The Cars – Heartbeat City (VG/VG) – LP, AU 1984

Heartbeat City is an LP by The Cars from 1984 released on the Elektra label.

About this album

Heartbeat City is The Cars at their most polished and commercially potent, turning new wave sharpness into immaculate pop-rock. Released in 1984, the album paired Ric Ocasek’s clipped songwriting with glossy production from Robert John “Mutt” Lange, giving the band its biggest crossover moment. The result produced enduring singles such as Drive, You Might Think and Magic, songs that helped define mid-80s radio and expanded The Cars’ appeal well beyond the rock audience. Balancing cool detachment with a stronger emotional pull than much of their earlier work, the album remains one of the group’s most recognisable and influential records.