Night Spots

"Night Spots"
Song by The Cars
from the album Candy-O
ReleasedJune 13, 1979
Recorded1979 at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles
GenreNew wave, hard rock
Length3:15
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)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
  2. "Night Spots"
  3. "You Can't Hold on Too Long"
  4. "Lust for Kicks"
  5. "Got a Lot on My Head"
  6. "Dangerous Type"

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

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