Greatest Hits

by The Cars

Greatest Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 18 October 1985
  • Label: Elektra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 54:51
  • Community rating: 4.14/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: The London Session Orchestra, Kate Radley, Richard Robson, Jim Hunt, Martyn Campbell, Chuck Leavell, Craig Wagstaff, Brian Wilson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Documenting Ric Ocasek's knack for sharp, synthesizer-driven hooks, this collection encapsulates the Boston group's seamless merger of art-rock quirkiness and mainstream pop accessibility. Adding the new hit single 'Tonight She Comes', the album effectively bookends their massively successful commercial peak.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, synth, accessible, retro, guitar-driven

Tracklist

  1. Just What I Needed
  2. Since You're Gone
  3. You Might Think
  4. Good Times Roll
  5. Touch And Go
  6. Drive
  7. Tonight She Comes
  8. My Best Friend's Girl
  9. Heartbeat City
  10. Let's Go
  11. I'm Not The One
  12. Magic
  13. Shake It Up

Credits

  • Hippy - edited by
  • Juan Cort茅s - illustration
  • The London Session Orchestra - strings
  • Martyn Campbell - bass
  • Steve Sidelnyk - drum programming
  • Peter Salisbury - drums
  • Kate Radley - keyboards
  • Talvin Singh - percussion [duggi tarang, shruti box & madal], tabla, effects [beats], drone

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