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Why this album mattered
The Completion Backward Principle (1981) is a The Tubes album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #36 and charted for 27 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Don'T Want To Wait Anymore".
The music
- 1
Talk To Ya Later
- 2
Mr. Hate
- 3
Think About Me
- 4
Let's Make Some Noise
- 5
Power Tools
- 6
Sushi Girl
- 7
Amnesia
- 8
Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman
9 Don't Want To Wait Anymore
- 10
A Matter Of Pride
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- May 30, 1981#150
A rocket up the chart — jumping 52 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #150, exploded upward for 9 weeks to reach #36 and fell quickly across 27 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
