The Cars Band

The cars is the eponymous debut studio album by the american new wave band the cars.
The cars band. The cars taped live at bremen radio studios in germany. The discography of the american rock band the cars includes seven studio albums eight compilation albums four video albums and 26 singles. The cars continue moving in stereo. The cars 1978 candy o 1979 panorama 1980 shake it up 1981 heartbeat city 1984 and door to door 1987.
Los angeles in 1978 the cars had a top 40 hit with the band s very first single just what i needed that streak continued over the next 10 years as the band revisited the top 40 a dozen more times with radio hits let s go and shake it up along with iconic videos like magic and you might think which won mtv s first. The band was founded in boston massachusetts and were signed to elektra records in 1977. The extensive set retraces the band s musical journey in the studio and includes. The official cars facebook page.
Originating in boston in 1976 the band consisted of singer rhythm guitarist and songwriter ric ocasek bassist and singer benjamin orr lead guitarist elliot easton keyboardist greg hawkes and drummer david robinson. Among the 60 tracks are the band s biggest hits my best friend s girl good times roll you are the girl and drive. The cars were an american rock band formed in boston in 1976. It was released on june 6 1978 on elektra records.
They had enough rock roll attitude to cross over to album rock radio while still being heavily influenced by the art rock of. With their sleek mechanical sound inspired by proto punk garage rock and bubblegum pop boston based quintet the cars racked up a string of platinum albums and top 40 singles becoming the most successful american new wave band of the late 70s and early 80s. The album which featured the three charting singles just what i needed my best friend s girl and good times roll as well as several album oriented rock radio hits was a major success for the band remaining on the charts for 139 weeks. 1 144 969 likes 567 talking about this.
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