbox Top 100 12 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 and also had a music video produced for the song 13 However internally things were tense After Talk to Ya Later proved massively successful despite no input from the majority of the band Foster intended to take the group in a similar direction with the band s following album Outside Inside featuring even more session musicians and guest writers than before including a return appearance by Lukather These tensions would result in the group fragmenting and temporarily disbanding in 1985 after Waybill s debut solo album and the failure of the Rundgren produced Love Bomb Original LP track listing EditAll tracks composed by The Tubes except where indicated Side one Edit No TitleWriter s Length1 Talk to Ya Later The Tubes David Foster Steve Lukather4 292 Sushi Girl 3 263 Amnesia The Tubes Foster4 264 Mr Hate 3 415 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman The Tubes Michael Snyder4 29 Side two Edit No TitleWriter s Length1 Think About Me 3 162 A Matter of Pride 3 143 Don t Want to Wait Anymore The Tubes Foster4 164 Power Tools 4 035 Let s Make Some Noise The Tubes Foster3 42Total length 39 302011 Remastered CD IconoClassic ICON 1021 EditNo TitleWriter s Length1 Talk to Ya Later The Tubes David Foster Steve Lukather4 292 Sushi Girl 3 263 Amnesia The Tubes Foster4 264 Mr Hate 3 415 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman The Tubes Michael Snyder4 296 Think About Me 3 167 A Matter of Pride 3 148 Don t Want to Wait Anymore The Tubes Foster4 169 Power Tools 4 0310 Let s Make Some Noise The Tubes Foster3 4211 Tubes Talk 1 1912 What s Wrong With Me 3 5913 Gonna Get It Next Time Dominic Frontiere Adrienne Anderson4 0014 Sports Fans 4 25Total length 53 13 CD Mastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios NY Video EditThink About Me Instrumental Intro A Matter of Pride Sports Fans Amnesia Mr Hate Mondo Bondage Don t Want to Wait Anymore Business Talk to Ya Later Sushi Girl Let s Make Some Noise Weebee Dance White Punks on DopeThis 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 Lewd Personnel EditThe Tubes Edit 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 BassAdditional personnel Edit Steve Lukather Guitars amp Bass on Talk to Ya Later Stanley Paterson Sampled vocals on Talk to Ya Later Bobby Colomby Backing vocals uncredited Bill Champlin Backing vocals uncredited Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1981 PeakpositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 14 74Canada RPM 15 26German Albums Offizielle Top 100 16 4New Zealand Albums RMNZ 17 4Norwegian Albums VG lista 18 32Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 19 28US Billboard 200 20 36 Year end charts Edit Chart 1981 PositionNew Zealand Albums RMNZ 21 46References Edit Adams Christopher 2020 02 04 Interview with The Tubes lead singer Fee Waybill The Completion Backward Principle ForTheLoveOfBands Retrieved 2021 03 27 Jennings Thom Talkin the Tubes Completion Backward Principle Niagara Gazette Retrieved 2021 03 27 Cashmere Paul 2019 03 12 The Tubes to Perform Entire The Completion Backward Principle live Noise11 com Retrieved 2021 03 27 Cashmere Paul 2019 03 12 The Tubes to Perform Entire The Completion Backward Principle live Noise11 com Retrieved 2021 03 27 Adams Christopher 2020 02 04 Interview with The Tubes lead singer Fee Waybill The Completion Backward Principle ForTheLoveOfBands Retrieved 2021 03 27 Adams Christopher 2020 02 04 Interview with The Tubes lead singer Fee Waybill The Completion Backward Principle ForTheLoveOfBands Retrieved 2021 03 27 FindLaw s California Court of Appeal case and opinions Findlaw Retrieved 2021 03 27 Morsch Mike 23 October 2019 The Tubes enthusiastically moving forward with The Completion Backward Principle tour The Vinyl Dialogues Blog Retrieved 1 September 2022 The Tubes enthusiastically moving forward with The Completion Backward Principle tour The Vinyl Dialogues Blog 2019 10 24 Retrieved 2021 03 27 Demalon Tom The Tubes The Completion Backward Principle AllMusic Retrieved September 14 2018 Lyrics Don t Want To Wait Anymore by The Tubes top40db net Top 100 1981 08 08 Cashbox Magazine Retrieved 2014 12 25 The Tubes March 13 2009 The Tubes Talk To Ya Later YouTube com Archived from the original on 2021 12 12 Retrieved January 17 2021 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 314 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 RPM Top 50 Albums August 29 1981 PDF Offiziellecharts de The Tubes The Completion Backward Principle in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved February 1 2022 Charts nz The Tubes The Completion Backward Principle Hung Medien Retrieved February 1 2022 Norwegiancharts com The Tubes The Completion Backward Principle Hung Medien Retrieved February 1 2022 Swedishcharts com The Tubes The Completion Backward Principle Hung Medien Retrieved February 1 2022 The Tubes Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard com 2019 Archived from the original on July 2 2019 Retrieved August 29 2019 Top Selling Albums of 1981 The Official New Zealand Music Chart Recorded Music New Zealand Retrieved February 1 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Completion 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