T.R.A.S.H. (Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits)
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| name = T.R.A.S.H. (Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits)
| type = Compilation
| artist = The Tubes
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| released = November 1981
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| genre = Rock
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| label = A&M
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| prev_title = Remote Control
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = The Completion Backward Principle
| next_year = 1981
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T.R.A.S.H. (Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits) is a compilation album by the rock band The Tubes, released in November 1981.Strong, Martin C. (2002) The Great Rock Discography, Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-312-1}}, p. 1076
Background
After four studio albums and a live album for A&M Records, the band were working on the Suffer for Sound album when they were dropped by the label. They subsequently signed a deal with Capitol Records in 1981, but to fulfil their contract, A&M released this collection of recordings in November that year, including tracks from their early singles and unreleased material.Eddy, Chuck (2009) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=dQNfU0m3UX0C&dq=%22tubes+rarities+and+smash+hits%22&pg=PA90 Essentials]", SPIN, June 2009, p. 90. Retrieved November 25, 2012Stone, Doug "[http://www.allmusic.com/album/trash-tubes-rarities-and-smash-hits-mw0000652663 T.R.A.S.H. Review]", Allmusic. Retrieved November 25, 2012"[https://books.google.com/books?id=_CMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22the+tubes%22+%22T.R.A.S.H.%22&pg=PT79 Billboard's Top Album Picks]", Billboard, August 15, 1981, p. 80. Retrieved November 25, 2012 One track from the shelved Suffer for Sound album, "Drivin' All Night", was included as the album's opener."[http://www.thetubes.com/disco/trash.htm T.R.A.S.H.]", thetubes.com. Retrieved November 25, 2012
T.R.A.S.H. has been described as the band's best album. A review from Billboard picked out the live version of Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" as a highlight.
Track listing
=Side one=
1. "Drivin' All Night" (Bill Spooner, Steen, Prairie Prince, Vince Welnick, Cotten, Anderson, Fee Waybill, Styles, Kesse)
- from the unreleased album Suffer for Sound, referred to as the "Black" album in the sleeve notes
2. "What Do You Want from Life?" (Spooner, Evans)
- from The Tubes
3. "Turn Me On" (Spooner, Steen, Prince, Welnick, Cotten, Anderson, Waybill)
- from Remote Control
4. "Slipped My Disco" (Spooner, Steen)
- from Young and Rich
5. "Don't Touch Me There" (Ron Nagle, Jane Dornacker) (sic)
- from Young and Rich
6. "Mondo Bondage" (Spooner, Steen, Prince, Welnick, Cotten, Anderson, Waybill)
- live version from What Do You Want from Live
=Side two=
1. "Love Will Keep Us Together" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield)
- unreleased live recording from 1976
2. "White Punks on Dope (W.P.O.D.)" Parts A&B (Evans, Spooner, Steen)
- Part A is an unreleased live "country rock" version from 1979
- Part B is a promo single edit of the track from The Tubes
3. "Prime Time" (Spooner, Steen, Prince, Welnick, Cotten, Anderson, Waybill)
- alternate version of the Remote Control track featuring Re Styles on solo vocals
4. "I'm Just a Mess" (Steen, Spooner)
- from Now
5. "Only the Strong Survive" (Spooner, Steen, Prince, Welnick, Cotten, Anderson, Waybill)
- from Remote ControlTubes, The. T.R.A.S.H. (Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits). A&M, 1981. LP.
References
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