While casual admirers of the Cars can stick with their 1985 Greatest Hits collection, more serious fans should go right to the more thorough two-CD set, The Cars Anthology: Just What I Needed. Whereas Greatest Hits stuck more or less with their singles, The Cars Anthology contains strong album cuts, non-album B-sides, demos and unreleased takes, as well as all the expected hits (and a 27-page booklet crammed with rare photos and the band's bio). Just about every rock fan is long familiar with such tracks as "Just What I Needed," "Shake It Up," "Magic" and "Let's Go" (to name a few), but the collection's main attraction is it's abundance of unfamiliar material. Such previously-released album tracks as "Dangerous Type," "Gimme Some Slack" and "Cruiser" are highlights, as are the rarities "Cool Fool" (one of their hardest rocking tracks ever), "That's It," a cover of Iggy Pop 's "Funtime" and a pair of album-closing early demos ("Leave or Stay" and "Ta Ta Wayo Wayo"). At nearly two and a half hours long, The Cars Anthology: Just What I Needed is the ultimate Cars collection, which only confirms their standing as one of the finest bands of the new wave era.