It's Alive! (The New Cars album)

It's Alive! is the only album released by The New Cars. The album features fifteen live tracks, twelve of which are songs known as being performed by the original Cars. The remaining two, "I Saw the Light" and "Open My Eyes", were popularized by New Cars member Todd Rundgren ("Open My Eyes" was originally performed by Rundgren's original group, Nazz). The album ends with three new studio tracks, recorded especially for this release.

It's Alive!
Live album by The New Cars
Released	June 6, 2006
Recorded	Center Staging Studios, Burbank (live); Big Brother Studios, Los Angeles (studio)
Genre	New wave, pop rock
Length	71:49
Label	Eleven Seven
Producer	The New Cars

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Ric Ocasek, except where noted.

1. "Just What I Needed" – 4:11
2. "Let's Go" – 3:49
3. "Candy-O" – 2:49
4. "You Might Think" – 3:12
5. "My Best Friend's Girl" – 4:12
6. "I Saw the Light" (Todd Rundgren) – 3:02
7. "You're All I've Got Tonight" – 5:23
8. "Not Tonight" (Rundgren, Greg Hawkes, Elliot Easton) – 3:33
9. "Drive" – 4:04
10. "Moving in Stereo" (Ocasek, Hawkes) – 5:14
11. "Shake It Up" – 3:45
12. "Dangerous Type" – 4:24
13. "Bye Bye Love" – 5:01
14. "Open My Eyes" (Rundgren) – 3:01
15. "Good Times Roll" – 4:55

Studio tracks

16. "Not Tonight" (Rundgren, Hawkes, Easton) – 3:25
17. "Warm" (Rundgren, Hawkes, Easton) – 4:03
18. "More" (Rundgren, Hawkes, Easton) – 3:46

Personnel

• Todd Rundgren – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Elliot Easton – lead guitar, background vocals
• Greg Hawkes – keyboards, background vocals
• Kasim Sulton – bass guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "Drive" " just what i nened" "bye bye love" "candy o" "let's go"
• Prairie Prince – drums, percussion
• Kenny Aronoff – drums (tracks 16 & 18)

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. It's Alive! at AllMusic