Shake It Up is an Electronic album by The Cars, originally released in 1981. On Gatefold: 132 pressings tracked, owned by 51 collectors.
About
After two blockbuster albums that certified The Cars as America’s most successful New Wave band, the group churned out 1980’s <i>Panorama</i>—an offbeat effort that was light on hook, and largely ignored by radio station. On 1981’s <i>Shake It Up</i>, though, the group was suddenly back on the racetrack. The peppy, simplistic title became the band’s biggest hit to date, with a frisky solo from guitarist Elliot Easton, and tricky keyboard runs from Greg Hawkes (Ocasek later admitted he wasn’t proud of the song’s lyrics). For much of the album—the band’s fourth in as many years—Ocasek sounds adrift. On <i>Shake It Up</i>, The Cars are neither the well-oiled pop machine that made their first two album, nor the scholarly experimentalists who made <i>Panorama</i> a year earlier. The music has plenty of wonderful touche, but it feels distant, and even Ocasek’s characteristic ambivalence about love lacks its usual bite. .
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Since You're Gone3:30
- A2Shake It Up3:32
- A3I'm Not The One4:12
- A4Victim Of Love4:24
- A5Cruiser4:54
Side B
- B1A Dream Away5:44
- B2This Could Be Love4:26
- B3Think It Over4:56
- B4Maybe Baby5:04
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- synthetic
- driving
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Benjamin OrrPERFORMER, VOCALS , BASS VOCALS, BASS VOCALS, BASS GUITAR
- David RobinsonDESIGN , PERFORMER DRUMS DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS
- Elliot EastonGUITAR LEAD GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS PERFORMER, GUITAR
- Greg HawkesKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS PERFORMER, KEYBOARDS
- Ric OcasekPERFORMER, VOCALS , GUITAR PERFORMER, WRITTEN-BY SONGWRITER, LEAD VOCALS, RHYTHM GUITAR
51 collectors on Gatefold own this · 132 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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