Candy-O is an Electronic album by The Cars, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 184 pressings tracked, owned by 99 collectors.
About
With 1979’s <i>Candy-O</i>, The Cars didn’t change the New Wave sound that had made the band’s debut album so successful. After all, if it ain’t broke, why fix it? For <i>Candy-O</i>, the members of the Boston quintet once again turned to Roy Thomas Baker, who’d guided the first four Queen album, as well as acts like Free, Hawkwind, and Journey. Baker knew how to build thickly-layered tracks full of harmonie, while also keeping a song moving forward. As a result, there’s a chilly efficiency to <i>Candy-O</i>, one that suits singer Ric Ocasek, whose lyrics are heavy on quips and curdled romance (“When I was crazy, I thought you were great”). Ocasek had a gift for concise lines that summarize big ideas or feelings: “Alienation is the craze,” he sings in “Double Life”—and there’s no better way to describe life in late-1970s America. Throughout <i>Candy-O</i>, keyboardist Greg Hawkes devises great, quirky hooks on tracks like “Let’s Go”—the band’s biggest single at the time—and “Lust for Kick.” And while drummer David Robinson isn’t fancy or showy, he plays with a firm snap that roots the lively arrangement, and his work on “It’s All I Can Do,” sung by bassist Benjamin Orr, shows how much can be accomplished with just a snare, hi-hat, bass drum, and some sure-handed syncopation. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Let's Go3:32
- A2Since I Held You3:16
- A3It's All I Can Do3:46
- A4Double Life4:11
- A5Shoo Be Doo1:41
- A6Candy-O2:37
Side B
- B1Night Spots3:14
- B2You Can't Hold On Too Long2:47
- B3Lust For Kicks3:52
- B4Got A Lot On My Head2:59
- B5Dangerous Type4:30
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- brittle
- driving
- art school
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Benjamin OrrBASS GUITAR BASS, VOCALS VOCALS
- David RobinsonDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION, ART DIRECTION
- Elliot EastonBACKING VOCALS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS LEAD GUITAR
- Greg HawkesBACKING VOCALS KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS, SAXOPHONE KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION, SAXOPHONE , BACKING VOCALS
- Ric OcasekRHYTHM GUITAR VOCALS VOCALS, GUITAR
99 collectors on Gatefold own this · 184 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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