The Completion Backward Principle

The Completion Backward Principle
Studio album by
Released6 April 1981
RecordedAugust 1980
StudioRecord One (Los Angeles)
GenreRock
Length39:30
LabelCapitol
ProducerDavid Foster
The Tubes chronology
T.R.A.S.H. (Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits)
(1979)
The Completion Backward Principle
(1981)
Outside Inside
(1983)
Singles from The Completion Backward Principle
  1. "Don't Want to Wait Anymore"
    Released: June 1981 (1981-06)
  2. "Talk to Ya Later"
    Released: 1981 (1981)

The Completion Backward Principle is the fifth studio album by the American rock band The Tubes. It is the group's first for Capitol Records. It was accompanied by a long-form music video release of the same name, although it did not contain all of the songs from the album. It is a concept album presented as a motivational business document. The album contains two hit singles, "Don't Want to Wait Anymore" and "Talk to Ya Later."