The Cars: “Just What I Needed” (1978)
Talk about going 0 to 60 in a flash, The Cars were stars after this song came out.
Category: Cars
[Review] The Cars (1978)
Finally, a new wave band that everyone could rally around, a radio ally for the rest of us.
The Cars: “Let’s Go” (1979)
The song that got you revved up for the Cars’ second album. I really need to put the brakes on the car puns.
[Review] The Cars: Candy-O (1979)
Their sophomore effort is a bit soft in spots, but still contains two great songs in “Let’s Go” and “It’s All I Can…
The Cars: ‘It’s All I Can Do” (1979)
Orr it’s all they would let Ben do, at least until “Drive.” This is still one of the coolest Cars song.
[Review] The Cars: Panorama (1980)
The Cars take a left turn with this moody studio album favoring synthesizers and irregular rhythms.
The Cars: “Touch And Go” (1980)
A little engine stutter aside, this is one of the catchiest tracks on The Cars’ most “difficult” album.
[Review] The Cars: Shake It Up (1981)
The Cars’ fourth gets out of the gate quick on the strength of “Since You’re Gone” and “Shake It Up” and never looks…
The Cars: “Shake It Up” (1981)
More “Let’s Go” than “Touch And Go,” the first single from The Cars’ fourth is a party on a platter.
The Cars: “Since You’re Gone” (1982)
The moody second single from Shake It Up didn’t quite break the top 40, unless you were counting the MTV Top 40.
[Review] Ric Ocasek: Beatitude (1982)
Robotic synth-rock that lacks the contagious energy of The Cars, Ocasek is still cool on Beatitude but a little cold to the touch.
The Cars: “You Might Think” (1984)
Turbocharged by top-of-the-line audio and video production, The Cars enter their mass-production phase.
[Review] The Cars: Heartbeat City (1984)
Mutt Lange works his multiplatinum magic again as The Cars release the most sucksassfull album of their carears. (I’ll spellcheck that later.)
[Review] Ric Ocasek: This Side of Paradise (1986)
A more polished followup to Beatitude, featuring most of The Cars and a bonafide hit in “Emotion In Motion.”
[Review] Ric Ocasek: Quick Change World (1993)
A compromise of the album that Ocasek wanted to make and the album that the label (Reprise) wanted him to make.