I’ve always loved The Cars, especially their first two albums: The Cars and Candy-O. The rest of their output were all good offerings with a special track here and there (such as Drive) but when I think of them it’s always the music from their first two albums that I think of first.
Note: The bassist and lead singer on most of their best songs, Benjamin Orr, passed away at the age of 53 in 2000 from pancreatic cancer. He performed right up till the end with his band called Big People. Ric Ocasek wrote and performed “Silver” in honor of his fallen bandmate and friend.
Here are some of my favorite car tunes.
My Best Friend’s Girl (1978)
Just What I Needed (1978)
Let’s Go (1979)
My favorite, Drive (1984), highest charted hit single at number 3 in USA.