Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 23 June 1979
THE CARS emerged last year as pace-setters in the American new wave. The platinum status of their debut album probably surprised the band as much as it did everybody else. Perhaps that explains why Candy-O comes as such an anti-climax.
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