Track Listing

1. Panorama
2. Touch and Go
3. Gimme Some Slack
4. Don't Tell Me No
5. Getting Through
6. Misfit Kid
7. Down Boys
8. You Wear Those Eyes
9. Running to You
10. Up and Down

Product Details

• Released on: 1997-03-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

Once again, excellence rears it's head
Although it wasn't the commercial or critical success that the debut or Candy O were, Panorama has weathered the years slightly better than the other two of the Cars first three albums. Twenty years later it doesn't have the "same ol', same ol'" feel that the other, more radio friendly albums, now seem to be stuck with. I suppose this is only because Panorama has been wrongly, but happily, ignored by the powers that be of classic radio. Panorama is a great album, richly deserving of the plaudits that critics and fans alike seem more than willing to hand down to the first two albums. One critical point that always seems to be forgotten about the time that this album arrived was the musical climate. Trust me, this was a shining light in an otherwise bleak musical landscape.

genius
This album showed the Cars exploring their experimental side and releasing an album that was less radio friendly and darker in nature. My favorite song is "Touch and Go", it is the greatest Cars' song in my opinion. Panorama is one of the best albums to come out in the 1980s, it's too bad it doesn't get the credit it deserves except by real music fans.

Colossal Disappointment
Let's be honest -- the songs on this album are just simply not in the same league as the debut LP or the brilliant follow-up Candy-O.

Whether or not this album was better than other stuff on the radio at the time is barely the point.

The album was a colossal letdown from the first two albums.

PERIOD!!

It's good to be a fan of the Cars and another thing to steer listeners to their best albums -- this ain't one of them.