℗ 2020 UMG Recordings; An A&M Records Release
Released | May 1, 1977 |
Duration | 43m 34s |
Record Label | A&M |
Genre | Rock |
1.1
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Smoke (La Vie En Fumer)
The Tubes |
4:50 | |||
1.2
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Hit Parade
The Tubes |
3:41 | |||
1.3
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Strung Out On Strings
The Tubes |
4:14 | |||
1.4
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Golden Boy
The Tubes |
4:02 | |||
1.5
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My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
The Tubes |
5:31 | |||
1.6
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God Bird Change
The Tubes |
3:19 | |||
1.7
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I'm Just A Mess
The Tubes |
3:08 | |||
1.8
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Cathy's Clone
The Tubes |
3:32 | |||
1.9
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This Town
The Tubes |
3:20 | |||
1.10
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Pound Of Flesh
The Tubes |
2:58 | |||
1.11
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You’re No Fun
The Tubes |
4:59 |
Now is the third album released by The Tubes. It was produced by John Anthony. The album includes a cover version of Captain Beefheart's "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" and Captain Beefheart also played saxophone on "Cathy's Clone". The project was intended to be a double album but delays led to cutting several songs, including a version of Gene Pitney's "Town Without Pity" complete with horn arrangement by the Bay-area comedian/musician, Dick Bright.
The cover of Now was drawn by The Tubes' drummer, Prairie Prince, entitled "Tubes Descending a Staircase", and was inspired by a similar drawing in Time magazine of the Ramones. In an A&M leaflet, they described the album as "This outrageous and zany band have developed musically and visually since their inception in San Francisco and their previous albums". Anthony believes in retrospect that he should not have tried to be "one of the boys" with this band but remains proud of his idea to have the band playing again live in the studio liked they used to do in the Bay Area bars.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – A&M Studio Masters
Tracks 1-11 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-11 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.80 -0.82 to -0.80 | -15.72 -18.02 to -14.34 | -12.74 -15.60 to -11.30 | 10 8 to 12 | |
1 | Smoke (La Vie En Fumer) | -0.80 | -14.72 | -12.1 | 9 |
2 | Hit Parade | -0.82 | -16.49 | -13.8 | 10 |
3 | Strung Out On Strings | -0.80 | -15.13 | -11.8 | 8 |
4 | Golden Boy | -0.80 | -15.62 | -12.9 | 9 |
5 | My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains | -0.80 | -18.02 | -15.6 | 12 |
6 | God Bird Change | -0.80 | -14.63 | -11.7 | 9 |
7 | I'm Just A Mess | -0.80 | -16.54 | -13.6 | 11 |
8 | Cathy's Clone | -0.80 | -16.37 | -12.8 | 10 |
9 | This Town | -0.80 | -15.45 | -11.9 | 10 |
10 | Pound Of Flesh | -0.80 | -14.34 | -11.3 | 8 |
11 | You’re No Fun | -0.80 | -15.58 | -12.6 | 9 |