Now (The Tubes album)

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The Tubes
Studio album by The Tubes
Released	1977
Recorded	His Masters Wheels, San Francisco; The Record Plant, Los Angeles; The Record Plant, Sausalito; Funky Features, San Francisco
Genre	Rock
Label	A&M Records
Producer	John Anthony
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (3/5) link
The Tubes chronology
Young and Rich (1976) Now (1977) What Do You Want from Live (1976)
CD Cover

Now is the third album released by The Tubes. It was partially produced by John Anthony, producer of Queen and Roxy Music. John Anthony left the project after a drug induced breakdown, Bill Spooner took over and completed the project with the help of engineer Don Wood. Now features 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 lead to cutting several songs including a version of Gene Pitney's "Town without Pity" complete with horn arrangement by Bay-area comedian/musician, Dick Bright. The cover of Now was drawn by Tubes drummer, Prairie Prince entitled "Tubes Descending a Staircase", and was inspired by a similar drawing in Time magazine of The Ramones.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Smoke (La Vie en Fumér)"
2. "Hit Parade"
3. "Strung Out on Strings"
4. "Golden Boy"
5. "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains"
6. "God-Bird-Change"
7. "I'm Just a Mess"
8. "Cathy's Clone"
9. "This Town"
10. "Pound of Flesh"
11. "You're No Fun"

[edit] References

• Michael Cotten's upcoming documentary, White Punks on Dope
• Now CD liner notes