Beatitude is the debut album released by Ric Ocasek

Ric Ocasek

Ric Ocasek is an American musician and music producer. He is best known as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band, The Cars....

, lead singer and principal songwriter of The Cars

The Cars

The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band consisted of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson...

. It was released by Geffen Records

Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...

 in 1982, and featured an appearance by Greg Hawkes

Greg Hawkes

Greg Hawkes is a musician best known as the keyboardist for the Rock band The Cars.Hawkes, a native of Fulton, Maryland, attended Atholton High School where he played in a band called Teeth. He then attended Berklee College of Music for two years, majoring in composition and flute...

 on keyboards.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ric Ocasek; except where indicated

1. "Jimmy Jimmy" – 4:57
2. "Something to Grab For" – 3:43
3. "Prove" – 3:56
4. "I Can't Wait" – 3:43
5. "Connect Up to Me" – 7:37
6. "A Quick One" – 3:37
7. "Out of Control" (Ocasek, Greg Hawkes
   Greg Hawkes
   Greg Hawkes is a musician best known as the keyboardist for the Rock band The Cars.Hawkes, a native of Fulton, Maryland, attended Atholton High School where he played in a band called Teeth. He then attended Berklee College of Music for two years, majoring in composition and flute...
   
   ) – 4:41
8. "Take a Walk" – 4:38
9. "Sneak Attack" – 3:55
10. "Time Bomb" – 5:03

Although the album track "Prove", which has a very Bowie-dance-club sound, was given an extended 12" remix, it was never released as a commercial single.

Personnel

• Ric Ocasek - vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Jules Shear
  Jules Shear
  Jules Mark Shear is a US singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Pittsburgh in 1952. Although he has had only one minor hit as a performer , he has recorded almost 20 albums to date...
  
  , Steve Cataldo, Antonio DePortago - vocals
• Roger Greenawalt, Casey Lindström - guitar
• Fuzzbee Morse
  Fuzzbee Morse
  Fuzzbee Morse is a composer for films, as well as a performer, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and music producer.He is known for his command of a variety of instruments, including guitar, keyboards, bass, flute, soprano saxophone, mandolin, alto flute and many others...
  
   - guitar, keyboards
• Greg Hawkes
  Greg Hawkes
  Greg Hawkes is a musician best known as the keyboardist for the Rock band The Cars.Hawkes, a native of Fulton, Maryland, attended Atholton High School where he played in a band called Teeth. He then attended Berklee College of Music for two years, majoring in composition and flute...
  
   - keyboards
• Stephen Hague
  Stephen Hague
  Stephen Hague is an American music producer most active with various British acts in the 1980s. He was an influential figure in the synthpop movement.-Early career:...
  
   - keyboards
• Akio Akashi, Darryl Jenifer - bass
• Deric Dyer - saxophone
• Stephen George
  Stephen George
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  , "Miss Linn
  Linn LM-1
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  " - drums

Production

• Ric Ocasek - producer
• David Hegelmeier - tape operator
• Ian Taylor - engineer
• Walter Turbitt - assistant engineer
• George Marino - mastering
• All Songs Published By Ric Ocasek Music, except "Out Of Control" (published by Ric Ocasek Music/Oversnare Music-Lido Music)

Title

The title is a play on the term "beat", but also an an homage to the 1950s poetry magazine Beatitude which featured work by, amongst others Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s. He vigorously opposed militarism, materialism and sexual repression...

. The Geffen CD issue of the release has the title mis-printed as "Beautitude".