Os The Cars emergiram da cena new wave em finais dos anos 70. A banda esteve na primeira linha da fusão do rock tradicional das guitarras com o novo pop baseado em sintetizadores que se tornaria popular e crescente no início dos anos 80. Os The Cars acabaram em 1988 com milhões de discos vendidos e vários prémios, e em 2018 chegaram ao Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

• Edição Limitada 
• Edição Numerada
• Vinil 180 Gramas de Alta Definição prensado na RTI
• Masterização no Gain 2 Ultra Analog System
• Masterização Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
• Corte a partir das Fitas Master Originais
• Corte por Krieg Wunderlich
• Capas interiores especiais antiestáticas
• Capa Gatefold Deluxe

1/4" / 30 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe

The Cars Heartbeat City on Numbered-Edition 180g LP from Mobile Fidelity. Four-Times-Platinum Heartbeat City Survives as the Cars’ Final Great Album Before Break-Up. Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Mobile Fidelity LP Presents the 1984 Mutt Lange-Produced Heartbeat City In Extraordinary Sound. Loaded With Recognizable Hits: “Drive,” “You Might Think,” “Magic,” “Hello Again,” and “Why Can’t I Have You” All Top 40 Singles.

1984 will always be remembered for the debut of the Macintosh computer, the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and the ascent of MTV as the most powerful cultural medium of the era. The year is also recognized for the Cars’ savvy contributions not only to the burgeoning music-video channel but to pop itself. Released in April, the four-times platinum Heartbeat City ultimately spawned five Top 40 singles—four of them landing in the Top 20, two in the Top 10—and serve as the final memorable record from the Boston group, which disbanded in 1987.

Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition 180g LP of Heartbeat City revisits the landmark album via a rich fidelity unmatched by any prior edition. Signifying the first time the set has been available on vinyl in nearly three decades, this reissue opens up the soundstages, decongests the low frequencies, and shines a spotlight on Mutt Lange’s pinpoint balances and glossy hooks. Indeed, the now-household-name producer would make a lasting mark with Heartbeat City, whose radio-friendly sound, multi-layered textures, and smooth, suave, synth-heavy pulses set a precedent for the period’s hit-making pop.

Overflowing with a surfeit of finger-snapping beats, electro-pop effects, streamlined guitar notes, and bright melodies, Heartbeat City trades in efficiency, catchiness, and to-the-point craftiness. Unlike most mid-80s records, the electronic effects and sleek tonalities aren’t dated due to both the focused production and irresistible songwriting. Leader Ric Ocasek penned all ten tunes, and while a mind-boggling five charted in the Top 40, what makes Heartbeat City such a staple is the fact that it’s easy to imagine every song on it crashing the Billboard Hot 100. Call it the new-wave version of Thriller.

Indeed, the record’s track list automatically triggers a mental jukebox. The spare simplicity and hopefulness of “Magic.” The simultaneously sad longing and soothing somberness of the Benjamin Orr-sung “Drive.” The shimmer and shuffling riff of “You Might Think.” The ping-pong bounce and futuristic paranoia of “Hello Again.” The atmospheric, arty title track. Heartbeat City is a veritable lesson in pop tunesmithship.

Lista de Faixas:

01. Hello Again
02. Looking for Love
03. Magic
04. Drive
05. Stranger Eyes
06. You Might Think
07. It’s Not the Night
08. Why Can’t I Have You
09. I Refuse
10. Heartbeat City

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