Quick Change World
1993 studio album by Ric Ocasek
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Quick Change World is the fourth solo album released by Ric Ocasek, who was the lead singer and songwriter for The Cars. This was his second and final release for Reprise Records.
- Electric Lady Studios and One Take Studios (New York City, New York)
- A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
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| Released | September 28, 1993 | |||
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| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 50:54 | |||
| Label | Reprise Records | |||
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History
Ocasek originally intended for Quick Change World to be a double CD: the "Right Side", consisting of Cars-like pop/rock, and the "Left Side", consisting of experimental music. It would also include a book of Ocasek penned poetry. When Fireball Zone, Ocasek's third solo release, failed to meet sales expectations, Reprise scaled back the project to this fourteen track single disc, which was issued as Quick Change World in North America only.[1]
The seven "Right Side" tracks were produced by Mike Shipley, and the seven "Left Side" tracks were produced by Ocasek. The song "Hard Times" was initially intended for the Cars' album Heartbeat City.
Negative Theater was issued as a 15-track CD in Europe. It includes the seven "Left Side" tracks that were issued on Quick Change World, and eight tracks that are exclusive to the Negative Theater album.[2]
Track listing
Source:[3]
All tracks are written by Ric Ocasek.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Big Picture" | 1:31 |
| 2. | "Don't Let Go" | 3:50 |
| 3. | "Hard Times" | 3:53 |
| 4. | "A Little Closer" | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Riding Shotgun" | 4:23 |
| 6. | "Feeling's Got to Stay" | 4:29 |
| 7. | "She's On" | 4:14 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 8. | "I Still Believe" | 1:28 |
| 9. | "Come Alive" | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Quick Change World" | 4:12 |
| 11. | "What's on TV" | 4:55 |
| 12. | "Hopped Up" | 5:01 |
| 13. | "Help Me Find America" | 5:30 |
| 14. | "Telephone Again" (hidden bonus track) | 0:59 |
| Total length: | 50:54 | |
Personnel
Source:[4]
- Ric Ocasek – vocals, keyboards, guitars
- Roger Greenawalt – keyboards, guitars, bass
- Greg Hawkes – keyboards
- Eric Schermerhorn – guitars, Ebow guitar
- Darryl Jenifer – bass
- Charlie Pettus – bass
- Milton Sutton – drums
Production
- Ric Ocasek – producer, engineer, mixing, art direction, design, photography
- Mike Shipley – producer, engineer
- Chris Shaw – mixing
- Mike Baumgartner – assistant engineer
- David Heglmeier – assistant engineer
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
- Mick Haggerty – design
- Elliot Roberts for Lookout Management – management