Panorama
by The Cars
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Panorama is ranked 5th best out of 11 albums by The Cars on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Cars is The Cars which is ranked number 296 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,481.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Panorama track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Panorama rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1980 | 26/41 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 88 Music Albums of 1980 | 63/88 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 85 Music Albums of 1980 | 9/85 | 5 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 49 Music Albums of 1980 | 49/49 | 0 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 66 Music Albums of 1980 | 15/66 | 4 |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 64/100 | 7 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1980 Part 2 | 46/98 | - |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (59), #0201-0300* | 33/43 | - |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 51 Music Albums of 1980 | 31/51 | 2 |
| 2025 | OuttaKingsley | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 96/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 112 | |||
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Panorama ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/03/2026 19:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,905 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:39 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 19:57 | Gallowtree | 645 | 77/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Panorama forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSea
neilgee 05/14/2020 18:49 in What album are you listening to right now?Panorama comments
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An interesting detour for The Cars. Instead of heading straight for the pop of Shake It Up and Heartbeat City, they went full-on New Wave here and the results are a mixed bag. What works, especially Gimme Some Slack, Touch and Go, Panorama, and Getting Through -- hell, the first half of the album -- is very, very good. The rest of the album is just there. It has its defenders and I wouldn't argue with them. There's just enough here to recommend. (Edited)
PAPPITUFO 12/14/2024 07:36 | #306500
I bought this album because of “Gimme Some Slack”. One of my favorite tracks of this band that for some reason was not included in their compilation album. A very adventurous 3rd album, very different from its predecessors. I like the sound but it is difficult for me to engage with any of the rest of the songs. (Edited)
Certainly not their best, but could be my favorite. Such a departure after 2 AOR hit albums. Weird and cool, a place in time. PLus one of the best opening lines of a song "I wanna shake like LaGuardia" (Edited)
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/10/2019 17:13 | #231736
It's OK. I have trouble figuring out this one - sometimes I think it's boring, sometimes I think I'm missing something.
Tier List for my preferences of the tracks on this album:
Top: 1, 2, 4, 8
High: 3, 5-7, 9, 10
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