The Cars "Heartbeat City (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)"
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The Cars' Heartbeat City Reissued for Its 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition on LP + 4CD: Features Unreleased Material, Including a Full 1984 Concert
Celebrating over 40 years since its original release, Heartbeat City remains The Cars' most commercially successful album, certified 4x platinum in the US and charting worldwide. Produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, it features six hit singles including "Drive," "You Might Think," and "Magic." The 40th anniversary deluxe edition adds unreleased material, including a second demo of "Drive" and a full 1984 concert recorded in Houston.
The 4CD/1LP set includes the original quadruple-platinum album on both CD and LP. The remainder revisits the making of the album with unreleased studio recordings and early mixes, plus a complete 1984 concert from the band’s Heartbeat City tour. It’s accompanied by a color booklet filled with photos, new track-by-track notes by keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and an essay from drummer David Robinson, who designed all of the band’s album covers, including the sleeve for Heartbeat City.
Heartbeat City: Deluxe Edition highlights the album sessions with a demo for the Top 10 hit “Drive,” along with unreleased recordings of tracks like “Stranger Eyes” and “Jacki” (later renamed “Heartbeat City”). The set also includes multiple versions of “Shooting For You,” an outtake from the 1980s Panorama that was revived during the making of Heartbeat City.
The set also features a complete concert recorded at The Summit in Houston on September 11, 1984. Originally released on VHS and Laserdisc as The Cars – Live 1984-1985, the performance appears on CD for the first time here, expanded to include previously unreleased versions of “Candy-O” and “My Best Friend’s Girl.” The band opened the show with “Hello Again” and packed 17 songs into a 70-minute set that featured half the new album, including “You Might Think” and “Magic,” alongside earlier hits like “Good Times Roll” and “Let’s Go.”
In the liners, Hawkes recalls Ric Ocasek’s demo for “Drive” started out like a “spooky bossa nova with him sounding a little like Elvis.” By the time the band arrived in London to record, the song had evolved with Benjamin Orr taking over lead vocals. To conjure the track’s ethereal sound, Hawkes says the group spent days layering backing vocals while producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange urged, “Breathier, man, breathier!”
Features:
- 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
- LP & 4CD's
- Unreleased Material
- Full 1984 Concert Recorded in Houston
- Booklet Filled with Photos, New Track-by-Track Notes by Keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and an Essay from Drummer David Robinson
