Name: Shake It Up
Brand: The Cars

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CD 565270

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Discogs ID

Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Expanded Edition.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-03-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

WEA /­ ADA

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

603497862719

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Cars

Genre US

New Wave & Post Punk

Label US

Elektra

The Cars' fourth album <i>Shake It Up</i>. Available here on 180 Gram Expanded Edition Double LP and Expanded Edition CD.

By augmenting their sound with more synthesizers, electronics, and drum machines, the Cars' fourth release, Shake It Up, helped bridge their hard rock-based early work (1978's The Cars) with the futuristic-pop direction of 1984's Heartbeat City. The band's sound may have been evolving with each succeeding album, but Ric Ocasek was still writing compelling new wave compositions despite all the change, many of which would ultimately become rock &amp; roll standards. The up-tempo title track remains a party favorite to this day (reaching number four on the singles charts), while the melancholic "Since You're Gone" remains one of Ocasek's best-ever tales of heartbreak. Intriguing videos were made for both songs, officially introducing the band to the MTV age. Like its predecessor, 1980's Panorama, filler is present ("This Could Be Love," "Maybe Baby"), but many lesser-known album tracks prove to be highlights: the almost entirely synth-oriented tracks "Think It Over" and "A Dream Away," the rocking "Cruiser," plus the more pop-oriented "I'm Not the One" and "Victim of Love."

<b>LPx2 </b>- 180 Gram Expanded Edition Double LP.

Shake It Up

Music US