 | Cars - Complete Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
20 of their best tracks available on 1 CD, including 'Just What I Needed', 'You're All I've Got Tonight', Touch and Go', 'Magic', 'You Might Think' & more. Rhino Records. 2002. |
 | The Cars [Read More ...]
Description: American art-rock was often stilted and lacking in humor until the New Wave arrived. Liberated by the influence of the Velvet Underground, Roxy Music and punk-era fellow travelers like Blondie and Suicide, the Cars methodically linked hookiness (enough to produce three hit single... |
 | Candy-O [Read More ...]
Review: Stellar: Since the Cars had created a perfect album with their 1978 self-titled debut, it would be nearly impossible to top it. Instead of laboring long and hard over a follow-up like many '70s bands did after a huge commercial success, the band cranked out their sophomore effo... |
 | Heartbeat City [Read More ...]
Description: Buddy Holly-meets-Roxy Music was the hook-filled formula Ric Ocasek and crew fell into on their classic 1978 debut--and it's one they continued to milk throughout the first half of the '80s. As in any formula, it seemed to dilute a bit with each subsequent release. Heartbeat City... |
 | Shake It Up [Read More ...]
Review: better then I remember:I remember being disapointed with the polish and the silly title track
(it's far better live)but this album I now find far more likeable
I always liked Ocasek's quirkiness and they do stretch with "dream away"
other strong numbers are opener "Since your gon... |
 | Panorama [Read More ...]
Review: Anti-pop:Interesting then as it is now. I love the fact that the music critics in '80 just didn't get it - it's a moody, techno-post-punk album full of angst, alienation, and self-doubt. But unlike the band Suicide, a band that Ocasek admired, the melodies always come back to a,... |
 | The Cars - Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Description: The Cars' blend of New Wave experimentation and trad-rock values made for nearly ubiquitous radio presence in the late '70s and early '80s. Often jumpily ambivalent and marvelously pop-wise in the same moment, Ric Ocasek captured the zeitgeist for people to whom even Talking Head... |
 | Box Car Racer [Read More ...]
Description: Playing punk pop for teenagers hooked on MTV may inflate your bank account, but it doesn't do much for your credibility. Fortunately, Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker, two-thirds of the multiplatinum crew, found a way around this quandary. The pair formed... |
 | The Cars: Deluxe Edition [Read More ...]
Description: American art-rock was often stilted and lacking in humor until new wave arrived. Liberated by the influence of the Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, and punk-era fellow travelers like Blondie and Suicide, the Cars methodically linked hookiness (enough to produce three hit singles a... |
 | Door to Door [Read More ...]
Review: A criminally underrated album that needs to be rediscovered:The commonly accepted storyline concerning The Cars goes like this: The band storms out of New England with a classic first album which contains many radio-friendly rock staples still on playlists today. Ever the singl... |
 | Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology [Read More ...]
Description: Despite musical roots that branched from the Velvets to Steely Dan and the likes of then-new wave icons Roxy Music, the Cars never strayed far from the crucial, hook-conscious, three-minute pop song sensibility which made them one of the most successful and long-lived radio stapl... |
 | Small Block [Read More ...]
Review: As good as it gets folks...:Pick this up along with "___________ type thing". BDC's later releases were plagued by too much filler music and mainstream leanings. If you want good infectious 80's style pop-punk, you can't go wrong with the first two. I would also recommend anythin... |
 | No Worse for the Wear [Read More ...]
This album rips!:Real inventive crisp sound. Frank Dalys voice is perfect for this style of music and the guitar work is great too. Favorite songs include Step Right Up, In Disguise, Friend of Mine, & Wondering. Wish they were still around! |
 | It's Alive! [Read More ...]
Description: Let the good times roll - again. This ain't your father's automobile, or your older brother's for that matter, but the emergence of The New Cars, comprised of original members of The Cars. Joining Elliot Easton on guitar and Greg Hawkes on keyboards is an all-star group of rocker... |
 | Centralia [Read More ...]
Description: CAR BOMB detonate a vicious blast of wildly technical and progressive modern metal on their Relapse debut Centralia. The Long Island, NY quartet's attack is relentless and suffocating; vicious jazz-inspired blasts shift into mechanistic, canyon-wide grooves. Schizophrenic, w... |
 | The Waking Hour [Read More ...]
Japanese reissue of sole album, originally issued in 1984, from duo comprised of Bauhaus vocalist/lyricist Pete Murphy & ex-Japan bassist/composer Mick Karn. Packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Imperial. 2004. |
 | The Passage [Read More ...]
Description: Boy Hits Car are known for playing the sickest, loveliest, ugliest, prettiest, most beautiful, melodic, heartfelt music that the band dubs "Love Core". Their most recent masterpiece, "The Passage", is an intense journey from start to finish down the road of passion, loss, anger, ... |
 | CD Type Thing [Read More ...]
Back in the time:I was nearly 10 years old when this album was released. I had it on record and lost it a few years ago. Or maybe I think it's Small Block i'm not sure, I'll have to find them in my attic. |
 | Cars - Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Description: The Cars' blend of New Wave experimentation and trad-rock values made for nearly ubiquitous radio presence in the late '70s and early '80s. Often jumpily ambivalent and marvelously pop-wise in the same moment, Ric Ocasek captured the zeitgeist for people to whom even Talking Head... |
 | Batch [Read More ...]
Review: This rocks:Ok, Frank Daly needs to get ... into another band right now. He has to be one of the best singers of all time, and his work on this album rocks. I know he was in that band All Systems Go, they rock too, but since then I havn't heard anything from him. I can't believe n... |
