Love Bomb (The Tubes album)
1985 studio album by the Tubes
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Love Bomb is the seventh studio album by the Tubes, and their second to be produced by Todd Rundgren. It was released in 1985 on Capitol Records. It is the last major-label release by the Tubes.
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| Released | February 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Todd Rundgren | |||
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Following the release of Love Bomb, the band broke up, with keyboardist Vince Welnick joining Rundgren's touring band, and eventually also drummer Prairie Prince. Rundgren would also record his own version of "Feel It" for his 1989 album Nearly Human, which also featured the two musicians.
The track, "Piece by Piece" was a minor hit single, peaking at No. 87 on the USA Billboard Hot 100 chart. A music video incorporating computer and stop motion animation was also made for the track.
Track listing
Credits adapted from the original LP.[2]
All tracks are written by The Tubes, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Piece by Piece" |
| 4:24 |
| 2. | "Stella" |
| 4:07 |
| 3. | "Come as You Are" |
| 3:38 |
| 4. | "One Good Reason" |
| 4:04 |
| 5. | "Bora Bora 2000/Love Bomb" |
| 4:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | "Night People" | 2:09 | |
| 7. | "Say Hey" | 2:41 | |
| 8. | "Eyes" | 3:32 | |
| 9. | "Muscle Girls" | 1:12 | |
| 10. | "Theme from a Wooly Place (Wooly Bully/Theme from A Summer Place)" |
| 0:45 |
| 11. | "For a Song" |
| 3:16 |
| 12. | "Say Hey (Part 2)" | 0:35 | |
| 13. | "Feel It" |
| 3:51 |
| 14. | "Night People (Reprise)" | 1:38 | |
| Total length: | 41:56 | ||
Personnel
The Tubes
- Fee Waybill – vocals
- Bill Spooner – guitar, vocals
- Michael Cotten – synthesizer
- Prairie Prince – drums
- Roger Steen – guitar, vocals
- Vince Welnick – keyboards
- Rick Anderson – bass
Technical
- Produced and mixed by Todd Rundgren
- Engineered by Todd Rundgren, Wally Buck, Stacy Baird
- Assistant engineers – Tom Size, Geoff Ganiford
- Art direction – Cotten/Prince Productions, Jim Welch
- Front cover art – Prairie Prince & Michael Cotten
- Back cover photo – Brad Mollath