Name	Artist	Time	Price
1.	Let's Go	Cars	3:33	$1.29
2.	Since I Held You	Cars	3:16	$0.99
3.	It's All I Can Do	Cars	3:45	$1.29
4.	Double Life	Cars	4:14	$0.99
5.	Shoo Be Doo	Cars	1:38	$0.99
6.	Candy-O	Cars	2:36	$0.99
7.	Night Spots	Cars	3:13	$0.99
8.	You Can't Hold On Too Long	Cars	2:49	$0.99
9.	Lust for Kicks	Cars	3:52	$0.99
10.	Got a Lot On My Head	Cars	2:59	$0.99
11.	Dangerous Type	Cars	4:30	$1.29

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Our Review

Bridging the gap between New Wave and album-rock radio more than Elvis Costello and Talking Heads did in their day, the Cars were as knowingly plastic as a great bubble-gum single. Candy-O built on their hit debut, starting with an irresistible summer anthem ("Let's Go") before heading straight into angsty numbers that plumbed romance ("It's All I Can Do," "Since I Held You") with the baddest girl in the senior class ("Dangerous Type") as leader Ric Ocasek played out his avant-garde obsessions on back-seat speakers ("Shoo Be Doo"). All this was again coated with Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker's can't-miss sheen, making for an even bigger seller than The Cars. They'd spend the rest of their career dancing around the line between pop and (somewhat safe) experimentation, but Candy-O is where they perfected those moves.

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Customer Reviews

New Wave Opera (4 stars)
Yes, the first album is a classic, but so is this one, and in a world of 'sophomore slumps', that's a minor miracle. "New Wave" rock music was typically shot at the listener in 3-minute clumps, as is largely the case here, but these songs are obviously (to me, in high school) all written about one girl. It doesn't take long for the lyrics to take on a desperate tone - it develops like a doomed relationship. In terms of cohesive

REMARKABLE (5 stars)
I still get chills thinking about the chills I got when I first heard Let's Go on the radio back in 1979. I wore the debut out and, even though I was only 11, Candy-O became an obsession. In fact, in my opinion, it outshadows it's genius predecessor. It's darker, it's lighter, it's poppier, it's HEAVIER, and it's as if they were waiting to get to Candy-O. It was perfectly produced and the performances are astounding. Ric's vampire baritone a

Under-appreciated (5 stars)
In my opinion one of rocks most under appreciated albums. A new wave classic. Eliot Easton's guitar playing is at it's best on this album. I believe more original and punchy than the heralded debut Cars album.

Biography

Formed: 1976 in Boston, MA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '00s, '10s

Blondie may have had a string of number one hits and Talking Heads may have won the hearts of the critics, but the Cars were the most successful American new wave band to emerge in the late '70s. With its sleek, mechanical pop/rock, the band racked up a string of platinum albums and Top 40 singles that made it one of the most popular American rock & roll bands of the late '70s and early '80s. While they were more commercially oriented than their New York peers, the Cars were nevertheless inspired...

Top Albums By The Cars
Complete Great..	The Cars	Move Like This	The Cars Great..	Candy-O

Top Songs By The Cars
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Just What I Needed	Complete Greatest Hits	3:45	$1.29
2.	Drive	Complete Greatest Hits	3:57	$1.29
3.	My Best Friend's Girl	Complete Greatest Hits	3:45	$1.29
4.	You Might Think	Complete Greatest Hits	3:07	$1.29
5.	Good Times Roll	Complete Greatest Hits	3:47	$1.29
6.	Magic	Complete Greatest Hits	3:59	$1.29
7.	Shake It Up	Complete Greatest Hits	3:35	$1.29
8.	Moving In Stereo	Complete Greatest Hits	4:46	$1.29
9.	Let's Go	Complete Greatest Hits	3:35	$1.29
10.	You're All I've Got Tonight	Complete Greatest Hits	4:14	$1.29

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