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This Complete List Of Ric Ocasek Albums And Songs presents the full discography of Ric Ocasek solo studio albums. This Ric Ocasek discography only includes the albums Ric Ocasek released as a solo artist. He was one of the founding members of the legendary rock band The Cars. We have a separate listing for his work with his band The Cars. Not many rock fans are aware that Ric Ocasek had put out so many solo albums. Ric Ocasek was born in 1944 in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. All these very cool-sounding Ric Ocasek albums have been presented below in chronological order. We have also included all original release dates with each Ric Ocasek album as well as all original album covers. Every Ric Ocasek album listed below showcases the entire album tracklisting.
RIC OCASEK STUDIO ALBUMS
Beatitude
Released 1982
CD Track Listings:
- “Jimmy Jimmy” – 4:57
- “Something to Grab For” – 3:43
- “Prove” – 3:56
- “I Can’t Wait” – 3:43
- “Connect Up to Me” – 7:37
- “A Quick One” – 3:37
- “Out of Control” – 4:41
- “Take a Walk” – 4:38
- “Sneak Attack” – 3:55
- “Time Bomb” – 5:03
This Side of Paradise
Released 1986
CD Track Listings:
- “Keep on Laughin'” 4:36
- “True to You” 3:59
- “Emotion in Motion” 4:41
- “Look in Your Eyes” 6:00
- “Coming for You” 5:34
- “Mystery” 4:20
- “True Love” 4:23
- “P.F.J.” 3:39
- “Hello Darkness”- 4:52
- “This Side of Paradise” 8:04
Fireball Zone
Released 1991
CD Track Listings:
- “Rockaway”
- “Touch Down Easy”
- “Come Back”
- “The Way You Look Tonight”
- “All We Need Is Love”
- “Over and Over”
- “Flowers of Evil”
- “They Tried”
- “Keep That Dream”
- “Balance”
- “Mister Meaner”
- “Fireball Zone”
Quick Change World
Released 1993
CD Track Listings:
- “The Big Picture”
- “Don’t Let Go”
- “Hard Times”
- “A Little Closer”
- “Riding Shotgun”
- “Feeling’s Got to Stay”
- “She’s On”
- “I Still Believe”
- “Come Alive”
- “Quick Change World”
- “What’s on TV”
- “Hopped Up”
- “Help Me Find America”
- “Telephone Again”
Negative Theater
Released 1993
CD Track Listings:
- “I Still Believe”
- “Come Alive”
- “Quick Change World”
- “Ride with Duce”
- “What’s on TV” *
- “Shake a Little Nervous
- “Hopped Up”
- “Take Me Silver”
- “Telephone Again”
- “Race to Nowhere”
- “Help Me Find America”
- “Who Do I Pay”
- “Wait For Fate”
- “What Is Time”
- “Fade Away”
Getchertiktz
Released 1993
This is a spoken-word album of poems and stories. No music, just sound effects and the spoken word.
Troublizing
Released 1997
CD Track Listings:
- “The Next Right Moment”
- “Hang on Tight”
- “Crashland Consequence”
- “Troublizing”
- “Not Shocked”
- “Situation”
- “Fix on You”
- “People We Know”
- “Here We Go”
- “Society Trance”
- “Asia Minor”
Nexterday
Released 2005
CD Track Listings:
- “Crackpot”
- “Bottom Dollar”
- “Don’t Lose Me”
- “In a Little Bit”
- “Silver”
- “Come On”
- “I’m Thinking”
- “Carousel”
- “Heard About You”
- “Please Don’t Let Me Down”
- “It Gets Crazy”
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