''Quick Change World'' is the fourth solo album released by

Ric Ocasek Richard Theodore Otcasek (March 23, 1944 – September 15, 2019), known as Ric Ocasek ( ), was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the primary vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the America ...

, who was the lead singer and songwriter for

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. This was his second and final release for

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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

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. It would also include a book of Ocasek penned poetry. When ''

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'', Ocasek's third solo release, failed to meet sales expectations,

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scaled back the project to this fourteen track single disc, which was issued as ''Quick Change World'' in

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only. The seven "Right Side" tracks were produced by

Mike Shipley Michael Shipley (7 October 1956 – 25 July 2013) was an Australian mixing engineer, audio engineer, and record producer. Shipley's music career spanned more than 30 years – mostly working in Los Angeles. At the Grammy Awards of 2012 he ...

, and the seven "Left Side" tracks were produced by Ocasek. The song "Hard Times" was initially intended for the Cars' album ''

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''. '' Negative Theater'' was issued as a 15-track CD in

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. 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.

Track listing

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Personnel

Source: *Ric Ocasek - Vocals,

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, Keyboards, Artwork, Photography, Written-By, Art Direction, Producer, Engineer, Mixed By *

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- Keyboards * Roger Greenawalt - Guitar *

Eric Schermerhorn Eric Schermerhorn ( ; born April 11, 1961) is an American guitarist, composer, and voiceover artist. As a musician, he has worked with David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Ric Ocasek, Richard Butler, The The, They Might Be Giants, Melissa Etheridge, P!nk, ...

- Guitar,

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*Milton Sutton -

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s *Thad Bernard, Darryl Jenifer, Charlie Pettus -

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*Mike Shipley - Engineer, Producer *Mike Baumgartner - Assistant Engineer *David Heglemeier - Assistant Engineer *George Marino - Mastered By *Chris Shaw - Mixed By

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