The Tubes (album)

The Tubes
Studio album by The Tubes
Released	June 1975
Recorded	March–April, 1975
Studio	Record Plant (Los Angeles)
Genre	Rock, art rock, glam rock
Length	37:11
Label	A&M
Producer	Al Kooper
The Tubes chronology
The Tubes (1975) Young and Rich (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B−

The Tubes is the debut studio album by The Tubes. Songs which received significant airplay from this album include "What Do You Want from Life?" and "White Punks on Dope", the latter of which peaked at number 28 on the UK singles chart. The album was dedicated to Bob McIntosh and Tom Donahue.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Up from the Deep" (The Tubes, Ray Trainer) – 4:28
2. "Haloes" (Al Kooper, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen) – 4:53
3. "Space Baby" (Bill Spooner, Mike Carpenter, Vince Welnick) – 4:25
4. "Malagueña Salerosa" (Pedro Galindo, Elpidio Ramirez) - 3:52

Side Two

1. "Mondo Bondage" (The Tubes) – 4:34
2. "What Do You Want from Life?" (Bill Spooner, Michael Evans) – 4:01
3. "Boy Crazy" (Bill Spooner) – 4:09
4. "White Punks on Dope" (Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Michael Evans) – 6:49

Personnel

Adapted from Discogs.

• Fee Waybill – vocals
• Bill Spooner – guitar, vocals
• Roger Steen – guitar, vocals
• Michael Cotten – synthesizer
• Vince Welnick – keyboards
• Rick Anderson – bass
• Prairie L'Emprere Prince – drums
• Dominic Frontiere – string and horn arrangements

Technical

• Lee Rhett Kiefer – engineer
• Al Kooper – mixing
• Lee Rhett Kiefer – mixing
• Roland Young – art direction
• Michael Cotten – design
• Prairie Prince – design
• Ian Patrick – photography
• Harry Mittman – photography

Cover versions

• Mötley Crüe covered "White Punks on Dope" on their album New Tattoo, and performed it live in concert on their "Lewd, Crüed, & Tattooed" DVD. The Nina Hagen Band interpreted the song in a German-language version, translated to "TV-Glotzer" (with re-written lyrics about being an East German who lives vicariously by staring at West German television all day) on their self-titled debut album in 1978. In the 1993 film Fear of a Black Hat, the band N.W.H. (with Ric Ocasek of The Cars) perform a parody of "White Punks on Dope", titled "White Cops on Dope".