The Completion Backwards Principle (studio album)
by The Tubes

The Completion Backwards Principle by The Tubes
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 8,817th   
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 32 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (147th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,279th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,817th)

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The Completion Backwards Principle track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Completion Backwards Principle rankings

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Overall rank: 8,817th | 1980s rank: 1,279th | 1981 rank: 147th

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The Completion Backwards Principle ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 32 votes)
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From 11/14/2024 17:29 | #306033
OK, I've been on BEA for a few years now and have only just looked at the listings for The Tubes. And I am horrified! How it is that there are so few interactions for a band that made tracks like White Punks On Dope and Don't Touch Me There is way, way, way beyond my comprehension! And listing The Completion Backwards Principle as their best ever album is just an obscenity! Clearly, I will have to do a lot of work to try and correct some of these wrongs. FYI Young & Rich is a classic. More later.
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From 11/14/2024 17:28 | #306032
OK, I've been on BEA for a few years now and have only just looked at the listings for The Tubes. And I am horrified! How it is that there are so few interactions for a band that made tracks like White Punks On Dope and Don't Touch Me There is way, way, way beyond my comprehension! And listing The Completion Backwards Principle as their best ever album is just an obscenity! Clearly, I will have to do a lot of work to try and correct some of these wrongs. FYI Young & Rich is a classic. More later.
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From 11/14/2024 17:24 | #306031
OK, I've been on BEA for a few years now and have only just looked at the listings for The Tubes. And I am horrified! How it is that there are so few interactions for a band that made tracks like White Punks On Dope and Don't Touch Me There is way, way, way beyond my comprehension! And listing The Completion Backwards Principle as their best ever album is just an obscenity! Clearly, I will have to do a lot of work to try and correct some of these wrongs. FYI Young & Rich is a classic. More later.
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Best Albums of 1981
1. Moving Pictures by Rush
2. Computerwelt by Kraftwerk
3. Discipline by King Crimson
4. Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
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