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This Complete List Of The Tubes Albums And Songs presents the full discography of The Tubes studio albums. The Tubes were first formed in The group The Tubes hails from the area of This complete The Tubes discography also includes every single live album. All these spectacular albums have been presented below in chronological order. We have also included all original release dates with each Tubes album and all original album covers. Every Tubes album listed below showcases the entire album tracklisting.
THE TUBES STUDIO ALBUMS
The Tubes
Released June 1975
CD Track Listings:
- “Up from the Deep” (The Tubes, Ray Trainer) – 4:28
- “Haloes” (Al Kooper, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen) – 4:53
- “Space Baby” (Bill Spooner, Mike Carpenter, Vince Welnick) – 4:25
- “Malagueña Salerosa” (Pedro Galindo, Elpidio Ramirez) – 3:52
- “Mondo Bondage” (The Tubes) – 4:34
- “What Do You Want from Life?” (Bill Spooner, Michael Evans) – 4:01
- “Boy Crazy” (Bill Spooner) – 4:09
- “White Punks on Dope” (Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Michael Evans) – 6:49
Young and Rich
Released April 1976
CD Track Listings:
- “Tubes World Tour” (Spooner, Steen, Waybill) – 4:43
- “Brighter Day” (Steen) – 3:39
- “Pimp” (Spooner) – 4:27
- “Stand Up and Shout” (Ray Trainer, Mike Condello) – 2:37
- “Don’t Touch Me There” (Ron Nagle, Jane Dornacker) – 3:30
- “Slipped My Disco” (Spooner, Steen) – 4:27
- “Proud to Be an American” (Spooner) – 2:58
- “Poland Whole/Madam I’m Adam” (Steen, Spooner, The Tubes) – 6:30
- “Young and Rich” (Spooner) – 5:07
Now
Released May 3, 1977
CD Track Listings:
- “Smoke (La Vie en Fumér)” 4:50 (Bill Spooner, Michael Cotten, Vince Welnick)
- “Hit Parade” 3:35 (Bill Spooner, Vince Welnick)
- “Strung Out on Strings” 4:10 (Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Michael Evans)
- “Golden Boy” 4:00 (Bill Spooner, Michael Evans)
- “My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains” 4:30 (Don Van Vliet)
- “God-Bird-Change” 3:18 (Mingo Lewis)
- “I’m Just a Mess” 3:10 (Bill Spooner, Roger Steen)
- “Cathy’s Clone” 3:30 (The Tubes)
- “This Town” 3:15 (Lee Hazlewood)
- “Pound of Flesh” 3:00 (Ron Nagle, Scott Mathews)
- “You’re No Fun” 4:51 (Michael Cotten, Vince Welnick)
Remote Control
Released March 1979
CD Track Listings:
- “Turn Me On” – 4:10
- “T.V. is King” – 3:08 (The Tubes, Todd Rundgren)
- “Prime Time” – 3:15
- “I Want It All Now” – 4:27
- “No Way Out” – 3:22
- “Getoverture” (instrumental) – 3:23
- “No Mercy” – 3:27
- “Only the Strong Survive” – 3:54
- “Be Mine Tonight” – 3:30
- “Love’s a Mystery (I Don’t Understand)” – 3:27 (The Tubes, Todd Rundgren)
- “Telecide” – 5:41
The Completion Backward Principle
Released April 6, 1981
CD Track Listings:
1. Talk To Ya Later
2. Sushi Girl
3. Amnesia
4. Mr. Hate
5. Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman
6. Think About Me
7. A Matter Of Pride
8. Don’t Want To Wait Anymore
9. Power Tools
10. Let’s Make Some Noise
Outside Inside
Released April 4, 1983
CD Track Listings:
- “She’s a Beauty” (Foster, Waybill, Lukather) – 4:01
- “No Not Again” (Tubes) – 3:28
- “Out of the Business” (Tubes) – 3:30
- “The Monkey Time” (Curtis Mayfield, Tubes) – 3:54
- “Glass House” (Tubes) – 3:31
- “Wild Women of Wongo” (Tubes) – 3:57
- “Tip of My Tongue” (M. White, M. Snyder) – 3:58
- “Fantastic Delusion” (Tubes) – 3:54
- “Drums” (Tubes) – 2:21
- “Theme Park” (Tubes) – 3:13
- “Outside Lookin’ Inside” (Tubes) – 0:57
Love Bomb
Released February 1985
CD Track Listings:
- “Piece by Piece” – 4:25
- “Stella” – 4:12
- “Come as You Are” – 3:41
- “One Good Reason” – 4:06
