Shake It Up (studio album)
by The Cars

Shake It Up by The Cars
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 5,154th   
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 112 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (86th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (759th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,154th)

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The Cars bestography

Shake It Up is ranked 4th best out of 11 albums by The Cars on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Cars is The Cars which is ranked number 297 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,645.

The Cars album bestography « Higher ranked (2,242nd)
Candy-O
This album (5,154th)
Shake It Up
Lower ranked (10,058th) »
Panorama

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Upcoming concerts

Dec
26
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80's Night at the Blind Pig, One Exit Down as The Cars, Ten And A Half as Black Flag, Nite Owls as The Police , John Connor and the Two-Track Heaven Band as George Strait
Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, United States. United States
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USED CARS - A Tribute to the CARS, HYNDE SIGHT - Tribute to The Pretenders
The Token Lounge, Westland, United States. United States
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Mar
06
Fri
20:00
Panorama- A Cars Tribute & Blue Collar Men- A Styx Tribute
Blue Ocean Music Hall, Salisbury, United States. United States
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Shake It Up track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Shake It Up rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,154th | 1980s rank: 759th | 1981 rank: 86th

Shake It Up collection

Shake It Up ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 112 votes)
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04/17/2025 19:14 TheSink   1,43268/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.

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70/100
From 02/10/2019 17:13 | #231737
Still catchy, but not as memorable.
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60/100
From 01/19/2018 17:18 | #205994
A bit uninspired compared with earlier albums. Nothing really stands out. A bit boring to be honest.
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90/100
From 01/24/2017 13:34 | #184056
Tier List for my preferences of the tracks on this album:

Top: 1-4
High: 5-9
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70/100
From 06/16/2015 17:59 | #143946
Tails off toward the end. I can never get enough of the clean, crisp guitar work in "Victim of Love".
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35/100
From 03/29/2014 11:20 | #107970
shake it up and cruiser are clicking a bit on me. the rest are just uninspired songs.
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From 10/01/2012 13:56 | #51571
The first half of the album much better
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Best Albums of 1981
1. Moving Pictures by Rush
2. Computerwelt by Kraftwerk
3. Discipline by King Crimson
4. Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
5. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne
6. Time by Electric Light Orchestra
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8. Dare by The Human League
9. Damaged by Black Flag
10. Deceit by This Heat
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13. Fire Of Love by The Gun Club
14. Ghost In The Machine by The Police
15. The Ascension by Glenn Branca
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17. Face Value by Phil Collins
18. Killers by Iron Maiden
19. Movement by New Order
20. Nightclubbing by Grace Jones
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