Troublizing Explained

Troublizing
Type:Album
Artist:Ric Ocasek
Cover:Troublizing.jpg
Released:September 9, 1997
Recorded:Electric Lady Studios
Genre:New wave
Length:43:19
Label:Columbia[1]
Producer:Billy Corgan, Ric Ocasek
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Troublizing is an album by Ric Ocasek, released in 1997.[2] [3] [4]

Production

The album was produced in part by Billy Corgan.[2] Melissa Auf der Maur contributed backing vocals and bass.[1] It was recorded at Electric Lady Studios.[5]

Critical reception

AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine called Troublizing Ocasek's "best solo album since This Side of Paradise."[6] The A.V. Club called it "a vital album that recalls the driving rock of Ocasek's much-loved former group while sounding fresher than many acts currently being passed off as cutting-edge."[7]

The Sun Sentinel wrote that "Ocasek's music is as lean, gangly and oddly interesting as he is."[8] The Baltimore Sun wrote that "even though the twitchy choruses, edgy textures and defiantly unfunky rhythm arrangements evoke the flat, futuristic sound Ocasek conjured with the Cars, not even the presence of synth ace Greg Hawkes makes Troublizing seem second-hand."[9]

Musicians

Bass, vocals (except on track 8)

Guitars (1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10)

Guitars (1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11), keyboards and vocals (3, 6, 8, 11)

Drums (1, 4, 5, 9, 10)

Keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 9)

Drums (2, 3, 6, 7, 8)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RIC OCASEK. Mark. Jenkins. November 14, 1997. www.washingtonpost.com.
  2. Web site: Ric Ocasek | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  3. Web site: Ric Ocasek. Suzan. Colon. Rolling Stone. September 16, 2019.
  4. Web site: POP REVIEW; Those Saturday Nights Of High-Tech Romance (Published 1997). Ann. Powers. November 25, 1997. NYTimes.com.
  5. Web site: Ocasek Brings Magic To Studio. Billboard. October 25, 1997. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Ric Ocasek: Troublizing. Erlewine. Stephen Thomas . Stephen Thomas Erlewine. AllMusic. February 7, 2011 .
  7. Web site: Ric Ocasek: Troublizing. Music.
  8. Web site: PISTOLEROS SHOOT FROM THE HIP THE PI. SANDRA SCHULMANDAMON. ADAMS. Sun-Sentinel.com.
  9. Web site: Soul FoodMusic from the 'Soul Food' Motion.... J. D.. Considine. baltimoresun.com.
  10. Web site: Ric Ocasek – Troublizing. Discogs.