Door to Door
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Door To Door is the sixth studio album
Album
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 by American
United States
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 new wave band 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...

, released in 1987. The album was the band's last studio album before their 1988 disbanding.

While the original album bears the credit "Produced by Ric Ocasek", individual tracks from this album that appear on various Cars compilations bear the credit "Produced by Ric Ocasek and Greg Hawkes".

Track listing

All songs written by Ric Ocasek (Copyright
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 Lido Music) unless otherwise indicated.
  1. "Leave or Stay" – 2:55
  2. "You Are the Girl
    You Are the Girl
    "You Are the Girl" is a 1987 song by The Cars, from their album Door to Door. It was released as a single in August 1987, reaching number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100....

    " – 3:52
  3. "Double Trouble" – 4:14
  4. "Fine Line" – 5:22
  5. "Everything You Say" – 4:52
  6. "Ta Ta Wayo Wayo" – 2:52
  7. "Strap Me In" – 4:22
  8. "Coming Up You" – 4:18
  9. "Wound Up on You" – 5:02
  10. "Go Away" (Greg Hawkes, Ocasek; Copyright Lido Music, Oversnare Music) – 4:38
  11. "Door to Door" – 3:17

Personnel

  • 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....

     - rhythm guitar, lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11
  • Elliot Easton
    Elliot Easton
    Elliot Easton plays lead guitar and sings backing vocals for The Cars. His guitar solos are integral part of the band's hit singles. He studied music at the Berklee College of Music...

     - electric guitar, vocals
  • 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, vocals
  • Benjamin Orr
    Benjamin Orr
    Benjamin Orr was an American rock musician best known as the bassist and vocalist for the Boston based rock band, The Cars....

     – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , lead vocals on tracks 3, 5, 8, 10
  • David Robinson
    David Robinson (musician)
    David Robinson is an American rock drummer. He has performed with many rock bands including The Modern Lovers, DMZ and The Cars.He attended Woburn Memorial High School....

     - drums

Production

  • Arranged By The Cars
  • Produced By Ric Ocasek; co-produced by Greg Hawkes
  • Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Joe Barbaria
  • Second Engineer: Jamie Chaleff
  • Additional Recording & Mix Engineering By Brian Sklarz, David Heglmeier & Tracy Wiener
  • Mastered By Stephen Innocenzi (CD
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    ) & George Marino (LP)

Charts

Album
Chart Position
1987 The Billboard 200 26


Singles
Single Chart Position
1987 "Strap Me In" Mainstream Rock Tracks 4
1987 "Strap Me In" The Billboard Hot 100 85
1987 "You Are the Girl" Adult Contemporary 12
1987 "You Are the Girl" Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
1987 "You Are the Girl" The Billboard Hot 100 17
1987 "Double Trouble" Mainstream Rock Tracks 42
1988 "Coming Up You" The Billboard Hot 100 74
1988 "Coming Up You" Adult Contemporary 37

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