Heartbeat City
by The Cars
The Cars bestography
Heartbeat City is ranked 2nd 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 5,556.
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Heartbeat City track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 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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| 04/18/2026 15:19 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 | |
| 04/08/2026 02:14 |  imacgill | 2,723 | 79/100 | |
| 04/03/2026 22:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 9,585 | 70/100 | |
| 11/12/2025 23:21 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 | |
| 10/12/2025 19:57 | Gallowtree | 645 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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junodog4 02/10/2019 17:11 | #231734
Still strong, but to be honest, they sound more dated here then they did in the 70s.
The last great album by The Cars containing some of their strongest songs. Magic, Drive and You Might Think are essential 80's pop.
Tier List for my preferences of the tracks on this album:
Top: 4, 8, 10
High: 1-3, 5-7
Neutral: 9
nitomano 08/09/2016 05:16 | #172542
Favoritas: Drive, You Might Think, Magic
After a few average albums this is easily their best since their debut.
timtooky 04/09/2014 07:34 | #108854
i must confess that it's a matter of taste. i really like this ambitious synth-pop-style. the songs are mainly slick, but also very tuneful and appealing. if you have an aversion against this kind of music you might think i'm crazy. in fact i adore the non-hit-songs more than drive or you might think.
Hits that I remember but until today have not listened to an album in its entirety. Quite a pleasant feeling. You might want to go back to something like the familiar :)
Dunno I always found this record annoying. ("Who's gonna plug your ears/ when you scream." Really?) It just seems to me that at this time of their career, they were just going through the motions.
Hmmm. Does 5 hits and an album produce by Mutt Lange automatically qualify it as a Top 100 album of all time?
While it is currently in my Top 100 it is a matter of time before it isn't. It just sounds dated and if I want to listen to the Cars then it will either be their eponymously titled or Candy-O that I will play. You Might Think and Drive are great songs as too is the title track.
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