The Tubes: "Prime Time"

	Prime Time
	Produced by Todd Rundgren
	Released on April 1979
	UK CHART POSITION #34 (charted Apr. 28, 1979 for 10 weeks)
	Find it at GEMM
2120-S w. company sleeve [high resolution scan]

K ronomyth 5.1: RUNDGREN CONTROL. Apparently, it wasn’t enough that Todd Rundgren sounded like Todd Rundgren and Utopia sounded like Todd Rundgren, now The Tubes had to too. “Prime Time” has all the earmarks of a Rundgren ballad, rendered in synthetic disco with Re Styles joining Fee on lead vocals. The album track “No Way Out” appears on the backside and at least rocks out a little, though again the Utopia comparisons hold. Despite the fact that some felt Remote Control was a return to form, I’m not hearing it here. Save your money for Adventures In Utopia instead.

TRACK LISTING

PRIME TIME (Bill Spooner/Roger Steen/Prairie Prince/Vince Welnick/Michael Cotten/Rick Anderson/Fee Waybill/Re Styles) 3:14
NO WAY OUT (Bill Spooner/Roger Steen/Prairie Prince/Vince Welnick/Michael Cotten/Rick Anderson/Fee Waybill/Re Styles) 3:26

CREDITS

Todd Rundgren -- engineer

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REGION	RELEASE DATE	LABEL	MEDIA	ID NUMBER	FEATURES
US/CAN	1979	A&M	7"	2120-S
US	1979	A&M	12PRO	SP-17068
UK	April 1979	A&M	7"/7PIC	AMS/AMSP-7423	diecut ps & colored vinyl, avail. as picture disc
NET	1979	A&M	7"	AMS-6885	picture sleeve

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