Night Spots

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"Night Spots"
Song by the Cars
from the album Candy-O
ReleasedJune 13, 1979
Recorded1979
Studio Cherokee (Hollywood, Los Angeles)
Genre
Length3:15
Label Elektra
Songwriter Ric Ocasek
Producer Roy Thomas Baker
Candy-O track listing
11 tracks
Side one
  1. "Let's Go"
  2. "Since I Held You"
  3. "It's All I Can Do"
  4. "Double Life"
  5. "Shoo Be Doo"
  6. "Candy-O"
Side two
  1. "Night Spots"
  2. "You Can't Hold on Too Long"
  3. "Lust for Kicks"
  4. "Got a Lot on My Head"
  5. "Dangerous Type"

"Night Spots" is a song by the Cars from their second studio album, Candy-O (1979). It was written by Ric Ocasek.

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Background

"Night Spots" was a leftover from The Cars' first album, The Cars . [1] The original version, recorded around the time of The Cars, according to the Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology liner notes, "has a sinister, stripped-down feel that anticipates the more experimental direction of later Cars music." [1] This version remained unreleased until it appeared on the Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology compilation album. [1]

Reception

"Night Spots" has generally received positive reception. AllMusic critic said that the band "rocks out on ... 'Night Spots'", and in the Billboard review of Candy-O, "Night Spots" was noted as one of the "best cuts". [2] [3] Rolling Stone critic Tom Carson said, "In 'Nightspots,' Greg Hawkes' synthesizer jabs and jumps like the flashing lights on a rainy, late-night highway, and the tune's hopped-up rhythms and stuttering singing have a tense, jittery momentum that's exactly right." [3]

Covers

References

  1. 1 2 3 Milano, Brett. Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology. Rhino.
  2. ↑ Prato, Greg. "Candy-O". allmusic.com.
  3. 1 2 "Candy-O album reviews". www.superseventies.com.
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