This was the third studio LP from Boston band The Cars, situated between Candy-O and Shake It Up. Includes “Touch and Go.” An underappreciated album in The Cars’ discography: seen by critics as a let down and not as commercial successful as the one before or after.

I like it though – more experimental, more ambitious – trying on different sounds. Sort of an alternate universe in which they went more alternative. Not the first Cars LP you should buy, but worth being in your collection if you love this late-70s/early-80s transition era.

My copy—via Salem Flea Marketplace—is a Specialty Pressing from 1980 on blue Elektra labels.