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This Side of Paradise

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This Side of Paradise
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Length
10 tracks, 49:58
Release Date
1 January 1986
This Side of Paradise is the second solo studio album released by Ric Ocasek, lead singer and songwriter of The Cars. It was released in 1986 by Geffen Records. Though it was a solo album, other members of The Cars played significant roles. Greg Hawkes plays keyboards and bass throughout the album (he appears on most of Ocasek's solo albums), and also co-wrote "Hello Darkness" (most Cars albums feature one Ocasek/Hawkes tune). Benjamin Orr is on backing vocals for three songs. Along with Hawkes and Orr, the track "True To You" also features Elliot Easton on … read more
This Side of Paradise is the second solo studio album released by Ric Ocasek, lead singer and songwriter of The Cars. It was released in 1986 by Geff… read more
This Side of Paradise is the second solo studio album released by Ric Ocasek, lead singer and songwriter of The Cars. It was released in 1986 by Geffen Records. Though it was a solo albu… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Keep on Laughin'
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 4:42 2,807 listeners
2 Play track True to You
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 4:01 2,058 listeners
3 Play track Emotion in Motion
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 4:00 10,943 listeners
4 Play track Look in Your Eyes
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 5:59 1,205 listeners
5 Play track Coming for You
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 5:34 1,043 listeners
6 Play track Mystery
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 4:18 1,080 listeners
7 Play track True Love
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 4:25 1,425 listeners
8 Play track P.F.J.
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 3:39 856 listeners
9 Play track Hello Darkness
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 4:52 1,278 listeners
10 Play track This Side of Paradise
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 8:28 1,275 listeners

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Ric Ocasek (born Richard Otcasek on March 23, 1944, died September 15, 2019) was the vocalist and frontman for The Cars and a producer for several other groups, including Bad Brains, Suicide and Weezer. Ocasek released his first solo album in 1982. Beatitude is a somewhat more experimental variation of The Cars' New Wave rock sound. A more synthesizer-heavy follow up, This Side Of Paradise, was released in 1986. A minor hit, "Emotion In Motion" accompanied the album. The Cars split in 1987, and Ocasek disappeared from the public eye for several years, resurfacing in 1… read more
Ric Ocasek (born Richard Otcasek on March 23, 1944, died September 15, 2019) was the vocalist and frontman for The Cars and a producer for several other groups, including Bad Brains, Suicid… read more
Ric Ocasek (born Richard Otcasek on March 23, 1944, died September 15, 2019) was the vocalist and frontman for The Cars and a producer for several other groups, including Bad Brains, Suicide and Weezer. Ocasek released his first solo a… read more

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