Troublizing
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{{Infobox album
|name = Troublizing
|type = Album
|artist = Ric Ocasek
|cover = Troublizing.jpg
|alt =
|released = September 9, 1997
|recorded = Electric Lady Studios
|venue =
|studio =
|genre = New wave
|length = 43:19
|label = Columbia{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/11/14/ric-ocasek-troublizing-columbia/d5d8fa3c-5e10-4fe0-bfe1-1bcaea83972a/|title=RIC OCASEK|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=November 14, 1997|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
|producer = Billy Corgan, Ric Ocasek
|prev_title = Getchertikitz
|prev_year = 1996
|next_title = Nexterday
|next_year = 2005
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=6 |page=269}}
|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev3score = B−{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/09/12/troublizing/|title=Troublizing|website=EW.com}}
|rev4 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=203}}
|rev5 = Pitchfork
|rev6 = Rolling Stone
|rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ricocasek/albums/album/148810/review/5942840/troublizing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002110223/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ricocasek/albums/album/148810/review/5942840/troublizing|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-10-02|title=Ric Ocasek: Troublizing : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 2, 2007}}
}}
Troublizing is an album by Ric Ocasek, released in 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ric-ocasek-mn0000889097/biography|title=Ric Ocasek | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ric-ocasek-cars-1997-album-billy-corgan-118573/|title=Ric Ocasek|first1=Suzan|last1=Colon|work=Rolling Stone|date=September 16, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/25/arts/pop-review-those-saturday-nights-of-high-tech-romance.html|title=POP REVIEW; Those Saturday Nights Of High-Tech Romance (Published 1997)|first=Ann|last=Powers|date=November 25, 1997|via=NYTimes.com}}
Production
The album was produced in part by Billy Corgan. Melissa Auf der Maur contributed backing vocals and bass. It was recorded at Electric Lady Studios.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0wkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=troublizing+ric+ocasek&pg=PA58|title=Ocasek Brings Magic To Studio|work=Billboard|date=October 25, 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
Critical reception
AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine called Troublizing Ocasek's "best solo album since This Side of Paradise."{{cite web |url= http://allmusic.com/album/troublizing-r315553|last = Erlewine|first = Stephen Thomas |title = Ric Ocasek: Troublizing|author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine|website= AllMusic|accessdate = February 7, 2011 }} 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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/ric-ocasek-troublizing-1798193229|title=Ric Ocasek: Troublizing|website=Music}}
The Sun Sentinel wrote that "Ocasek's music is as lean, gangly and oddly interesting as he is."{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1997-11-04-9711030184-story.html|title=PISTOLEROS SHOOT FROM THE HIP THE PI|first=SANDRA SCHULMANDAMON|last=ADAMS|website=Sun-Sentinel.com}} 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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-09-18-1997261165-story.html|title=Soul FoodMusic from the 'Soul Food' Motion...|first=J. D.|last=Considine|website=baltimoresun.com}}
Track listing<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/177166-Ric-Ocasek-Troublizing|title =Ric Ocasek – Troublizing|website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
{{Track listing
|all_writing = Ric Ocasek, except where indicated. Produced by Ric Ocasek. Tracks 3, 6, 7, 8 & 11 co-produced by Billy Corgan.
|title1 = The Next Right Moment
|length1 = 4:21
|title2 = Hang on Tight
|length2 = 4:55
|title3 = Crashland Consequence
|length3 = 4:08
|title4 = Troublizing
|length4 = 4:10
|title5 = Not Shocked
|length5 = 3:17
|title6 = Situation
|length6 = 3:48
|title7 = Fix on You
|length7 = 3:01
|title8 = People We Know
|length8 = 3:37
|title9 = Here We Go
|length9 = 4:26
|title10 = Society Trance
|length10 = 4:34
|title11 = Asia Minor
|writer11 = Billy Corgan
|length11 = 3:01
|total_length = 43:19
}}
Musicians
- Ric Ocasek: Vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Melissa Auf der Maur: Bass, vocals (except on track 8)
- Brian Baker: Guitars (1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10)
- Billy Corgan: Guitars (1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11), keyboards and vocals (3, 6, 8, 11)
- Ira Elliot: Drums (1, 4, 5, 9, 10)
- Greg Hawkes: Keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 9)
- Matt Walker: Drums (2, 3, 6, 7, 8)
References
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Category:Albums produced by Billy Corgan