The King & Eye

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The King & Eye
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Studio album by
The Residents
ReleasedSeptember 1989
Genre Avant-garde, experimental
Length52:27
Label Rykodisc
Producer The Residents
The Residents chronology
God in Three Persons
(1988)		The King & Eye
(1989)		 Freak Show
(1990)
Singles from The King & Eye
  1. "Don't Be Cruel"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Great Rock Discography 4/10 [3]
MusicHound 5/5 [4]
NME 8/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 4/10 [8]

The King & Eye is an album by the American art rock band The Residents, released in 1989. It consists of a series of Elvis Presley songs strung together with a narration exploring what motivated him throughout his career. Most of the album showed up in the Cube-E tour. This album was the last full-length album The Residents released before entering their "Multimedia Era."

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Blue Suede Shoes"
  2. "The Baby King Part 1"
  3. "Don't Be Cruel"
  4. "Heartbreak Hotel"
  5. "All Shook Up"
  6. "Return to Sender"
  7. "The Baby King Part 2"
  8. "Teddy Bear"
  9. "Devil in Disguise"
  10. "Stuck on You"
  11. "Big Hunk o' Love"
  12. "A Fool Such As I"
  13. "The Baby King Part 3"
  14. "Little Sister"
  15. "His Latest Flame"
  16. "Burning Love"
  17. "Viva Las Vegas'
  18. "The Baby King Part 4"
  19. "Love Me Tender"
  20. "The Baby King Part 5"
  21. "Hound Dog"

2004 Remix version

A remix version of the album featuring a more heavily synthesised, drum n bass-type sound was released in 2004, consisting of a main album plus a three-track bonus e.p.

Track listing (main album)

  1. "The Baby King 1"
  2. "Viva Las Vegas"
  3. "Jailhouse Rock"
  4. "Surrender"
  5. "Devil in Disguise"
  6. "Heartbreak Hotel"
  7. "Big Hunk o' Love"
  8. "Little Sister"
  9. "Stuck On You"
  10. "Burning Love"
  11. "All Shook Up"
  12. "Don't Be Cruel"
  13. "Don't"
  14. "A Fool Such as I"
  15. "Can't Help Falling in Love"

Track listing (bonus e.p.)

  1. "Blue Suede Shoes"
  2. "Hound Dog"
  3. "Teddy Bear"

Omitted from the remix version were "Return to Sender", "His Latest Flame", and "The Baby King" Parts 2-5.

References

  1. ↑ MacDonald, Steven. The King & Eye at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). "Residents". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. 6 (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p.  859. ISBN   978-1-84609-856-7.
  3. ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2004). "Residents". The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate Books. p.  1281. ISBN   1-84195-615-5.
  4. ↑ Faubert, Shane (1999). "Residents". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. pp.  937–38. ISBN   1-57859-061-2.
  5. ↑ Pouncey, Edwin (September 30, 1989). "The Residents: The King and Eye". NME . Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  6. ↑ Robbins, Ira (February 8, 1990). "The Residents: The Kind and Eye". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on June 16, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ Coleman, Mark (1992). "The Residents". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. pp.  587–88. ISBN   0-679-73729-4.
  8. ↑ Salamon, Jeff (1995). "The Residents". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp.  332–34. ISBN   0-679-75574-8.
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