''Nexterday'' is the seventh and final studio album released by former lead singer and songwriter of
the Cars
The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek ( rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards), ...
,
Ric Ocasek.
The album boasts a more
DIY sound than previous albums, having been partially recorded in Ocasek's home studio with him playing many of the instruments himself. Musicians featured in his 1982 debut solo album, ''
Beatitude'' were used on ''Nexterday'', including fellow Cars keyboardist
Greg Hawkes
Gregory A. Hawkes (born October 22, 1952) is an American musician best known as the keyboardist for the rock band The Cars.
Hawkes, a native of Fulton, Maryland, United States, attended Atholton High School where he played in a band called Teeth ...
, bassist
Darryl Jenifer of
Bad Brains, drummer/programmer
Stephen George and guitarist Roger Greenawalt.
[ Allmusic:Credits for ''Nexterday'']
Track listing
All tracks written by Ric Ocasek.
# "Crackpot"
# "Bottom Dollar"
# "Don't Lose Me"
# "In a Little Bit"
# "Silver"
# "Come On"
# "I'm Thinking"
# "Carousel"
# "Heard About You"
# "Please Don't Let Me Down"
# "It Gets Crazy"
Personnel
*
Stephen George: Drum programming (2)
* Rob Joanisse: Drums (2, 7)
*
Greg Hawkes
Gregory A. Hawkes (born October 22, 1952) is an American musician best known as the keyboardist for the rock band The Cars.
Hawkes, a native of Fulton, Maryland, United States, attended Atholton High School where he played in a band called Teeth ...
: Keyboards (5); acoustic guitar (8)
*
Darryl Jenifer: Bass
* Roger Greenawalt: Guitar (11)
*
Ric Ocasek: All other instruments, illustrations
References
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Ric Ocasek albums
2005 albums
Albums produced by Ric Ocasek
Sanctuary Records albums