Title: Idling Cars...........
Product review: There are a few decent songs on "Door to Door" and maybe a handful are worth repeat listens. And even those are marginal, (with the sole exception being the tuneful "Coming Up You".) "Door to Door" plays more like an album of B-sides than anything else. It comes up especially weak in comparison to the stellar work that came before it. This album finds Ric Ocasek at his lowest ebb when it comes to songwriting. Dull, flat and uninspired. At this point, Ric was champing at the bit to get on with his solo career and "Door to Door" suffered because of it. It comes off more as a contractural fulfillment than a full-on effort. This becomes all the more evident when one compares this album to the far superior 2011 release, "Move Like This", which finds Ric reinvigorated and focused. I am a HUGE Cars fan and have all their albums. Only "Door to Door" languishes on the shelf year after year. Thank God the boys have reunited! Let the good times roll again!
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