The Cars Unlocked: The Live Performances is a 2006 live album and video of American new wave band the Cars released by Warner Music in 2006. The album has received mixed reviews due to the mixed quality of the source material.
Reception
Greg Prato of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, with the editorial staff awarding it four out of five stars. Prato praises the diversity of the video choices while criticizing some of the quality of the recordings, summing up that it is "a most welcome addition to the Cars' discography". At DVD Talk Jon Sinnott recommended "skip it" due to poor audio and video, although he praised some of the performances. For PopMatters, Adam Besenyodi echoes the sentiments that the actual audio-video quality is low but it serves as a valuable document of the band, with songs ranging from "good" to "unwatcheable"; he recommends that the CD edition "shouldn't be skipped".
Track listing
All songs written by Ric Ocasek, except where noted.
DVD
Intro
"My Best Friend's Girl" "I'm in Touch with Your World" "Let's Go" "The Hotel" "Gimme Some Slack" Tokyo Sound Check "Up and Down" "Just What I Needed" "Dr. G" "Don't Cha Stop" "Moving in Stereo" (Greg Hawkes, Ocasek) "Through to You" "Candy-O" "You Might Think" "Drive" "Night Spots" Sound Check "Tonight She Comes" "Magic" "Shake It Up" "Good Times Roll" Bonus Material "Cruiser" "Strap Me In" "Drive" "Touch and Go" "Everything You Say"