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'''''The King & Eye''''' is an album by the avant garde band ], released in ]. It consists of a series of ] songs strung together with a narration exploring what motivated him throughout his career. Most of the album showed up in the ] tour. '''''The King & Eye''''' is an album by the avant garde band ], released in 1989. It consists of a series of ] songs strung together with a narration exploring what motivated him throughout his career. Most of the album showed up in the ] tour.


Through the perspective of a father telling his children fables about a long dead king and his songs, and a poignant string of narrative interludes - "The Baby King" - the work hints at a darker side of the Elvis mystique and questions the spiritual nature of his reign. The album "incisively portrays Elvis's life and work as a misguided abandonment of innocence in favor of a sad yet comedic Oedipal journey," writes Jim Green. Through the perspective of a father telling his children fables about a long dead king and his songs, and a poignant string of narrative interludes - "The Baby King" - the work hints at a darker side of the Elvis mystique and questions the spiritual nature of his reign. The album "incisively portrays Elvis's life and work as a misguided abandonment of innocence in favor of a sad yet comedic Oedipal journey," writes Jim Green.


==CD Track listing== ==CD track listing==
# Blue Suede Shoes # Blue Suede Shoes
# The Baby King Part 1 # The Baby King Part 1
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# The Baby King Part 5 # The Baby King Part 5
# Hound Dog # Hound Dog



{{The Residents}} {{The Residents}}


For other music relating to ], see also ] and ]'s song, "Elvis Was a Mama's Boy" from his 2001 album, ].

For other music relating to ], see also ] and ]'s song, "Elvis Was a Mama's Boy" from his 2001 album, ].



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The King & Eye is an album by the avant garde 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.

Through the perspective of a father telling his children fables about a long dead king and his songs, and a poignant string of narrative interludes - "The Baby King" - the work hints at a darker side of the Elvis mystique and questions the spiritual nature of his reign. The album "incisively portrays Elvis's life and work as a misguided abandonment of innocence in favor of a sad yet comedic Oedipal journey," writes Jim Green.

CD 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
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For other music relating to Elvis Presley, see also Dead Elvis and Jason Morphew's song, "Elvis Was a Mama's Boy" from his 2001 album, Not for the Faint of Heart!.

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