Genius of America is the eighth studio album by American rock band 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.
Contents
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
Hoods from Outer Space Track listing
"Hoods from Outer Space" (Cambra, Steen, Waybill) – 4:07
"I Know You" (Lukather, Waybill) – 3:51
"Say What You Want" (Cambra, Waybill) – 4:09
"Around the World" (Cambra, Waybill) – 4:23
"Genius of America" (Cambra, Prince) – 4:13
"Who Names the Hurricanes" (Cambra, Prince) – 4:46
"It's Too Late" (Steen, Waybill) – 2:50
"How Can You Live With Yourself" (Marx, Waybill) – 5:14
"I Never Saw It Comin'" (Cambra, Waybill) – 3:17
"Arms of the Enemy" (Cambra, Waybill) – 4:36
"Fishhouse" (Cambra, Prince, Steen) – 4:36
"Big Brother's Still Watching" (Lukather, Marx, Waybill) – 4:53
"Fastest Gun Alive" (Anderson, Cambra, Steen, Waybill) – 5:03
"After All You Said" (Steen, Waybill) – 4:26
Personnel
Musicians
The Tubes
Fee Waybill – lead vocals
Roger Steen – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
Gary Cambra – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, keyboards
Rick Anderson – bass
Prairie Prince – drums, percussion; voices on "Who names the Hurricanes"
Additional personnel
Richard Marx – acoustic guitar, piano, strings, synthesizer bass, vocals
Jennifer McPhee – vocals
David Medd – 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