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Entertainment WeeklyMay 6, 2011The reunited new-wave icons don't really enchance their legend much on their first album in 24 years -- nor do they disgrace it with such clipped, hook-heavy tunes as "Blue Tip" and the driving "Keep On Knocking." [13 May 2011, p. 63]
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May 16, 2011The remarkable thing is, for as proudly new wave as Move Like This is, it doesn't feel desperate or cautious: it's as bright, infectious, and tuneful as the Cars at their prime.
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UncutMay 13, 2011They have come remarkably close to achieving the contoured crispness and in-your-face immediacy of their greatest achievement. [Jun 2011, p.79]
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May 10, 2011Considering how many other bands have tried to make modern versions of classic Cars songs, it's nice to see the original article doing it better than most.
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May 12, 2011Move Like This is indistinguishably a Cars album. Not since their breakup in '88 has anyone sounded remotely close.
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May 6, 2011Long after we thought we'd heard the last from them, the Cars have made their darkest, most romantic album. It pulls you along.
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May 9, 2011Outside of that immaculate first album, the Cars always made better singles anyway, and that's still true here.
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Under The RadarJun 8, 2011Relying on the same classic keyboards and Ric Ocasek's flat-affected vocal eccentricities, Move stands up surprisingly well next to the band's best '80s albums. [May 2011, p.88]
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Q MagazineJun 7, 2011Not here the gliding elegance of Drive, but an almost self-conscious rewrite of that brilliant debut's mechanical pop rock. [July 2011, p. 106]
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May 31, 2011So the bottom line is this album turns out to be about half good, is probably not going to mean much to people who don't remember them, and while it hits all the right notes in places, it doesn't quite deliver any moments of pure pop perfection the way they used to.
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May 20, 2011Move Like This doesn't so much rebuild the Cars' old engine as take the classic model for a cruise in the country.
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May 17, 2011Move Like This isn't a failure by any means. It's not the resounding triumph you might have hoped for, either.
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May 6, 2011For a band that many hoped might come roaring back from Where Are They Now? purgatory with engines in overdrive, this is bound to be a letdown.
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May 5, 2011Though they engage with 2011 now and then – the jittery Blue Tip concerns the pernicious effect of the media – Move Like This mainly works as a reminder of (or introduction to) their past.
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May 6, 2011Compared to the band's clever early hits, the songwriting too often lapses into clunkiness.
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MojoMay 3, 2011Out of retirement -- and on to the hard shoulder. [June 2011, p. 93]
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