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Change No Change Studio album by Elliot Easton Released 1985 Label Elektra Producer Jon Mathias, Roy Thomas Baker, Stephen Hague Change No Change, is the only solo album released by Elliot Easton of The Cars. It was originally released in 1985 by Elektra Records, re-released in 1995 by Rhino Records, and most recently, by Wounded Bird in 2006.
The original album consists of ten songs written by Elliot Easton and Jules Shear, who also contributed background vocals. Easton plays all guitars, including 12-string guitar, as well as sitar and bass.
The 1995 and 2006 releases feature five tracks from the unreleased debut album by Band of Angels (not to be confused with the mid-60s pop group A Band of Angels), a project Easton formed with singer Danny Malone. Easton does not sing lead on these tracks. "Walk on Walden" is an instrumental on 12-string guitar in drop D tuning.
Track listing
All songs written by Elliot Easton and Jules Shear.
- "Tools of Your Labor"
- "(Wearing Down) Like a Wheel"
- "Shayla"
- "Help Me"
- "(She Made it) New for Me"
- "I Want You"
- "The Hard Way"
- "Fight My Way to Love"
- "Change"
- "Wide Awake"
Bonus tracks from Band of Angels
- "Lonely is the Dark"
- "Walk on Walden"
- "Long, Long Time"
- "Stop the World from Turning"
- "Let it Slide"
Personnel
- Elliot Easton - vocals, guitars, electric sitar, bass
- Stephen George - drums
- Brad Hallen - bass
- Jon Mathias - synthesizer, background vocals
- Jules Shear - background vocals
- Danny Malone - vocals on bonus tracks
- Stan Lynch - drums on bonus tracks
- Benmont Tench - keyboards on bonus tracks
Categories:- Elliot Easton albums
- 1985 albums
- Debut albums
- Albums produced by Roy Thomas Baker
- Albums produced by Stephen Hague
- Elektra Records albums
- Rhino Records albums
- 1980s album stubs
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