Various Artists "The 80's Collection 1984 (Time Life Music)"

The 80's Collection 1984 (Time Life Music) is a double CD compilation album, edited by Time-Life Music in 1993.

Track listing:

CD1

1. Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 3:54
2. Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 3:49
3. Duran Duran Wild Boys 4:19
4. Miami Sound Machine Dr Beat 4:21
5. The Thompson Twins Doctor Doctor 4:36
6. The Style Council Shout To The Top 3:21
7. Wang Chung Dance Hall Days 3:57
8. Hazell Dean Searchin' (I Gotta Find A Man) 3:12
9. The Pointer Sisters Jump (For My Love) 4:20
10. The Jacksons State Of Shock 4:32
11. Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler A Rockin' Good Way 2:53
12. Pat Benatar Love Is A Battlefield 4:04

CD2

1. The Cars Drive 3:59
2. Elton John Sad Songs (Say So Much) 4:11
3. Sade Smooth Operator 4:18
4. Spandau Ballet Only When You Leave 4:47
5. Nik Kershaw Wouldn't It Be Good 4:28
6. Laura Branigan Self Control 4:06
7. John Waite Missing You 3:33
8. Deniece Williams Let's Hear It For The Boy 4:18
9. Bronski Beat Smalltown Boy 5:00
10. Bananarama Robert De Niro's Waiting 3:28
11. Murray Head One Night In Bangkok 3:56
12. Jim Diamond I Should Have Known Better 4:08

The Cars "Complete Greatest Hits"

Complete Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the new wave band The Cars, released in 2002 by Elektra Records and Rhino Records, and contains 20 singles in chronological order of their original release. The album charted at number 10 on the New Zealand Music Charts.

The Cars "Move Like This"

Move Like This is the seventh studio album by American rock band The Cars, released on May 10, 2011. The album is their first since 1987's Door to Door and the first without bassist and vocalist Benjamin Orr, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2000. The album reached the top ten of the Billboard 200 and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart; a single from the album, "Sad Song", reached number 33 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart. Following the release of the album, the band launched an 11-city tour of North America.

Move Like This is the first reunion of The Cars to feature original lead singer, songwriter, rhythm guitarist, and co-producer Ric Ocasek since their 1988 split. In 1997, Ocasek told a journalist that the band would never reunite: "I'm saying never and you can count on that." A partial reunion of the band occurred in 2005 when keyboardist Greg Hawkes and lead guitarist Elliot Easton toured with singer Todd Rundgren, drummer Prairie Prince and bassist Kasim Sulton as "The New Cars"; neither Ocasek nor Cars drummer David Robinson participated, and the Rundgren lineup split following two years of touring.

According to Paste magazine, Ocasek said that he was "amazed at how we clicked when we got back together." Exclaim! has noted that The Cars' Facebook page featured a picture of producer Jacknife Lee, "which suggests that he will be producing the new album." According to Rolling Stone, Lee produced five of the songs from the album; The Cars themselves produced the others.

The Cars did not add a new bassist to the lineup to replace Orr; instead, the album's bass parts were programmed or performed by Hawkes and Lee, with Hawkes playing a bass once owned by Orr.] While Ocasek and Orr split vocal duties on past albums, Ocasek sings lead on all the tracks from Move Like This. In a Rolling Stone interview, Ocasek said, "I was aware that on half of the new songs, Ben would have done better than I did. But we never wanted anybody from the outside." Orr was given special thanks in the liner notes: "Ben, your spirit was with us on this one."


According to Billboard, the album was recorded in engineer Paul Orofino's studio in Millbrook, New York. Additional recording sessions were held in Los Angeles. The title of the album comes from a line in the song "Too Late"; one of the working titles for the album was Sharp Subtle Flavor. Ocasek decided to title the album Move Like This as a reference to the band's reputation for not moving around very much onstage.

The Cars "Door To Door"

Door to Door is the sixth studio album by the American rock band The Cars. It was released in 1987 on Elektra Records.

Door to Door was the group's last studio album before they disbanded in 1988. It was also the last Cars record to feature Benjamin Orr before his death in 2000. The band would not release another studio album until 2011's Move Like This.

Although by 1987 the Cars had reached the heights of superstardom, their last few albums had relied heavily on studio tricks and machines; this album was an attempt to move back to the group's original roots. For example, where the previous album, Heartbeat City, extensively used sampled and sequenced drums (a move that had somewhat alienated drummer David Robinson), this album returned to having Robinson performing the drums in the studio, often simultaneously with other members.

During a writing jam session, the band began to play "Ta Ta Wayo Wayo", a song from their earliest days together. It had never been recorded in the studio, except as a demo in 1977. They enjoyed the tune so much that the 1987 version of the song made it onto the album. The opening track, "Leave or Stay", also was originally a 1977 demo that was not properly recorded until Door to Door. Both tracks had their respective 1977 demo versions eventually issued on the 1995 compilation Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology.

While the original album bears the credit "Produced by Ric Ocasek", individual tracks from this record that appear on various Cars compilations bear the credit "Produced by Ric Ocasek and Greg Hawkes".


The lead single of the album "You Are the Girl" reached no #17 on the Billboard 100 as well as reaching number #2 on the rock charts. The follow up single "Strap Me In" only scraped into the top 100 peaking at #85 though it was much more successful on the rock charts where it reached #4. The final single released "Coming Up You" peaked at 74 on the charts and was also a moderate hit on the adult contemporary charts.

The Cars "Heartbeat City"

Heartbeat City is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Cars. Released in 1984, it was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Picking up a positive commercial response, the Cars had many tracks getting airplay, and singles "Drive" and "You Might Think" in particular both became Top 10 hits. The album also received supportive reviews from several critics; for example, Robert Christgau stated that "the glossy approach the Cars invented has made this the best year for pure pop in damn near twenty, and it's only fair that they should return so confidently to form."

Heartbeat City contains five American Top 40 singles. Of these, "Drive" and "You Might Think" were also Top 10 hits, reaching the No. 3 and No. 7 positions, respectively. A number of songs from the album gained significant radio and TV exposure; most notably "You Might Think" and "Magic", which both received heavy airplay on MTV.

The lead vocal on "Drive" was performed by bassist Benjamin Orr. The song's video was directed by actor Timothy Hutton. It features Ric Ocasek arguing with a troubled young woman played by model Paulina Porizkova (whom Ocasek would later marry). "Hello Again" had a video directed by the legendary Andy Warhol, who also appeared onscreen.

The single "It's Not the Night" reached No. 31 on the rock charts. The song "Stranger Eyes" was used in the theatrical trailer of the 1986 film Top Gun, but it never made it into the soundtrack. "Looking for Love" was later covered by Austrian singer Falco as "Munich Girls" on his 1985 album Falco 3.

When the Cars performed at Live Aid, they played three songs from the album ("You Might Think", "Drive", plus the album's title track) alongside the fan favorite "Just What I Needed".


The album was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. His commitment to the Cars album meant that he told Def Leppard he could not work on their album, Hysteria. However, due to delays in that album's recording, Lange was eventually able to produce it.

The cover art (including an image of a 1971 Plymouth Duster 340) is from a 1972 piece by Peter Phillips called Art-O-Matic Loop di Loop.