Genius of America

Genius of America is the eighth and most recent studio album to date by The Tubes and marked their return to the studio for the first time 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.

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
 * Rick Anderson – bass
 * Gary Cambra – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, vocals
 * Richard Marx – acoustic guitar, piano, strings, synthesizer bass, vocals
 * Jennifer McPhee – vocals
 * David Medd – vocals
 * Prairie Prince – drums, percussion, voices
 * Roger Steen – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
 * Fee Waybill – 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