Three Easy Pieces (Stravinsky) is similar to them in the sense that they were composed for his little children to play with him, Stravinsky decided to write pieces for four hands to teach them how to play the piano. The set was composed in Clarens, in 1914 and 1915 and was presented and first performed by José Iturbi, in April 22, 1918. It was eventually published in 1917. The "Three Easy Pieces" take approximately three minutes to perform. The movement list is as follows: Even though they are titled as "easy", only the left part is easy, the right hand sustaining the whole burden
Easy Pieces previous year, "Easy Pieces" became the band's fastest-selling album, selling more in its first two weeks than "Rattlesnakes" had managed in a whole year. It was also their highest charting album in the UK, peaking at number 5, aided by three top 40 singles. However, despite "Easy Pieces"<nowiki>'</nowiki> commercial success, the reception from critics was lukewarm and the band themselves were unhappy with the end result. Cole would later say, "It strikes me that there's something really fresh on the first album which has been dragged onto the second album, and the freshness is not there and something to replace