Windows Media Player

At work, my only option for listening to CDs is Windows Media Player, not my favourite program by far, but I'm stuck with it. Anyway, I'm having trouble because I can't find the option to give me the playlist. You know, the track information with band name and track name. I get that swirling smoky graphic, which I don't want. Anyway, I must have looked around WMP options a dozen times but can't figure out how to switch it. Anyone know how? Or at least how to turn off this awful graphic? If it matters, I have WMP 9.