The Cars (studio album) by The Cars
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 3 days ago | yusnazirulifzi | | 77/100 |
80/100 | 07/20/2021 20:26 | tybo7 | | 83/100 |
75/100 | 07/11/2021 21:54 | willtoshower | | 73/100 |
80/100 | 07/04/2021 04:01 | FlapJackJoey | | 86/100 |
100/100 | 07/01/2021 21:25 | NickyTBlizzad | | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.9/100, a mean average of 80.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Listening to it now, it still sounds like the future of rock music. The Cars' debut blended new wave, synth-rock, hard rock, power pop and 50s rock n' roll/rockabilly into a tight, compact and extremely catchy package. It's amazing that the band managed to pack this level of quality into their debut album. Very fresh and unique sound for the time. Even when compared to 80s new wave/rock artists, I can't really think of any artists who sound like the Cars. And even after new wave died out in the late-80s, in the 90s and 2000s, you can definitely hear the influence of this album and the Cars in general on bands like Weezer, The Killers, Green Day, Teenage Fanclub, the Strokes, Fountains of Wayne, Jimmy Eat World, etc.
A must listen for any music listener.
Overplayed to death on local New England radio stations, but I can't deny that it was instrumental to the New Wave sound.
The first three tracks are classic rock radio staples and for good reason. Some of the best examples of radio friendly pop rock. There's some gold in the deep cuts too. It gets to the point where almost any of the songs had some single potential. This album could probably be considered a bit ahead of its time and The Cars aged very well when the 80s hit.
Ushered in the synth-rock/ new wave era with Blondie in the late 70s and we still benefit from it! Bands like The Killers, The Strokes (especially in their last few albums), and Pulp obviously draw some great inspiration from Ocasek and this album. Great stuff!
VictorVale 02/07/2021 15:50
Pop rock super eficiente, sem afetação! Excelente.
A straight classic rock album. Love it.
UofTBlues 01/20/2020 14:12
Very good debut & their best album.
One of the great debuts in rock history.
anandrajan 09/16/2019 14:52
An incredible debut album by a pioneering new wave American band! R.I.P. Ric Ocasek who passed away today. I'm so glad they were inducted into the RRHOF last year.
Favorite Tracks:My Best Friend's Girl, Bye Bye Love
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