The Completion Backward Principle was the first release on EMI/Capitol by San Francisco-based the Tubes. It found the outrageous septet working with producer David Foster, who gives the record a high-gloss sheen. It's a pairing that, while possibly surprising to fans of the band's earlier releases, actually works quite nicely. The ballads (the Top 40 hit "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" and the Toto-esque "Amnesia") don't suit the band, but most everything else does. There's a pair of catchy new wavish rockers in "Talk to Ya Later" and "Think About Me," the wacky "Sushi Girl," and the R&B-flavored "A Matter of Pride." The Completion Backward Principle rightfully earned the Tubes new fans and set the table for their commercial breakthrough, Outside/Inside, two years later. ~ Tom Demalon, All Music Guide
Mingo Lewis (Percussion), Don Smith (Assistant Engineer), David Foster (Producer), Michael Cotten (Synthesizer), Paul Lani (Assistant Engineer), Humberto Gatica (Engineer), Bruce Garfield (Vocals), Keith Olsen (Vocals), Bill Champlin (Vocals), Steve Lukather (Guitar), Roger Steen (Development), Vince Welnick (Vocals), Michael Cotten (Logo), Fee Waybill (Vocals), Roy Kohara (Art Direction), Prairie Prince (Drums), Michael Cotten (Cover Design), Leach (Cover Photo), Bobby Colomby (Vocals), Michael Cotten (Consultant), Vince Welnick (Keyboards), Bill Spooner (Vocals), Rick Anderson (Bass), Humberto Gatica (Mixing), Bill Spooner (Guitar), David Foster (Keyboards), Roger Steen (Vocals), Roger Steen (Guitar), Vince Welnick (Accounting), Ernie Sheesley (Assistant Engineer), Leach (Logo), Bobby Gerber (Assistant Engineer), Stanley Paterson (Vocals), Michael Cotten (Cover Photo)
