Tuesday, November 04, 2014

The Cars: Door to Door (1987)


Alllmusic hates this record:

"Missing from the album is the usual Cars chemistry, made up of Ocasek's crisp vocals and Elliot Easton's animated, hook-infused guitar work. Instead, tracks like "Go Away" and "Double Trouble" yield to murky instrumentation and subpar rock formulas." [source]

It's hard to disagree with this view. Certainly, You are the Girl, is not so good. Other tracks seem to take their cue from metal, is some ways. The album is probably the weakest record from the Cars. The interesting thing about this record is that my copy is sealed. I heard it many times back in the day, and then I acquired a copy and never opened it. I suppose that really says a lot about the record.

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