Moving in Stereo: The Best of the Cars

by The Cars

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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	05/06/2016
Label:	Elektra / Rhino
UPC:	0081227947415
Rank:	9239

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 [Single Mix]
12. Candy-O
13. Heartbeat City
14. Touch and Go
15. Moving in Stereo
16. Dangerous Type
17. Sad Song
18. Everything You Say [Live]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

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

Technical Credits

The Cars   Compilation Producer,Producer
Ian Taylor   Engineer
Jacknife Lee   Producer
Joe Barbaria   Engineer
Benjamin Orr   Group Member
Greg Hawkes   Composer,Producer,Group Member
Geoff Workman   Engineer
Walter Turbitt   Assistant Engineer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange   Producer
Sam Bell   Engineer
Roy Thomas Baker   Producer
Nigel Walker   Assistant Engineer
Mike Shipley   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Thom Moore   Assistant Engineer
Paul Orofino   Assistant
David Fricke   Liner Notes
Elliot Easton   Group Member
Jason Corsaro   Assistant Engineer
Nigel Green   Engineer
Ric Ocasek   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Group Member,Digital Remastering Supervisor
Vanessa Parr   Assistant
Jamie Chaleff   Assistant Engineer
David Robinson   Group Member
Ebet Roberts   Photography
Masaki Koike   Design,Art Direction
Susanne Savage   A&R
Chris Owens   Assistant
Ted Jensen   Digital Remastering
Stephen George   Engineer
John Weaver   Assistant Engineer