- “Bora Bora 2000/Love Bomb” – 4:31
- “Night People” – 2:24
- “Say Hey” – 2:28
- “Eyes” – 3:48
- “Muscle Girls” – 0:56
- “Theme from a Wooly Place” (Wooly Bully/Theme from A Summer Place) – 0:46
- “For a Song” – 3:16
- “Say Hey (Part 2)” – 0:35
- “Feel It” – 4:08
- “Night People (Reprise)” – 1:22
Genius of America
Released October 15, 1996
CD Track Listings:
- “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
THE TUBES LIVE ALBUMS
What Do You Want from Live
Released February 1978
CD Track Listings:
- “Overture” – 6:39
“Up from the Deep” – 2:00
“Young and Rich” – 1:27
“Madam I’m Adam” – 0:49
“Mondo Bondage” – 0:12
“Up from the Deep” – 1:00
“White Punks on Dope” – 0:20 - “Got Yourself a Deal” – 4:30
- “Show Me a Reason” – 3:28
- “What Do You Want from Life” – 5:12
- “God-Bird-Change” – 4:48
- “Special Ballet” – 1:01
- “Don’t Touch Me There” – 3:48
- “Mondo Bondage” – 3:25
- “Smoke (La vie en Fumér)” – 8:20
- “Crime Medley” – 3:05
“Sound Effect-Siren” – 0:08
Theme from “Dragnet” – 0:07
Theme from “Peter Gunn” – 0:34
Theme from “Perry Mason” – 1:13
Theme from “Untouchables” – 1:03 - “I Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk” – 4:02
- “I Saw Her Standing There” (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:57
- “Drum Solo” – 4:20
- “Boy Crazy” – 2:40
- “You’re No Fun” – 3:15
- “Stand Up and Shout” – 3:30
- “White Punks on Dope” – 8:33
The Tubes World Tour 2001
Released October 10, 2000
CD Track Listings:
1. Introduction
2. Tubes World Tour
3. She’s A Beauty
4. Digidoll
5. T.V. Is King
6. Don’t Touch Me There
7. Tip Of My Tongue
8. Loveline
9. Wild Women Of Wongo
10. Mondo Bondage
11. White Punks On Dope
12. Talk To Ya Later
Wild in London
Released October 2, 2006
CD Track Listings:
- “Overture” – 2:32
- “She’s A Beauty” (Foster, Lukather, Waybill) – 5:47
- “Don’t Touch Me There” (Doornacker) – 5:29
- “Malaguena Salarosa” (Galindo, Ramirez) – 4:17
- “Russell Chaps Intro” – 1:33
- “Tip Of My Tongue” (Foster, Lukather, The Tubes) – 5:37
- “Don’t Want to Wait Anymore” (Foster, The Tubes) – 7:05
- “TV Is King” (Cotton, Prince, Spooner, Steen, Waybill, Welnick) – 3:10
- “No Way Out” (Prince, Spooner, Steen) – 3:51
- “Let There Be Drums” (Anderson, Cotten, Prince, Spooner, Steen, Waybill, Welnick) – 3:50
- “White Punks on Dope” (Evans, Spooner, Steen) – 8:37
- “Mondo Bondage” (Anderson, Cotten, Prince, Spooner, Steen, Waybill, Welnick) – 5:46
- “Haloes” (Kooper, Spooner, Steen) – 5:30
- “Talk to Ya Later” (Foster, Lukather, The Tubes) – 10:06
Alive in America
Released 2006
Live in San Francisco
Released 2020
The Fantastic Live Delusion
Released 2020
THE TUBES COMPILATION ALBUMS
T.R.A.S.H. (Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits)
Released 1981
The Best of the Tubes
Released November 17, 1992
CD Track Listings:
1. She’s a Beauty
2. Tip of My Tongue
3. Talk to Ya Later
4. Sushi Girl
5. Don’t Want to Wait Anymore
6. Bora Bora 2000 / Love Bomb
7. No Not Again
8. The Monkey Time
9. Sports Fans
10. Come as You Are
11. Piece by Piece
12. Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman
13. When You’re Ready to Come
14. Keyboard Kids
Millennium Collection: the Tubes
Released October 17, 2000
CD Track Listings:
1. White Punks On Dope
2. What Do You Want From Life?
3. Mondo Bondage
4. Don’t Touch Me There
5. Slipped My Disco
6. Pound Of Flesh
7. Turn Me On
8. Prime Time
9. I Want It All Now
10. Love’s A Mystery (I Don’t Understand)
11. Tubes World Tour
Hoods from Outer Space
Released May 22, 2002
White Punks on Dope
Released November 24, 2003
Goin’ Down the Tubes
Released June 10, 2008
Mondo Birthmark
Released November 10, 2009
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