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The Cars: Deluxe Edition | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Cars
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $14.97
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 7852
Format: Extra Tracks, Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 75700
UPC: 812275700260
EAN: 0812275700260
ASIN: B00000IL66
Release Date: May 4, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Good Times Roll | | • | My Best Friend's Girl | | • | Just What I Needed | | • | I'm in Touch With Your World | | • | Don't Cha Stop | | • | You're All I've Got Tonight | | • | Bye Bye Love | | • | Moving in Stereo | | • | All Mixed Up |
Disc 2
| • | Good Times Roll | | • | My Best Friend's Girl | | • | Just What I Needed | | • | I'm in Touch With Your World | | • | Don't Cha Stop | | • | You're All I've Got Tonight | | • | Bye Bye Love | | • | Moving in Stereo | | • | All Mixed Up | | • | They Won't See You | | • | Take What You Want | | • | Wake Me Up | | • | You Just Can't Push Me | | • | Hotel Queenie |
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| Editorial Reviews:
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American art-rock was often stilted and lacking in humor until new wave arrived. Liberated by the influence of the Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, and punk-era fellow travelers like Blondie and Suicide, the Cars methodically linked hookiness (enough to produce three hit singles and several other FM favorites from this debut album) and at least one raised eyebrow. The result still plays as a rock & roll classic. And if charm wasn't their aim, the fact is, it's undeniable. This deluxe edition includes a second disc that features a 1978 club recording of "Good Times Roll," eight demos, and four previously unreleased tracks. --Rickey Wright
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| Customer Reviews:
Prototype July 16, 2008
Louis E. Negrette
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Back in 1996, Rhino Records had plans for a Cars rarities disc entitled Prototypes, which was to include their entire first album in demo form, as well as other rarities from all eras of the band. And even though Ice magazine ran a story on it and a track listing was set, the album never saw the light of day for reasons unknown. Three years later, Rhino reconsidered (helped by a fan write-in campaign), and issued a similarly assembled package, The Cars: Deluxe Edition. A two-CD set, it contains their classic 1978 self-titled debut in its entirety (an album you just can't hear enough), while the second disc presents the complete album in demo form, with an additional five early demos of previously unreleased compositions tacked on at the end. Diehard fans will have a feast with disc two, the demos for such radio standards as "My Best Friend's Girl," "Just What I Needed," "You're All I've Got Tonight," and "Bye Bye Love" capture the songs in their rawest form -- akin to what they must have sounded like back in the band's club days. Out of the five unissued songs, two are instant classics (the amiable "Wake Me Up" and the red-hot rocker "Hotel Queenie"), while "They Won't See You" proves interesting, despite an underdeveloped chorus -- which is forgivable, since these are demos, after all. [Note: since a demo version of "Good Times Roll" couldn't be found, a live take from 1978 is used on disc two.]
Take what you want August 29, 2007
R. P. Clary (Troy, KS U.S.A.)
O-MY-GOD. This is a great package. The price is great. The music is great.
The second CD has got the early raw stuff on it, and is just incredible. This is a must have for Cars fans.
Deluxe Edition does The Cars' debut justice January 16, 2007
R. Gorham
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
THE BAND: Ric Ocasek (vocals, rhythm guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Benjamin Orr (R.I.P. vocals, bass), Greg Hawkes (keyboards, percussion, saxophone), David Robinson (drums & percussion).
THE DISC: Originally released in 1978 (one disc, nine tracks) and lasting just over 35 minutes. This digitally remastered "Deluxe Edition" released in 1999 includes a 2nd disc containing 56+ minutes of material. Disc-2 features one live track, eight demos (songs from this 1st album), and four unreleased demos. The cardboard package itself unfolds horizontally, then vertically. Included with the discs is an extensive 22-page booklet containing song titles/times, numerous band photos, all song lyrics from both discs, a 5-page intro (shortened from "The Cars Anthology", 1995), Billboard chart success, band members and original black & white photos/artwork. Recorded at Air Studios, London (Feb '78). Label - Elektra/Rhino.
