Negative Theater

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

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 seven tracks from Ocasek's project, and had him record seven additional tracks with producer Mike Shipley. The resulting record was issued as Quick Change World in North America only.

For European release, Negative Theater was issued as a fifteen track CD. It included the seven "Left Side" tracks that were issued on Quick Change World, and eight tracks that are exclusive to this album.

==Track listing ==

Tracks 1-3, 5, 7, 9 & 11 previously appeared on Quick Change World.

Personnel

 * Ric Ocasek - vocals, keyboards, guitar, art direction, photography
 * Eric Schermerhorn - guitar, keyboards
 * Darryl Jenifer - bass
 * Greg Hawkes - keyboards
 * Nano the 2'nd - drums
 * George Marino - Mastered By
 * David Heglmeier - Engineer
 * Chris Shaw - Mix Engineer