Door to Door is the sixth studio album by American new wave band the Cars, released on August 25, 1987, by Elektra Records. The album was produced by frontman Ric Ocasek, with additional production by keyboardist Greg Hawkes. Three singles were released from the album, though only "You Are the Girl" reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 17. Door to Door became the Cars' lowest-charting studio album, peaking at number 26 on the Billboard 200, and within a year of its release the band would break up.
Door to Door was both the group's last studio album with the original lineup before they disbanded in 1988 and the last to feature bassist Benjamin Orr before his death in 2000. The band would not release another studio album until Move Like This (2011).
Although by 1987, the Cars had reached the heights of superstardom, their last few albums had relied heavily on studio tricks and machines, but this album was an attempt to return to the group's original roots. For example, where the previous album, Heartbeat City, extensively used sampled and sequenced drums (a move that had somewhat alienated drummer David Robinson), this album returned to having Robinson performing the drums in the studio, often simultaneously with other band members.
During a writing jam session, the band began to play "Ta Ta Wayo Wayo", a song from their earliest days together. It had never been recorded in studio, except as a demo in 1977. They enjoyed the tune so much that the 1987 version of the song made it onto the album. The opening track, "Leave or Stay", also was originally a 1977 demo that was not properly recorded until Door to Door, although they had often played the song live in the band's early days.[3] Both tracks had their respective 1977 demo versions eventually issued on the 1995 compilation Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology.
The lead single from the album, "You Are the Girl", reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Album Rock Tracks chart.[4][5] The follow-up single, "Strap Me In", peaked at number 85 on the Hot 100, while reaching number four on the rock chart.[4][5] The final single, "Coming Up You", peaked at number 74 on the Hot 100, as well as number 37 on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart.[4][6]
The tour to promote Door to Door would turn out to be their last with the original lineup and the show on December 12, 1987 (the final show on the tour) at the Cobo Arena in Detroit would be the last time they performed with Orr.
Track listingedit
All tracks are written by Ric Ocasek, except where noted
^"The Cars Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
^"Top 100 Albums of '87". RPM. Vol. 47, no. 12. December 26, 1987. p. 9. ISSN 0033-7064 – via Library and Archives Canada.
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Door to Door is the sixth studio album by American new wave band the Cars released on August 25 1987 by Elektra Records The album was produced by frontman Ric Ocasek with additional production by keyboardist Greg Hawkes Three singles were released from the album though only You Are the Girl reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 17 Door to Door became the Cars lowest charting studio album peaking at number 26 on the Billboard 200 and within a year of its release the band would break up Door to DoorStudio album by the CarsReleasedAugust 25 1987RecordedApril May 1987StudioElectric Lady New York City GenreRock 1 Length46 43LabelElektraProducerRic OcasekThe Cars chronologyGreatest Hits 1985 Door to Door 1987 Just What I Needed The Cars Anthology 1995 Singles from Door to Door You Are the Girl Released August 1987 Strap Me In Released October 19 1987 Coming Up You Released January 1988 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3 1 The Cars 3 2 Technical 3 3 Artwork 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 ReferencesBackground editDoor to Door was both the group s last studio album with the original lineup before they disbanded in 1988 and the last to feature bassist Benjamin Orr before his death in 2000 The band would not release another studio album until Move Like This 2011 Although by 1987 the Cars had reached the heights of superstardom their last few albums had relied heavily on studio tricks and machines but this album was an attempt to return to the group s original roots For example where the previous album Heartbeat City extensively used sampled and sequenced drums a move that had somewhat alienated drummer David Robinson this album returned to having Robinson performing the drums in the studio often simultaneously with other band members During a writing jam session the band began to play Ta Ta Wayo Wayo a song from their earliest days together It had never been recorded in studio except as a demo in 1977 They enjoyed the tune so much that the 1987 version of the song made it onto the album The opening track Leave or Stay also was originally a 1977 demo that was not properly recorded until Door to Door although they had often played the song live in the band s early days 3 Both tracks had their respective 1977 demo versions eventually issued on the 1995 compilation Just What I Needed The Cars Anthology The lead single from the album You Are the Girl reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Album Rock Tracks chart 4 5 The follow up single Strap Me In peaked at number 85 on the Hot 100 while reaching number four on the rock chart 4 5 The final single Coming Up You peaked at number 74 on the Hot 100 as well as number 37 on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart 4 6 The tour to promote Door to Door would turn out to be their last with the original lineup and the show on December 12 1987 the final show on the tour at the Cobo Arena in Detroit would be the last time they performed with Orr Track listing editAll tracks are written by Ric Ocasek except where notedSide oneNo TitleVocalsLength1 Leave or Stay Ocasek2 552 You Are the Girl OcasekBenjamin Orr3 523 Double Trouble Orr4 144 Fine Line Ocasek5 225 Everything You Say Orr4 526 Ta Ta Wayo Wayo Ocasek2 52 Side twoNo TitleWriter s VocalsLength7 Strap Me In Ocasek4 228 Coming Up You Orr4 189 Wound Up on You Ocasek5 0210 Go Away OcasekGreg HawkesOrr4 3811 Door to Door Ocasek3 17Total length 46 43Personnel editCredits adapted from the liner notes of Door to Door 7 The Cars edit Ric Ocasek vocals guitar Greg Hawkes vocals keyboards Benjamin Orr vocals bass guitar Elliot Easton vocals guitar David Robinson vocals drums Technical edit Ric Ocasek production Greg Hawkes additional production Joe Barbaria recording mixing engineering George Marino LP mastering Stephen Innocenzi CD mastering Jamie Chaleff second engineer David Heglmeier Brian Sklarz Tracy Wiener special assistance Andy Topeka technical assistance Artwork edit Marco Glaviano cover design photography Emanuele DiLiberto paintingCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Door to Door Chart 1987 Peakposition Australian Albums Kent Music Report 8 26 Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 9 19 European Albums Music amp Media 10 63 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 11 28 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 12 57 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 13 10 Norwegian Albums VG lista 14 9 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 15 29 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 16 20 UK Albums OCC 17 72 US Billboard 200 18 26 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for Door to Door Chart 1987 Position Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 19 88References edit a b DeGagne Mike Door to Door The Cars AllMusic Retrieved February 17 2021 Larkin Colin ed 2011 Cars The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5th concise ed London Omnibus Press ISBN 978 0 85712 595 8 Deriso Nick August 25 2017 Why the Cars Ran off the Road with Door to Door Ultimate Classic Rock Retrieved May 30 2019 a b c The Cars Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved February 17 2021 a b The Cars Chart History Mainstream Rock Airplay Billboard Retrieved February 17 2021 The Cars Chart History Adult Contemporary Billboard Retrieved February 17 2021 Door to Door liner notes The Cars Elektra Records 1987 60747 2 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 56 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Top RPM Albums Issue 0889 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved December 26 2020 European Hot 100 Albums PDF Music amp Media Vol 4 no 39 October 3 1987 p 18 OCLC 29800226 via World Radio History Pennanen Timo 2006 Sisaltaa hitin levyt ja esittajat Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 in Finnish 1st ed Helsinki Kustannusosakeyhtio Otava ISBN 978 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