Negative Theater, a European-only import CD, is the fifth solo album released by Ric Ocasek

Ric Ocasek

Ric Ocasek is an American musician and music producer. He is best known as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band, The Cars....

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Negative Theater was originally intended to be Ocasek's fourth solo effort consisting of a double CD and a book of poetry. However, in North America, Reprise Records declined to release the CD in Ocasek's original form. Instead, the company took 7 tracks from Ocasek's project, and had him record 7 additional tracks with producer Mike Shipley

Mike Shipley

Mike Shipley is a Grammy Award–winning mix engineer who has been prominent in the global music industry for several decades, having worked on projects with combined sales in the hundreds of millions....

. The resulting record was issued as Quick Change World

Quick Change World (Ric Ocasek album)

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....

in North America only.

For European release, Negative Theater was issued as a 15-track CD. It included 7 tracks that were issued on Quick Change World, and 8 tracks that are exclusive to this album.

Track listing

Tracks listed with an asterisk (*) were previously released on Quick Change World in North America.

1. "I Still Believe" *
2. "Come Alive" *
3. "Quick Change World" *
4. "Ride With Duce"
5. "What's on TV" *
6. "Shake A Little Nervous"
7. "Hopped Up" *
8. "Take Me Silver"
9. "Telephone Again" *
10. "Race To Nowhere"
11. "Help Me Find America" *
12. "Who Do I Pay"
13. "Wait For Fate"
14. "What is Time"
15. "Fade Away"