Heartbeat City (studio album) by The Cars

Heartbeat City by The Cars
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 1,973rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 213 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (30th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (303rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,973rd)

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 293 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,128.

The Cars album bestography « Higher ranked (293rd) This album (1,973rd) Lower ranked (2,263rd) »
The CarsHeartbeat CityCandy-O

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Heartbeat City track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 213 votes)
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02/23/2024 19:30 CharlesSimone  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 14581/100
 
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12/06/2023 10:29 fabm0  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,97759/100

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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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75/100
From 02/10/2019 17:11
Still strong, but to be honest, they sound more dated here then they did in the 70s.
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85/100
From 05/31/2018 21:55
The last great album by The Cars containing some of their strongest songs. Magic, Drive and You Might Think are essential 80's pop.
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85/100
From 01/24/2017 13:37
Tier List for my preferences of the tracks on this album:

Top: 4, 8, 10
High: 1-3, 5-7
Neutral: 9
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70/100
From 08/09/2016 05:16
Favoritas: Drive, You Might Think, Magic
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From 09/08/2014 03:53
After a few average albums this is easily their best since their debut.
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From 04/09/2014 07:34
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.
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80/100
From 09/25/2012 13:28
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 :)
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From 09/09/2012 09:46
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.
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85/100
From 05/13/2012 06:24
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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