Genius of America

Genius of America marked The Tubes return to the studio for their first studio album 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]

Genius of America
Studio album by
The Tubes
ReleasedOctober 15, 1996
GenreRock
Length53:15
LabelCritique
ProducerRichard Marx, The Tubes
The Tubes chronology
Love Bomb
(1985)		 Genius of America
(1996)		 Wild in London
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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
Musicians
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

References
  1. Connolly, Dave. "Genius of America - The Tubes | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  2. http://www.thetubes.com/disco/hoods.htm



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