Retro Spins: The Cars - Panorama

As someone who is very familiar with the hits of The Cars, I wanted to delve into them deeper. Specifically, I wanted to hear things I didn't know, and see just what the group had in the repertoire of tracks. Because I own all of their albums, this was not difficult to do, beyond selecting which album to choose.

As I scanned the back of their 1980 released Panorama, I immediately noticed I didn't know any of the songs listed. As such, it instantly became the album I wanted to hear because I felt it would fit the bill perfectly for what I was looking for.

The first thing I noticed when firing it up was that it was very unique in its sound. While it was definitely The Cars, it wasn't mainstream by any means. It did manage to hit the charts at number eighty with Touch And Go. However, the song only went to number thirty-seven, and there were no other tracks from the record which charted.

Though the sound was unique, I actually ended up tuning it out around the halfway point. It wasn't until the final few songs that I remembered I had something on in the background. As a result, there were actually only two songs which I pulled for my shuffle list, Touch And Go and Up And Down.

Overall, I guess I can't really form an opinion since I really didn't pay attention to Panorama as a whole. However, did this happen because the reality of it was the album just wasn't that good to hold my attention? I may need to listen to this one again to find out.

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Retro Spins: The Cars - Heartbeat City

The Cars are another one of the many bands I have a lot of CD's for, but never really took the time to dig deep into. As is the case of many instances such as this, I'm familiar with the greatest hits compilations or radio plays, but not necessarily the heart and soul of the group. Let me start changing that with today's Retro Spin.

The album starts with my all time favorite track from the band, Hello Again and from there gave me quite the surprise when Looking For Love started. I immediately recognized the music, but couldn't place why. Then it dawned on me. I knew this song from Falco's album, 3, where he covered it as Munich Girls (Looking For Love). While I honestly prefer the Falco version, I don't hate The Car's original take. Mind you, it's not a "new" track from them for me. I just forgot they sang it.

Heartbeat City continues to hit hard with the next two tracks, Magic, another of my all time favorites from the band, and Drive. At this point, I found myself saying, "If I knew this album was this good, I would have bought and listened to it a long time ago."

Fantastic tracks didn't stop coming with You Might Think and Hearbeat City. While there were no more "hits" beyond this, the remaining tracks didn't necessarily disappoint. They were good, fit well with the other tracks that came before and after them, and overall helped to round out the album nicely.

Yes, yes, yes. I absolutely want to hear more from The Cars. Fortunately, since I own their entire discography already, this opportunity readily presents itself.

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