I've alluded to Move Like This is a couple previous Cars posts here, so I'm a little tapped out when it comes to offering additional wisdom. As I've said before this is one of the more unlikely reunion albums, having overcome disinterest (Ocasek), retirement (Robinson) and even death (Orr) to occur. It's also fairly classy for a reunion album, featuring no cover songs from their heyday, no formal replacement for Benjamin Orr on bass, and, perhaps best of all, a tight running time. Too often, bands that haven't recorded since the cassette tape era feel compelled to drop two to three albums worth of material all at once just because it will fit on a CD. As for the sound, it's clear the band had studied the sound that set them apart from their contemporaries, with nods to both the debut album and also the more synth-pop era of Heartbeat City and even a little extra-crunchy guitar from the almost-forgotten Door to Door album. Since I picked this up at the library I haven't heard the bonus tracks that came with some editions. They're just demos, but two of them didn't make it to the final album.
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