Moving in Stereo: The Best of the Cars

by The Cars, Ric Ocasek

Overview

Timed to accompany a possible 2016 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (an event that unfortunately did not happen), Moving in Stereo: The Best of the Cars is the first high-profile Cars compilation since 2002, when The Complete Greatest Hits appeared (it also would see release under the title Definitive). Where the 2002 collection marched chronologically through the singles, opening with "Just What I Needed" and concluding 20 songs later with "You Are the Girl," this skips through the band's career, offering up two relative rarities along the way (a single mix of "I'm Not the One," a live version of "Everything You Say"). The bigger, unwelcome difference is the number of omissions: "Good Times Roll," "Bye Bye Love," and "Magic," three of the group's very best hits, are all absent, and so are "It's All I Can Do," "Hello Again," "Why Can't I Have You," and "You Are the Girl." Chalk this up to the band choosing what 18 songs would be included in this collection, a move that nearly guarantees idiosyncratic selections. Despite those curious omissions, what's here is good.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/06/2016
Label:	Elektra / Wea
UPC:	0081227947415
catalogNumber:	553560
Rank:	10333

Tracks

1. Just What I Needed
2. Since You're Gone
3. Let's Go
4. You Might Think
5. Shake It Up
6. Drive
7. Tonight She Comes
8. My Best Friend's Girl
9. Don't Tell Me No
10. You're All I've Got Tonight
11. I'm Not the One
12. Candy-O
13. Heartbeat City
14. Touch and Go
15. Moving in Stereo
16. Dangerous Type
17. Sad Song
18. Everything You Say

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cars   Primary Artist
Ric Ocasek   Rhythm Guitar,Keyboards,Vocals,Group Member
Elliot Easton   Guitar,Background Vocals,Group Member
Greg Hawkes   Bass,Guitar,Percussion,Keyboards,Saxophone,Background Vocals,Group Member
Benjamin Orr   Bass,Vocals,Group Member
David Robinson   Percussion,Drums,Background Vocals,Group Member

Technical Credits

Cars   Producer
Ric Ocasek   Composer,Producer,Digital Remastering Supervisor
Greg Hawkes   Composer,Producer
Roy Thomas Baker   Producer
Joe Barbaria   Engineer
Nigel Green   Engineer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange   Producer
Mike Shipley   Producer,Engineer
Ian Taylor   Engineer
Geoff Workman   Engineer
Stephen George   Engineer
David Fricke   Liner Notes
Sam Bell   Engineer
Masaki Koike   Art Direction
Jacknife Lee   Producer