Young & Rich

The Tubes

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1976
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000008LRP
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #320,249 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tubes World Tour

2. Brighter Day

3. Pimp

4. Stand up and Shout

5. Don't Touch Me There

6. Slipped My Disco

7. Proud to Be an American

8. Poland Whole/Madam I'm Adam

9. Young and Rich

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Tubes Album Ever, December 26, 2004

By	John C. Thomas (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is easily the best Tubes album ever recorded-- smartest lyrics, best instrumentation, widest vocal range, most interesting arrangements, etc. There isn't a single unlistenable song on the LP (do they use that term anymore?) unlike a lot of other Tubes albums.

How is is possible that the studio versions of tunes like "Tubes World Tour," "Young and Rich," and "Poland Whole/Madam I'm Adam" aren't available? Insane.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Young, Gifted, and Tubed., March 26, 2003

By	Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

The Tubes got some serious road work in after their first album, and it shows on "Young And Rich." They also had a more sympathetic producer in Ken Scott (over Al Kooper's helming of album one). Scott gave "Young And Rich" a sense of discipline, and you need go no further than "Tubes World Tour" to catch how fast the Tubes had grown under his control in the studio. A tightly wound if somewhat exaggerated account of the mayhem that trailed in the wake of The Tubes' concerts, it has a conciseness that the first album lacked.

The range displayed on "Young And Rich" is also evident on the album's next two songs. "Pimp" and "Brighter Day" feature vocals from Bill Spooner and Roger Steen, giving the individual Tubes a chance to prove they were more than Fee's backers. But Waybill (listed here as "method frontman") struts his stuff admirably. His finest moments on "Young And Rich" come with the progressive opus "Poland Whole/Madam I'm Adam" (where Fee reluctantly is cast as man one in God's creation porno-movie and Cher is his Eve) and the almost Top 40 "Don't Touch Me There" duet with Re Styles.

A highlight of their live shows, "Don't Touch Me There" sent up girl groups with a Phil Spector wall of innuendo that was at once finely crafted and hilarious. It's the kind of media satire that would be honed to perfection by their next album. In fact, the only misstep here is "Proud To be An American," which plays it too close to "What Do You Want From Life" to come off as clever. Other than that, "Young And Rich" comes highly recommended and shows The Tubes ducking the dreaded sophomore slump.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Das beste TUBES Album das jemals gemacht wurde, November 9, 2008

By	Sonic Seducer "Sonic Seducer" (Dortmund) - See all my reviews

Ich habe das Album seit 1977, es hat bis heute nichts von seinem Glanz verloren. Die Musik ist zeitlos und spektakulär. Es ist das TUBES Album das richtig Rockt von A-Z ! Die Tracks sind wunderbar in einer Harmonie aufeinander abgestimmt. Mein persönlicher Lieblingssong forever ist YOUNG AND RICH, gefolgt von POLAND WHOLE + PIMP. Natürlich sind die Tracks TUBES WORLD TOUR, SLIPPED MY DISCO + DON'T TOUCH ME THERE und der Rest ebenfalls Klassiker, aber die drei Erstgenannten sind Ober-Ober-Ober-KLASSE! Leider ist die Original A&M CD im Handel nicht mehr erhältlich. Der Trost ist aber, das daß Album mit der ersten TUBES Platte (2 Records on 1CD) als UK-Import erhältlich, wieder veröffentlicht wurde und das sogar REMASTERED. Buy the Record and enjoy the feeling !