COMMENTS: The Cars were never better than this debut album. Rock and pop with a synth/techno alternative flavor. Classic songs that sounded like nothing else at the time. The Cars were "New Wave" before there was New Wave (which hit in the early 80's). Nine songs - with only one question mark (filler?) in "I'm In Touch With Your World". The other eight tracks were gold (the album reached #18 on the Billboard Pop charts and has sold over 6 million units). Ric Ocasek's quirky voice teamed with bassist Ben Orr's smooth voice worked well together. Greg Hawke on keyboards made & pulled this band tighter. The hit songs that made it to major air-waves were "Let The Good Times Roll", "My Best Friend's Girl", and "Just What I Needed". But, check out tracks 6-9... "You're All I've Got Tonight", "Bye Bye Love", "Moving In Stereo" and "All Mixed Up" run together fluidly - these are awesome album tracks. Sure this band looked like a bunch of geeks, but man when they came together with their instruments, they really made some beautiful music. Looking at The Cars catalog of albums, in my opinion, only their sophomore album "Candy-O" (1979) came close to making the bold statement of their 1st album. The Cars' debut is ranked #282 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of 500 all-time greatest albums. Disc-2 is good on first listen... the demos presented here are what got them their record deal in the 70's. The bonus/unreleased tracks are decent as well - but be prepared to -not- be blown away by them. As fun as the demos are to hear, the playing is pretty raw, some instruments are to loud and others too soft, and the demo "tape" itself is somewhat limited as far as highs (treble) and lows (bass) go. The unreleased tracks fall into the category as many other bands and their unreleased tracks... they're unreleased for a reason... they were not good enough to be released at the time, so into the vault they went. With that being said though, the long time fan should get a kick out of them over the first few listens (and then filed back in the vault). The Cars have several compilations - the best being their "Complete Greatest Hits" (2002) and the 2-disc set "Cars Anthology"... and both compilations feature 6 of the 9 tracks from their debut. Rhino did it correctly in leaving the originally album by itself on disc-1, and the bonus material on disc-2. The Car's debut is a classic disc and this "Deluxe Edition" does it justice (5 stars).
Debut Album with Lots of Extras June 15, 2006
Lonnie E. Holder (Sullivan, Illinois United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Cars hit a formula right from the very start. With Ric Ocasek generally taking the lead vocal, The Cars combined wonderfully wordsmithed lyrics with a solid rock beat to become one of the best New Wave groups. Some people have argued that The Cars, along with Devo and several other groups, created New Wave.
This album is a remarkable debut, with three of the songs released as singles and three others released as flipsides for a incredible 6 of 9 songs appearing as singles - something that few other groups have managed to achieve. The songs are: "Just What I Needed"/"I'm in Touch with Your World" (5/29/78), "Best Friend's Girl"/"Don't Cha Stop" (10/10/78), and "Good Times Roll"/"All Mixed Up" (2/27/79).
I've always had a great appreciation for The Cars' lyrics. They are typically artfully evocative and more intended to evoke emotion than to convey a concept directly. As an example, look at the opening lyrics of "All Mixed Up":
she shadows me in the mirror
she never leaves on the light
and some things that I say to her
they just don't seem to bite
When you read The Cars' (typically Ric Ocasek's) lyrics you feel surrealistic. Once you understand you are to picture images of feelings, or feel the feelings yourself, you gain an understanding of how the singer/songwriter is feeling. It helps that some lyrics are also playful or ironic, which makes some of this music fun.
This CD is probably not a must for your collection if you have the original version. However, the second CD with demo versions and previously unreleased tracks is a great addition to any fan's collection of Cars' music, particularly if you are a big fan.
The Cars insisted they are music performers and not an "act", preferring to be known for their music rather than their ability to look flashy or jump around on stage. Fortunately for us, the listeners, that desire translates into musical quality and sincerity. This music has a pop feel to it, but with enough of a hard edge that pushes it towards the boundary between pop and hard rock.
The musical style is somewhat dated, feeling like the late 70s music that it is, but it has aged to the point where it is now classic rock. This CD is very solid music for anyone a fan of The Cars, of late 70s or 80s music, or anyone looking for something a bit out of the mainstream that has a good solid rock beat.
You Gotta Get This CD August 5, 2005
The Rectifier (Harrisburg, PA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Of course you already have The Cars' debut album. This is all about disc 2 - the demo versions of the songs are great to listen to and it's fun to see what changed from the demo to the final album versions of the tracks. There are even some bonus tracks of demo songs that were never released, a few are quite good.
Get this CD, throw it in your car and let the good times roll!
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