Genius of America
Encyclopedia
The Tubes
returned to the studio in 1996
for this release. Genius of America marked a number of firsts for the band: the first CD-only release, the first self-produced release, and the first body of work which includes Gary Cambra. The line-up features Fee, Roger, Rick, Prairie and Gary Cambra.
Production
The Tubes
The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band, whose 1975 debut album included the hit single, "White Punks on Dope". During its first fifteen years or so, the band's live performances combined quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism, and politics...
returned to the studio in 1996
1996 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...
for this release. Genius of America marked a number of firsts for the band: the first CD-only release, the first self-produced release, and the first body of work which includes Gary Cambra. The line-up features Fee, Roger, Rick, Prairie and Gary Cambra.
Track listing
- "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
Personnel
Musicians- Rick Anderson – bass
- Gary Cambra – acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocals - Richard MarxRichard MarxRichard Noel Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard"...
– acoustic guitar, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, strings, synthesizer bass, vocals - Jennifer McPhee – vocals
- David Medd – vocals
- Prairie PrincePrairie PrincePrairie Prince is a rock drummer. He was a member of The Tubes and a founding member of Journey...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, voices - Roger Steen – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Fee WaybillFee WaybillJohn Waldo Waybill , known as Fee Waybill, is the lead singer and songwriter of the band the Tubes...
– 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