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Released: Apr 2012
Label: A&M
Not very hard rock until the loud prog jam near the end, The Tubes' 1977 album spends too much time on lounge-music jokes. Blues goof "Golden Boy," about tanning problems, falls flat; "Pound of Flesh," about a well-endowed weakling, comes close. But the Tubular ones are still ahead of their time, predating Axl Rose's high-flying warble in the cigarette-problems opener "Smoke (La Vie En Fumér)"; '80s Peter Gabriel in "I'm Just A Mess"; James Chance free-jazz punk in "Cathy's Clone"; even hip-hop turntablists in "God-Bird-Change," a fast fusion collage that winds up on an incredible bongo break.
- CHUCK EDDY
The Tubes - Now 2012-05-24
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    Smoke (La Vie En Fumer)
    Smoke (La Vie En Fumer)
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    Hit Parade
    Hit Parade
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    Strung Out On Strings
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    Golden Boy
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    5:35
    My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
    My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
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    3:18
    God Bird Change
    God Bird Change
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    I'm Just A Mess
    I'm Just A Mess
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    Cathy's Clone
    Cathy's Clone
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    This Town
    This Town
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    Pound Of Flesh
    Pound Of Flesh
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    You’re No Fun
    You’re No Fun
℗ 1977 A&M Records