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Ric Ocasek – This Side Of Paradise (VG+/VG+)
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This Side Of Paradise is an LP by Ric Ocasek from 1986 released on the Geffen Records label.
About this album
This Side of Paradise distils Ric Ocasek’s post-Cars solo identity into sleek, radio-ready new wave and synth-pop. Issued in 1986, it built on the style he had helped define with the Cars, pairing clipped guitar, polished keyboards and his detached melodic sense with a more direct solo presence. The album is best known for “Emotion in Motion”, a strong US hit that gave Ocasek his biggest chart breakthrough away from the band. Across the record, he balances pop instinct with cool, electronic textures, making this a key statement from one of the era’s most distinctive rock songwriters.
Genre: Pop & Rock
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A1 Keep On Laughin'
A2 True To You
A3 Emotion In Motion
A4 Look In Your Eyes
A5 Coming For You
B1 Mystery
B2 True Love
B3 P.F.J.
B4 Hello Darkness
B5 This Side Of Paradise