Black Cars [Original recording remastered]

Gino Vannelli | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 22, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1985
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B00005JXSX
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,317 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Black Cars

2. The Other Man

3. It's Over

4. Here She Comes

5. Hurts to Be in Love

6. Total Stranger

7. Just a Motion Away

8. Imagination

9. How Much

10. Black Cars [*][Version]

Editorial Reviews

This is the long awaited domestic release of Gino Vanelli's last commercially successful album. Black Cars was released in 1985 and stayed in the top 200 album charts for 25 weeks. Digitally remastered. 10 tracks. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TIME OF (GOOD) CHANGES FOR GINO ...., July 5, 2001

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Juan Carlos Dulcet "Juan Carlos" (Capital Federal, REPUBLICA ARGENTINA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Cars (Audio CD)

THIS ALBUM MADE A CHANGE IN GINO'S HISTORY: HE ABANDONED (IN A CERTAIN WAY ) HIS REGISTERED GOOD-TASTING BLEND OF SOUL/JAZZ/POP/FUNK THAT SPICED HIS EARLY WORKS , AND TOOK THEN THE "TECHNO" SOUNDS OF THE 80`S AND MADE AN INTERESTING COCKTAIL OF "OLD AND NEW" INGREDIENTS THAT REALLY SURPRISED THE POP MUSIC FOLLOWERS, AND EVEN THE MOST HARDCORE FANS OF HIS INITIAL RECORDINGS, AND ALLOWED HIM TO GAIN A NEW WIDE GENERATION OF YOUNG FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD (FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IN MY COUNTRY HE BEGAN TO BE FAMOUS WHEN PEOPLE HEARD THE ALBUM...)

POINTS OF INTEREST: "BLACK CARS", "HURTS TO BE IN LOVE" (A CLASSIC OF ALL TIMES POP MUSIC),"IMAGINATION" & ALL THE REST OF THIS EXCELLENT RECORDING THAT DEFINED THE NEW SOUND AND APROACH OF GINO FOR HIS GOOD TASTING POP SONGWRITING.

A MUST FOR ANY POP MUSIC LOVER .... REALLY...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UNBELIEVABLE, February 8, 2008

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W. Faulk (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Cars (Audio CD)

If you think Black Cars (the single and the album) is great---you're right. But Gino wrote so much beautiful music, it's difficult to believe he's virtually anonymous now. If this world doesn't end soon, Gino Vannelli will be regarded by history as one of the best musicians/performers/vocalists of the modern era. His music smashes the heart; it's often difficult to listen to Living Inside Myself, Hurts to Be in Love and others without being reduced to tears (regardless of how tough you are). His melodies and lyrics are equally beautiful. His voice is as good as they come. Not Sinatra, not Pavrotti, not Bocelli, not Bono and not even Freddie Mercury (known for having an extremely powerful voice) had a voice like Gino's. And if that wasn't enough, virtually any woman who watched him perform was never the same as he was sex idol extraordinaire from the mid-70s to mid-80s. I've been to some of his concerts and they were fantastic. As I said---it's unbelievable that many people don't even know who he is and are just discovering him now. In a way, I envy them.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!, March 31, 2006

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David (Seattle,WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Black Cars (Audio CD)

This music is awesome. I never even heard these songs in 1985 so it was never played as much as it should have been. The glossy, polished sound is just spectacular. You can't even tell it's from 1985 it sounds so good.Gino struck gold with this one.