The Completion Backward Principle by The Tubes

The Completion Backward Principle, the Tubes' fifth studio album and their first for Capitol, arrived in 1981 dressed as a corporate self-help manual: a concept album pitched as a motivational business document, which, from the San Francisco band whose debut gave the world "White Punks on Dope", is about as sincere as a used-car salesman's handshake. David Foster produced, and the record wears a high, radio-ready sheen.

The joke works because the songs do. "Talk to Ya Later" is a punchy, synth-streaked rocker and "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" a big, aching ballad, and both became hits. There was a long-form video of the same name, too, though it left some of the album's songs out.

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