   the king & eye is an album by the american 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. this album was the last full-length album the residents released before entering their "multimedia era." 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. ==track listing== # "blue suede shoes" # "the baby king part 1" # "don't be cruel" # "heartbreak hotel" # "all shook up" # "return to sender" # "the baby king part 2" # "teddy bear" # "don't be cruel" # "stuck on you" # "big hunk o' love" # "a fool such as i" # "the baby king part 3" # "little sister" # "his latest flame" # "burning love" # "viva las vegas' # "the baby king part 4" # "love me tender" # "the baby king part 5" # "hound dog" ==references==   
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