The Cars - The Cars: Deluxe Edition
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Free Music Notes for The Cars: Deluxe Edition
Free Music Review: A GREAT START 4 1/2 STARS
Hit: 4 Stars
The Cars started with a bang, and this their debut cd, would remain their best for several years. The deluxe edition, just made it better. Disk one is the orginal disk, remastered, and does it sound good. All the songs sound as if it were recorded yesterday. And for the most part, their songs very seldom sound old or tired. "My Best Freinds Girlfriend" and "Just What I Needed" sound as catchy today, as they did 20 plus years ago. Rest of the songs hold their own, too. Very seldom do debuts sound this tight. Disk two has the orginal demos for this cd, and you can hear that the group, and their sound, are not made up from the producer. The group made their music. The unreleased songs are ok. Skip buying the orginal cd, and buy the 2 cd deluxe edition. Really is more music, for the buck.Free Music Review: The Cars....DELUXE EDITION.....2-disc set Need I say More?!?
Hit: 5 Stars
I have never seen a set like this ever! This 2 disc set contains this:Disc One: The Cars (Original Album) Remastered (sounds awesome by the way)
Disc Two: The Cars (Original Album) Demos of all the original album's songs with the exception for Good Times Roll which is presented in a live version. Plus on the 2nd disc you get 5 unreleased (until now) demos which sound okay but definitely not remastered. Great set! I recommend this to all Cars fans. They are definitely the definition of 80's rock! Reminiscent of the B-52s in a way. Forget the price, just pick this up you will not regret it!
Free Music Review: ...buy the "Deluxe Edition!"
Hit: 5 Stars
CALLING ALL CARS FANS! This double CD could be the beginning of a new music trend. Not only has their 1978 debut album "The Cars" been remastered - and it sounds FANTASTIC - but a second CD has been added with all the songs in their original demo form (except for a live recording of "Good Times Roll") in their identical running order. The booklet included with the CD's explains that demos actually played a major part in their initial success. A radio station in Boston played their demo of "Just What I Needed" repeatedly .... They were signed to a recording contract and the rest is history. Who hasn't heard the hits "Good Times Roll," "My Best Friend's Girl," "Just What I Needed," "You're All I've Got Tonight" and my personal Cars favorite "Bye Bye Love?" ....This collection has them all in remastered original and demo forms. And to top it off, five previously unreleased Cars songs are also included in demo form. How nice it would be if this became a trend and is done with other great albums by The Cars and others. ...get the double - CD "The Cars Deluxe Edition." One of the best records of the 1970's is now better indeed!Free Music Review: Cars Roll On
Hit: 5 Stars
The Cars debut album still sounds fresh and new despite the fact that it was released 22 years ago. The album cruises along like a Ferrari and it is a perfect combined of new wave sounds with pop tendencies. The hooks are plentiful from the chriping guitars on "Good Times Roll" to the pounding "Just What I Needed" to the frenzied "Don't Cha Stop" to the one-two punch of "Bye Bye Love" and the hypnotic "Moving In Stereo". The remastered package enhances the sounds to top shelf quality. The second disk of demos, outtakes and live tracks is a great bonus, but the meat is on the original release.Free Music Review: Their best just got better...
Hit: 5 Stars
The first Cars album was a blast of fresh air combining the Velvet Underground, Roxy Music and Big Star, Badfinger into one mish mash of amazing sound. The band provided a unique mix of influences to create a coherent, stark sound for American new wave. Just as witty as Elvis Costello and full of as many hooks as the Beatles, this first album has aged extremely well. The glacial sound of the album acts as an ironic counterpoint to these tales of modern love.Their first album ranks amoung the best albums of the 80's and the songwriting, although it got a little more detailed, never got any better than this. The out takes and demos are well worth the price of admission simply because they illuminate (much as the XTC outtakes do for their albums) the creative process (and sometimes roads not taken...).
Ric really needs to reform the band. His solo career, although interesting, shows a real lack of progression. It would be interesting to see the original members get back together and see what sort of heat (or cold) they generate together.
Now let's see something similiar done with the other two great albums (pick any of your favorites and insert them here).