Influencing bands like Collective Soul, The Cars were one of those rare MTV-era groups that were able to bridge the gap between rock \u2018n roll and New Wave. <\/p>\n
Part of the formula was in how they marketed themselves. You can\u2019t help but wonder how successful they would have been without those provocative album covers, which featured fast cars and even faster women. And what about those groundbreaking music videos?\u00a0 The pointless single \u201cYou Might Think\u201d would have been forgotten altogether had it not been for its eye-popping animated video.<\/p>\n
However they got there, The Cars got there in a hurry and, in the process, joined the likes of Aerosmith in keeping Co-produced by the ubiquitous Robert John \u201cMutt\u201d Lange, As for the multitude of singles to be found on Elsewhere of note on this impressive effort is the 1984 summer theme song \u201cMagic\u201d and another moody slow number, \u201cWhy Can\u2019t I Have You.\u201d Also, there is \u201cIt\u2019s Not The Night,\u201d which could have also been a hit song had it not been for the similar-sounding \u201cI\u2019m Not The One\u201d from the previous album Shake It Up<\/i>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n Both \u201cStranger Eyes\u201d and \u201cI Refuse\u201d are good filler songs, though they tend to bring the album down a notch in substance. After all, it is consistency that holds the individual songs together on any given album. As I always like to say, if the songs don\u2019t flow, the quality won\u2019t show. Fortunately, the quality shows often on