Shake It Up The Cars
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Album-Release:
1981
HRA-Release:
18.07.2014
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- 1 Since You're Gone 03:31
- 2 Shake It Up 03:33
- 3 I'm Not The One 04:16
- 4 Victim Of Love 04:25
- 5 Cruiser 04:58
- 6 A Dream Away 05:44
- 7 This Could Be Love 04:27
- 8 Think It Over 04:57
- 9 Maybe Baby 05:06
Info for Shake It Up
A return to form after the departure that was 1980’s muddled Panorama, the Cars’ Shake It Upbursts forth with a rich assembly of synthesizers, drum machines, electronic blips, and catchy melodies that make it an early '80s pop staple. Known the world over, the famous title track proves the band’s arrangement skills were in perfect shape and set the stage for a record overflowing with memorable hooks and complementary rock riffs.
Shake It Up also plays witness to primary songwriter/vocalist Ric Ocasek’s increased cynicism and biting wit. While the Cars never took a rosy-eyed view of romance, the songs here impart a newfound sense of sympathy, regret, limbo, and reservation. The beauty of the Cars—and all ten tunes here—is that the music suggests something else entirely. Such subliminal emotions and dynamic contrasts act as a magnet, and the band plays as if it’s in on the secret.
Apart from the party vibe of the title cut, the Cars aim for deeper targets and smarter undertones.Shake It Up is defined by an urban edginess and modern feel that comes alive on tunes such as “Cruiser” and circular “I’m Not the One,” a pop gem laded with stacked vocals and keyboard lines that double as a horn section. The band’s arrangements have never been better—or more involved. Absent the cheesiness that would mar the group’s late-period work, the songs ride on the strength of keyboard-heavy lines and layered harmonies. You will not be disappointed.
Ric Ocasek, guitar, lead vocals (on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9)
Ben Orr, bass, lead vocals (on tracks 5, 7, 8)
Elliot Easton, guitar, background vocals
Greg Hawkes, keyboards, background vocals
David Robinson, drums, background vocals
Recorded at Synchro Sound Studios, Boston, USA in 1981
Engineered by Ian Taylor
Produced by Roy Thomas Baker
Digitally remastered
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