The Cars, Cars - Cars - Complete Greatest Hits

Magic

Bought this collection from The Cars for their song "Magic", and ended up rediscovering a handful of old favorites - Shake it up, My Best Friend's Girl, Drive.

Since I'm not a fan of The Cars, I can't gauge the completeness of this compilation. But I do enjoy the aforementioned songs and if you are a fan of The Cars or 80's music in general, then chances are you'll enjoy this set from The Cars. October 18, 2008

Awsome!

Great flashback! Ric Ocasek rocks! "Let's Go" is being used in a jeans ad now, which just goes to show you that true classic rock will always live on. October 12, 2008

this rocks!

If you're a child/teen of the 80's you'll want to get this! Every time a song came on I couldn't believe it was another great song of theirs that I had forgotten about. What an awesome CD! I highly recommend it! October 6, 2008

A Must-Have For Any Fan of The Cars

This cd is an absolutely outstanding career-retrospective celebration of pop/new-wave/classic rock icons, The Cars, from their self-titled 1978 debut all the way up through the 80's. All of their original major hits are featured here on this compiliation from their original album releases and just about every song present here is a classic. 20 whole tracks are provided for a lengthy, thorough listening experience. All of the songs are so catchy and radio-friendly and each flows almost seamlessly from one to the next. This album definitely belongs in any true Cars fan's collection and is also an excellent place to start for those new to the band.

My Favorites Are:

Shake It Up
Moving In Stereo
Drive
You Might Think
Let's Go
Just What I Needed
My Best Friend's Girl
You're All I've Got Tonight
Bye Bye Love
Magic

Plain and simple, this collection hilights The Cars at their finest. Energizing, upbeat and thoroughly catchy ------ what more could you possibly ask for?!!? Recommended for anyone who even remotely likes The Cars. September 11, 2008

Music's fine, but oh look. ANOTHER compilation.

This is the pinnacle of "marketing the same songs". I remember when Greatest Hits albums were it - you put one out and you were done. Now, there's repackaging, and new editions, updated remasters, and the phrase "Complete Greatest Hits" just strikes me as odd. I mean doesn't the concept of "Greatest Hits" mean that all of your good stuff is there? So why would songs on a "Complete Greatest Hits" as opposed to just "Greatst Hits" be as good? If those songs were as good as the original batch, wouldn't they have been on the first edition? This seems like marketing twaddle to me.

Anyway, the songs on here are fine. The Cars are one of those groups where I never really bought their material, since you heard almost all of it on the radio a zillion times anyway. But when I was going through and looking for some bands who I liked from the past, and had no material on CD at all from, I hit on this. There's just so many here I know and like, it's pointless in naming individual tracks.

Except this. Moving in Stereo. Phoebe Cates. One of the greatest cinematic scenes ever. ;) August 14, 2008

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