Track Listing

1. Hello Again
2. Looking For Love
3. Magic
4. Drive
5. Stranger Eyes
6. You Might Think
7. It's Not The Night
8. Why Can't I Have You
9. I Refuse
10. Heartbeat City
11. Hello Again

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20290 in Music
• Released on: 1999-10-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

CD Description
Coming off the 1981 hit album and single SHAKE IT UP, the Cars took the next few years off to pursue other areas of interest (Ric Ocasek released his '82 solo debut, BEATITUDE) and record it's follow-up. Buoyed by the high-gloss productionsheen of Robert John "Mutt" Lange, HEARTBEAT CITY yielded such hit singles/videos as the the moody, transcendent "Drive", the poppy, almost ELO-like "Magic", and "You Might Think", which hews closest to the band's previous work. Though theband peaked artistically in 1980 with PANORAMA, this was the Cars' commercial pinnacle. Both "You Might Think" and "Magic" were anthems for the summer of 1984, while "Hello Again"showed that the band could still be quirky and achieve chart success.

Customer Reviews

Ugly music..........NO!
This is one if not the best album that came out of the dire 80's music.
From the first heart stopping song to the last it's BRILLIANT.Play it loud **** the neighbours!
This album? Should now be played track by track on radio 2, it is sooooo good.
Buy it please? You will not be disappointed, trust me......

the best CD I own
I remember exactly where and when I heard "Heartbeat City" for the first time. I was in the Crest Hotel in Basildon, in beautiful Essex, early one crummy morning in October 1985. The title song had just come out as a single, as the Cars' follow-up to the Live Aid theme tune "Drive".

The intro started playing. And it was completely stunning. Shivers went down my spine as I stopped what I was doing. I dropped my toothbrush. I forgot my name. I bought the album.

I wore it out. I bought another one. I wore that out. I bought a CD. I wore that out too. I've now bought it four times...

There isn't a weak song on it. It's so good it hurts...

A highpoint in the mid eighties
This album kept me going through the worst of 1985 and into '86. So although it invokes a certain period for me I believe that it will generate an interesting experience for any new discerning listener. It's from a time when pop music was generally rather safe in the post punk era. The Cars and Blondie kept it real. Invest the time and be rewarded.