Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology by The Cars

Pros: All the great hits and more!

Cons: Liner notes somewhat skimpy

Review: The Cars' Benjamin Orr died a couple of days ago, of pancreatic cancer, after being diagnosed about four months ago. That struck me as an ironic and tragic coincidence because I had just purchased this great collection of one of the supreme rock bands of...

Pros: ALL the hits, plus other great album tracks and previously unreleased material

Cons: a few misses in the unreleased tracks, could do without Door To Door songs

The Bottom Line: This is a great "instant record collection" for The Cars - you can save some dollars on the rest of their albums, and add this box set instead.

Review: Thanks to flame pillar for the inspiration and challenge of writing a double-album review in 1000 words or less - his personal entry is for the Smashing Pumpkins album M ...

Pros: All you'll ever need from the Cars

Cons: None

Review: Unless you were born before 1980, you already know whether you like the Cars or not, so my opinion is not gonna' sway you one way or the other. You'll probably remember there was a period of time you couldn't turn on a radio without hearing them,...