The Tubes – The Best Of The Tubes
| Label: | Capitol Records – 0777 7 98359 2 8 |
|---|---|
| Format: | CD, Compilation, Remastered |
| Country: | Europe |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Rock |
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Tracklist
| 1 | She's A Beauty | 3:57 | |
| 2 | Tip Of My Tongue | 3:59 | |
| 3 | Talk To Ya Later | 4:44 | |
| 4 | Sushi Girl | 3:29 | |
| 5 | Don't Want To Wait Anymore | 4:16 | |
| 6 | Bora Bora 2000/Love Bomb | 4:31 | |
| 7 | No Not Again | 3:25 | |
| 8 | The Monkey Time | 3:42 | |
| 9 | Sports Fans | 4:23 | |
| 10 | Come As You Are | 3:39 | |
| 11 | Piece By Piece | 4:26 | |
| 12 | Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman | 4:33 | |
| 13 | When You're Ready To Come | 3:42 | |
| 14 | Keyboard Kids | 4:30 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – Capitol Records, Inc.
- Remastered At – Capitol Studios
Credits
- Art Direction – Tommy Steele (2)
- Coordinator – Mark Dix
- Design – Michael Cotton*
- Liner Notes – Fee Waybill, Vicki Arkoff
- Painting [Front Cover] – Michael Cotton And Prairie Prince*
- Photography By – Cees Van Gelderen
- Producer – Mark Dix
- Remastered By – Kevin Reeves
Notes
Digitally remastered at Capitol Recording Studios
Made in Holland.
Printed in Holland.
Made in Holland.
Printed in Holland.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 077779835928
- Label Code: LC 0148
- Rights Society: Biem/Stemra
- Matrix / Runout: 798359 2 @ 1 1-2-1-NL
Other Versions (5 of 16)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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New Submission | The Best Of The Tubes (CD, Compilation, Club Edition, Remastered) | Capitol Records | CDP 0777 7 98359 2 8 | US | 1992 | ||
New Submission | The Best Of The Tubes (CD, Compilation, Club Edition, Remastered) | Capitol Records | CDP-598359 | Canada | 1992 | ||
Recently Edited | The Best Of The Tubes (Cassette, Compilation, Club Edition) | Capitol Records | C 100360 | US | 1992 | ||
New Submission | The Best Of The Tubes (CD, Compilation) | Capitol Records | CDP 0777 7 98359 2 8 | US | 1992 | ||
New Submission | The Best Of The Tubes (Cassette, Compilation, Club Edition, Dolby HX Pro B NR) | Capitol Records, Capitol Records | C4 0777 7 98359 4 2, C4-598359 | US | 1992 |
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Reviews
Edited 3 years agoDue to their cult status, I was wholly unfamiliar with The Tubes until taking a punt on this compilation, which amasses the band's most commercially viable material released on the Capitol label during the 1980s.
"Don't Want To Wait Anymore" is swathed in slick, shimmering 80s production, and as a result could only have been popular during the aforementioned decade. Apart from the most accessible and pop leaning tracks closer to post-1970s Chicago and Hall & Oates than pre-1980s The Cars, there are some individualistic shifts into new wave territory to be discerned, from the bombastic "She's A Beauty", brass-laden "Tip of My Tongue", to the kooky "Sushi Girl" and "The Monkey Time". Owing to the boundless vim, vitality and verve charged in each track, veering into the next with aplomb and never desisting for a second, there is a definite coherence and constancy to the compilation, and although it lacks a sampling of their earlier tracks, it does succeed in collecting the strongest of the band's triumphant Capitol tenure, which, in spite their satirical image, saw them receive solid radio and MTV airplay.
As much as the band were popular in the US, they did not garner much success elsewhere, perhaps attributable to their straightforward arena rock by way of new wave sound contradicting their supremely quirky lyrics and general sense of irony to their attitude. Unfortunately, the band were never destined for the status of their contemporaries, but their being incongruity personified is what signifies their brilliance. I believe the best way to discover music is to happen upon obscure records and then revel in the notion that you have inadvertently stumbled across a hidden gem nobody else recognises the genius of. "The Best of the Tubes" is definitely one of those records, albeit a compilation, that meets the criteria for inglorious musical dexterity and demonstrates why a band with originality were perhaps prevented from being as legendary as they should have been through no fault of their own.
Rating: 4.5/5
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