The Cars Greatest Hits

Release type:What's this?
compilation
First released:
Oct 1 1985

Overview Edit

Greatest Hits is a six-time platinum-selling compilation album by the new wave band The Cars. It was released in October 1985 on Elektra Records.

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This particular version Edit

Record label:
unknown
Catalog number:
60464
Release dates:
  • Oct 1 1985 in United States

Genres

Classic Rock, New Wave, Pop, Rock, Rock and Roll. Vote on Genres

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4 stars Obsolote because of newer, better comp
The Cars had kind of two personalities over their career: the pop hits like "Drive" and "Shake it Up" and the album tracks that classic rock radio still plays like "Moving in Stereo" and "You're All I've Got Tonight". This album is great if you ONLY want the pop material...all the Top 40 hits are here...but if you like any of their best album material at all, you'll be much better off with the CD "Complete Greatest Hits" (ASIN B00005Y1XY) which sacrifices only lesser track "Heartbeat City" from …
Written by Greg Brady "columbusboy"
2 stars There are better compilations out there
I only give this album two stars because it is now obsolete and should be deleted from the band's back catalog. There have been two better compilations released since this one came along in 1985 - "Just What I Needed - The Cars Anthology" and "The Cars Complete Greatest Hits" (even the title of that one seems to be a dig at this disc's anemic track listing).... "Complete Greatest Hits" is available on Amazon.com for quite a bit less than this one and includes 8 more songs!

The songs on this one …
Written by The Scenario

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The Cars Greatest Hits 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Elektra / Wea
catalog number: 60464
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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