Young and Rich

1976 studio album by The Tubes
Young and Rich
Studio album by
The Tubes
ReleasedApril 1976
StudioA&M (Hollywood)
GenreGlam rock
Length38:08
LabelA&M
ProducerKen Scott
The Tubes chronology
The Tubes
(1975)
Young and Rich
(1976)
Now
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]

Young and Rich is the second studio album by The Tubes, released in 1976.[3] It reached #46 on the Billboard 200.[4]

The album is no longer available on CD, although all of its songs can be found on "White Punks on Dope".

Track listing

  1. "Tubes World Tour" (Spooner, Steen, Waybill) – 4:43
  2. "Brighter Day" (Steen) – 3:39
  3. "Pimp" (Spooner) – 4:27
  4. "Stand Up and Shout" (Ray Trainer, Mike Condello) – 2:37
  5. "Don't Touch Me There" (Ron Nagle, Jane Dornacker) – 3:30
  6. "Slipped My Disco" (Spooner, Steen) – 4:27
  7. "Proud to Be an American" (Spooner) – 2:58
  8. "Poland Whole/Madam I'm Adam" (Steen, Spooner, The Tubes) – 6:30
  9. "Young and Rich" (Spooner) – 5:07

Personnel

  • Fee Waybill - vocals
  • Bill "Sputnik" Spooner - guitar, vocals
  • Roger Steen - guitar, harp, vocals
  • Rick "Gator" Anderson - bass, vocals
  • Vince Welnick - keyboards, synthesizer
  • Michael Cotten - synthesizer
  • "Preposterous" Prairie Prince - percussion
  • Re Styles (Shirley MacLeod) - "funky-pretty" vocals

with:

Technical
  • Ed Thacker - engineer
  • Michael Cotten, Prairie Prince - album design
  • Harry Mittman, Norman Seeff - photography

Covers

  • Lizzy Borden covered "Don't Touch Me There" on their Terror Rising EP.

Charts

Chart (1976) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 55
Canada (RPM)[6] 75
United States (Billboard 200) 46

References

  1. ^ Guarisco, Donald A.. Young and Rich at AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "The Tubes - Young and Rich". www.pastemagazine.com. September 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Eddy, Chuck (August 25, 2016). Terminated for Reasons of Taste: Other Ways to Hear Essential and Inessential Music. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822373896 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 314. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - June 12, 1976" (PDF).
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