The Cars

Greatest Hits

Excellent compilation, with one minor flaw

Review Score:

(8/10)
[My rating for this is four and a half stars, not just four]P>If you listen to a classic rock station on a regular basis, then there is no doubt that you hear The Cars frequently. This band combined new wave and classic rock, and did it with surprisingly good results. Many of the tracks (Just What I Needed, for example) are a perfect fusion of the two styles, while some tracks go for one or the others (Good Times Roll is more of a classic rocker, while Bye Bye Love is more on the new wave side.) Like another review specified, there were two Cars compilations out before this. So, why should you get this one instead? Read on and find out.

First of all, you've got just about every one of the band's big hits (Just What I Needed, My Best Friend's Girl, Good Times Roll, You're All I've Got Tonight, Bye Bye Love, Moving In Stereo, Let's Go, Shake It Up, and I'm Not The One.) You've even got many lesser-known hits that shouldn't fail to please. Also, this compilation has nearly DOUBLE the songs the first hits album did. You've got twenty awesome songs here, on one CD. The fact that it's a single-disc compilation means it's an affordable one. Remember how in my review title I said the compilation had only one flaw? That one flaw is the fact that the compilation is lacking Candy-O, one of the band's biggest hits. Without it being here, this compilation should've been called "Almost Complete Greatest Hits."

Final verdict? If you're a casual fan of the Cars and you don't want to shell out the extra cash for the two-disc hits compilation, get this one. Of all of their hits compilations, this one is the best value by far.

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