The Cars are one of my favorite bands. 13 US top 40 hits from 1978 to 1987. Music critic Robert Palmer, writer for The New York Times and Rolling Stone, described the Cars' musical style: "They have taken some important but disparate contemporary trends-punk minimalism, the labyrinthine synthesizer and guitar textures of art rock, the '50s rockabilly revival and the melodious terseness of power pop-and mixed them into a personal and appealing blend.
