An utterly fantastic return-to-form after a 24 year absence, Move Like This has The Cars sounding both fresh and charmingly retro, harkening back to the day when bands this good used to be on the radio all the time. With 10 songs at just under 40 minutes, it's a lean, taut record that sounds like it stepped right out of 1985, with no discernible difference to their already-proven songwriting style. Despite the absence of late singer/songwriting partner Benjamin Orr, Ric Ocasek has no problem carrying the album with his own instantly-recognizable pipes, and songs like "Blue Tip", "Too Late" and "Sad Song" rank with some of the band's best material since their first three records. It's catchy, fun, with great musicianship and a timeless quality to it. While it's not going to reinvent the wheel in any way, Move Like This is arguably one of the strongest comeback records in recent memory.
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