Panorama (The Cars album)

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Panorama
Panorama cover
Studio album by The Cars
Released August 15, 1980 (1980-08-15)
Recorded 1980
Genre New Wave
Length 40:11
Label Elektra Records
Producer Roy Thomas Baker
Professional reviews
The Cars chronology
Candy-O
(1979)		 Panorama
(1980)		 Shake It Up
(1981)

Panorama is the third studio album by American new wave band The Cars, released in 1980.

The track "Gimme Some Slack" appeared on the WKRP in Cincinnati episode "The Airplane Show" (replaced on later issues without the track)


Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Ric Ocasek.

[edit] Side one

  1. "Panorama" – 5:42
  2. "Touch and Go" – 4:55
  3. "Gimme Some Slack" – 3:32
  4. "Don't Tell Me No" – 4:00
  5. "Getting Through" – 2:35

[edit] Side two

  1. "Misfit Kid" – 4:30
  2. "Down Boys" – 3:09
  3. "You Wear Those Eyes" – 4:55
  4. "Running to You" – 3:22
  5. "Up and Down" – 3:31

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1980 Billboard Pop Albums 5

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "Touch And Go" Billboard Pop Singles 37

[edit] Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – USA Gold December 15, 1980
RIAA – USA Platinum December 15, 1980

[edit] Trivia

  • The video for "Touch and Go" was shot at the now defunct Whalom Park in Lunenburg MA.
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