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Heartbeat City (Expanded) by The Cars [Audio CD]

Description: Tracks:Hello AgainLooking for LoveMagicDriveStranger EyesYou Might ThinkIt's Not the NightWhy Can't I Have YouI RefuseHeartbeat CityHello Again (Arthur Baker Remix Version)DriveOne More Time (Early Version of 'Why Can't I Have You')Baby I Refuse (Early Version of 'I Refuse')Jackie (Early Version of 'Heartbeat City')BreakawayTonight She Comes Performer Notes: The Cars: Ric Ocasek (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Ben Orr (vocals, bass); Elliot Easton (guitar, background vocals); Greg Hawkes (keyboards, background vocals); David Robinson (drums, percussion).Recorded at Battery Studios, London, England.Personnel: Elliot Easton, Ric Ocasek (vocals, guitar); Greg Hawkes (vocals, keyboards, programming); Benjamin Orr (vocals); David Robinson (drums, programming); Andy Topeka (programming).Liner Note Authors: David Robinson ; David Fricke.Recording information: Battery Studios, London, England.Coming off the less-than-classic Shake It Up, the Cars decided again to change things up, this time moving from their home studio in Boston to London to record with Mutt Lange. The producer was coming off a string of sleek modern hits, most recently Def Leppard's Pyromania, and the Cars put themselves in Lange's capable and demanding hands. They spent six months in the studio painstakingly putting the album together, sometimes spending days getting the right bass sound or vocal take. The bandmembers were rarely in the room at the same time and instead of using live drums on the record, Lange and David Robinson put together drum tracks using samples of Robinson's playing. This sounds a bit like the recipe for a airless, stale album, but much like Pyromania, Heartbeat City is a gleaming pop masterpiece. The producer's golden touch, the strength of the songs Ric Ocasek wrote, and the stunning vocal performance both he and Benjamin Orr deliver make the album one of the best of the '80s and something that still sounds perfect many years later. It's a near-total reboot of the Cars' sound, giving them a thoroughly modern upgrade while still retaining enough of the DNA from their early hits to keep it a Cars album. Songs like "You Might Think" and "Magic" have the power chords and chugging rhythms, "It's Not the Night" has the dramatic emotion, and "Looking for Love" has some chirpy new wave in the verses, but most of the album takes the band to new places. "Hello Again" is arena-sized modern rock with some very Def Lep backing vocals -- something that pops up on almost every song -- and "Drive" is a timelessly romantic ballad that perfects the MOR sound that the previous album hinted at. The title track is moody soft pop with smooth synth pads and a crooning vocal by Ocasek, "Stranger Eyes" is basically a mash-up of Def Lep and the Cars with the addition of a few wonderfully corny synth sound effects, and "It's Not the Night" is pure AOR balladry that sounds like it could have been on Foreigner 4, another record Lange produced. Overall, Heartbeat City is a masterful example of how a band can reinvent itself without losing what made it great in the first place. Credit Lange's production savvy, Ocasek's songwriting genius, or the band's dedication to adding just what each song needed; when you combine them all it makes for brilliant pop and one of the landmark albums of the era. ~ Tim Sendra Professional Reviews: CMJ (1/5/04, p.14) - Ranked #2 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1984" Producer: Robert John Lange, The Cars, John Hughes (Reissue) Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Studio/Live: Studio Release Date: 30 March, 2018 Label: Elektra Dimensions: 12.9 x 0.8 x 14.2 centimeters (0.01 kg)

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Track #1: Hello Again

Track #2: Looking for Love

Track #3: Magic

Track #4: Drive

Track #5: Stranger Eyes

Track #6: You Might Think

Track #7: It's Not the Night

Track #8: Why Can't I Have You

Track #9: I Refuse

Track #10: Heartbeat City

Track #11: Hello Again (Arthur Baker Remix Version)

Track #12: Drive

Track #13: One More Time (Early Version of 'Why Can't I Have

Track #14: Baby I Refuse (Early Version of 'I Refuse')

Track #15: Jackie (Early Version of 'Heartbeat City')

Track #16: Breakaway

Track #17: Tonight She Comes

Release Year: 2018

Format: CD

Genre: Rock

Record Label: Warner Music Group, EA

Artist: Cars

Release Title: Heartbeat City

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