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The Cars - Greatest Hits Audio CD

A fair review of the The Cars "Greatest Hits" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Cars reviews here, or go back to the The Cars tabs.

The Cars Band: The Cars
Title: Greatest Hits
Rating:
Release Date: 1998-07-14
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Just What I Needed 2: Since You're Gone 3: You Might Think 4: Good Times Roll 5: Touch and Go 6: Drive 7: Tonight She Comes 8: My Best Friend's Girl 9: Heartbeat City 10: Let's Go 11: I'm Not the One 12: Magic 13: Shake It Up

A head of their time!
And of course Drive, and Just what you needed are two classics that are way way too overplayed in my opinion. It seems like this is what alot of the rock bands are trying to accomplish now in days! They want to sound exactly like the cars! I heard alot about the cars. I wasn't familiar with some of their other work,so I decided to download a compiltation of most of their hits. I found almost everytrack to be extremely enjoyable to listen and I loved Heartbeat City. It's a great classic rock track. The thing I like about this band is that they aren't to light on the rock sound,and don't over use the pop sounds. It's a good mix. Overall, if anybody loves classic rock music or is a fan of Duran Duran,Aerosmith, Queen, then your gonna love this album! It's a must have for anybody's collection!.


The Cars / Greatest Hits
The only song I didn't care for was Heart Break City, all the other the songs are fantastic. Classic Cars, pun intended. You won't go wrong buying this one. Highly recomended. .


Cars Greatest
It has all the hits. If you like the Cars at all , Get this CD. Does not miss any Cars songs you may know.


classic
buy this album, listen to it, become a better person. if you're not a fan of singing with the classics something's wrong with you.


Horribly outdated compilation, missing far too many songs
With their mixture of rock and roll and new wave pop elements, they won over a number of fans during their decade or so together. The Cars: Greatest Hits

INTRODUCTION:
The Cars were one of the finest classic rock bands ever. There are countless compilations out there for the band. Let's take a look at Greatest Hits.

OVERVIEW:
Complete Greatest Hits spans the Cars career 1978-1987. It features 20 tracks.

REVIEW:
I love the music of the Cars, they're one of my favorite bands of all time. But this compilation shows its age. Nearly every track on here (plus a whole lot more) is on the newer Complete Greatest Hits compilation. The omissions on here are far too great in number.

THE CARS (1978): Just What I Needed, Good Times Roll, My Best Friend's Girl.
COMMENTS: You get THE SINGLES from the first album. Nothing more. That means this album is missing the non-single hits Bye Bye Love, You're All I've Got Tonight, and Moving In Stereo. That's just the beginning of the atrocities of this inferior compilation.

CANDY-O (1979): Let's Go
COMMENTS: ONE TRACK from this album!? ONE TRACK!? Blasphemy, I say! What compilation omits Dangerous Type and It's All I Can Do? Well, my friends, THIS ONE DOES.

PANORAMA (1980): Touch and Go
COMMENTS: Again, an album only gets ONE TRACK on here. That means no Don't Tell Me No or the title track.

SHAKE IT UP (1981): Shake It Up, I'm Not The One, Since You're Gone
COMMENTS: This is it. The ONLY album that gets perfect representation on this compilation. No complaints.

HEARTBEAT CITY (1984. ): You Might Think, Drive, Heartbeat City, Magic
COMMENTS: Glad to see the underrated title track made the cut here, as well as most of the other big hits. But why were Hello Again and Stranger Eyes omitted!?

NEW TRACK (1985): Tonight She Comes
The band recorded this single new cut for the album. It's not one of the band's best ever, but still a solid tune.

DOOR TO DOOR (1987): NO TRACKS
COMMENTS: This compilation was released prior to this album.

OVERALL:
Get Complete Greatest Hits instead. Everything this compilation does, that one does several times better.

Thumbs down.

EDITION NOTES:
This compilation has always been readily available so I doubt you'll have any trouble finding it or the superior Complete Greatest Hits.


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