one of the best, although not typical Cars music

Review Score: (8/10)
Many Cars fans disliked this album, and I could understand why, they took a different direction, slightly more harsh in sound, possibly influenced by Ric Ocasek's work with hard-edged bands like Bad Religion. However, if you look beyond that, there is still some classic Cars here. Songs like "You Are the Girl" and "Coming Up You" (their final 2 singles) have that typical Cars light-hearted, upbeat feeling to them. This album actually has 2 of my all-time favorite Cars songs on it, "Everything You Say", although it is slightly country-ish, and "Go Away", again in the classic Cars style we've come to know and love. Even the harder tracks like "Strap Me In" and "Double Trouble", have some fan appeal to them, however I find the title track strays a little too far into the punk genre, with its speed-metal tempo and lyrics about violence and death (although they are half-joking). This is definitely a good album to pick up, even though they had completed their 15 minutes of fame and people lost interest in them, it was not one of their most popular, but deserved to be.

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