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1	Smoke (La Vie En Fumér) Written-By – Spooner*, Cotten*, Welnick*	4:50
2	Hit Parade Written-By – Spooner*, Welnick*	3:35
3	Strung Out On Strings Written-By – Spooner*, Evans*, Steen*	4:10
4	Golden Boy Harmonica [Uncredited] – Harry DuncanWritten-By – Spooner*, Evans*	4:00
5	My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains Written-By – Van Vliet*	4:30
6	God-Bird-Change Written-By – Lewis*	3:18
7	I'm Just A Mess Written-By – Spooner*, Steen*	3:10
8	Cathy's Clone Soprano Saxophone [Uncredited] – Don Van VlietWritten-By – Dornacker*	3:30
9	This Town Written-By – Hazlewood*	3:15
10	Pound Of Flesh Written-By – Nagle*, Matthews*	3:00
11	You're No Fun Written-By – Cotten*, The Tubes, Welnick*	4:51

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – His Masters Wheels
• Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
• Mixed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
• Recorded At – Record Plant, Sausalito
• Recorded At – Funky Features

Credits

• Art Direction – Roland Young
• Artwork, Design [Design Tech] – Chuck Beeson
• Bass – Rick Anderson
• Design – M. Cotten*, P. Prince*
• Drums – Prairie Prince
• Illustration [Front Cover] – P. Prince*
• Keyboards – Vince Welnick
• Lead Guitar, Vocals – Roger Steen
• Lead Guitar, Vocals, Supervised By [Le Gran Fromage] – Bill Spooner
• Lead Vocals – Fee Waybill
• Management [Bog O' Bucks] – Gary Peterson , Mort Moriarty
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Percussion – Mingo Lewis
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Gerald Kudo, Peter Ogilvie
• Photography By [Liner Photos] – Alvin Meyerowitz, Mort Moriarty
• Producer – John Anthony
• Synthesizer – Michael Cotten
• Vocals – Re Styles

Notes

2004 CD reissue. Album originally released 1977.

Recorded at His Masters Wheels, San Francisco, The Record Plant, Los Angeles, The Record Plant, Sausalito, and Funky Features, San Francisco.
Mixed at The Record Plant, Los Angeles.

"Special thanks to: Captain Beefheart, Bernie Krause, Rick Bright and his Sounds Of Delight Orchestra, Rob Lawrence and Harry Duncan".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 805772 806924

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SP-4632	The Tubes	Now ‎(LP, Album, Gre)	A&M Records	SP-4632	US	1977
AMLH 64632	The Tubes	Now ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records	AMLH 64632	Spain	1979
SP-4632	The Tubes	Now ‎(LP, Album, Whi)	A&M Records	SP-4632	US	1977
SP-4632	The Tubes	Now ‎(LP, Album, Club, Yel)	A&M Records	SP-4632	US	1977
SP 4632	The Tubes	Now ‎(LP, Album, Yel)	A&M Records	SP 4632	Canada	1977