The Elektra Years 1978-1987 - The Cars

The Elektra Years 1978-1987

The Cars

  • Genre: Rock
  • Release Date: 2016-03-11
  • Explicitness: notExplicit
  • Country: USA
  • Track Count: 60
  • Album Price: 39.99
  • ℗ 2016 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved. M
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Tracks

Title Artist Time
1
Good Times Roll The Cars 3:45
2
My Best Friend's Girl The Cars 3:43
3
Just What I Needed The Cars 3:43
4
I'm In Touch with Your World The Cars 3:30
5
Don't Cha Stop The Cars 3:03
6
You're All I've Got Tonight The Cars 4:13
7
Bye Bye Love The Cars 4:12
8
Moving In Stereo The Cars 4:43
9
All Mixed Up The Cars 4:14
10
Let's Go The Cars 3:33
11
Since I Held You The Cars 3:16
12
It's All I Can Do The Cars 3:45
13
Double Life The Cars 4:14
14
Shoo Be Doo The Cars 1:38
15
Candy-O The Cars 2:36
16
Night Spots The Cars 3:13
17
You Can't Hold On Too Long The Cars 2:49
18
Lust for Kicks The Cars 3:52
19
Got a Lot On My Head The Cars 2:59
20
Dangerous Type The Cars 4:31
21
Panorama The Cars 5:45
22
Touch and Go The Cars 4:56
23
Gimme Some Slack The Cars 3:34
24
Don't Tell Me No The Cars 4:02
25
Getting Through The Cars 2:37
26
Misfit Kid The Cars 4:32
27
Down Boys The Cars 3:07
28
You Wear Those Eyes The Cars 4:57
29
Running to You The Cars 3:21
30
Up and Down The Cars 3:37
31
Since You're Gone The Cars 3:31
32
Shake It Up The Cars 3:31
33
I'm Not the One The Cars 4:09
34
Victim of Love The Cars 4:24
35
Cruiser The Cars 4:56
36
A Dream Away The Cars 5:40
37
This Could Be Love The Cars 4:26
38
Think It Over The Cars 4:56
39
Maybe Baby The Cars 5:05
40
Hello Again The Cars 3:46
41
Looking for Love The Cars 3:51
42
Magic The Cars 3:57
43
Drive The Cars 3:54
44
Stranger Eyes The Cars 4:24
45
You Might Think The Cars 3:04
46
It's Not the Night The Cars 3:48
47
Why Can't I Have You The Cars 4:03
48
I Refuse The Cars 3:15
49
Heartbeat City The Cars 4:30
50
Leave or Stay The Cars 2:56

Reviews

  • two words:

    5
    By nuuk53
    Benjamin Orr

  • A bounty of wheat, but some chaff too

    4
    By Joseph M. Ramirez
    As much as I love the Cars, and as much as my personal history is entwined with the band's music, I find it impossible to assign five stars to a six-album box set in which two albums are all-time classics, two others are strong and enjoyable, the fifth is hit and miss, and the sixth is unfortunately disposable. I am not going to treat the rather mediocre "Door to Door" as a five-star work simply because it's combined with the sublime albums "The Cars" and "Candy-O" in this compilation. "Heartbeat City" also sounds very dated, in my opinion, and overproduced to the point of embarrassment at times. The title track is a great song, and the three hit singles are so catchy that they overcome the cliched 80s production issues, but the rest of the album is cloying and at times un-Cars-like. "Panorama," which was the Cars' attempt to indulge their edgy, more experimental side, is solid and at times mesmerizing, but still inferior in song quality to the first two gems. "Shake It Up" strikes me as "Heartbeat City" done right: unabashedly commercial, but still proudly displaying "hooky but weird" essence of the band. Final note: Calling this set "The Elektra Years" is rather silly, since until the Cars' comeback album 25 years later, the Elektra years had been the *only* years.

  • The Cars…in all of their brilliance

    5
    By all27outs
    The albums are stronger as a whole than as “singles” and/or specific tracks played separately. The FIRST TWO albums are far and away the best, but even the lesser appreciated albums are worthy in their own ways. Panorama may not be super radio friendly but it is cool and somewhat dark and doesn’t pander to pop sensibilities. Shake It Up was more popular and yielded more MTV play at the time, but both of these albums failed to viscerally connect the same way as the first two. HEARTBEAT CITY brought em back and approached the first two albums in strength and consistency, in my humble opinion. All of the albums are with a listen and each of them has a gem or three, but their earliest material is their best. The real argument is which is stronger, The Cars or Candy-O? If I could only take 10 albums to listen to for all of eternity, they both might make it.

  • This Is A “Must Own"

    5
    By TopGus
    If you appreciate what this band has done for the future of music, if you appreciate some of the best rock in decades then do yourself a favor and buy this and then buy a copy for a good friend.

  • Best Band Ever! Remasters Sound Amazing

    5
    By Electric Americana
    So glad to see this! Sounds great! Hope to see them in the summer 2016!!!

  • Same release from 2014...

    5
    By Alphatoddio
    why did they even bother?

  • It’s just “Panorama” (not “The Panorama”)

    5
    By rnbarrett
    The album is called “Panorama” (not “The Panorama”).

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