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This Side of Paradise is the second solo studio album by Ric Ocasek, primary vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the American new wave band of the Cars. It was released on September 13, 1986, by Geffen Records. Though it was a solo album, other members of the Cars played significant roles. Greg Hawkes plays keyboards and bass throughout the album, and also co-wrote "Hello Darkness". Benjamin Orr provided backing vocals for three songs. Along with Hawkes and Orr, the track "True to You" also features Elliot Easton on guitar. Both production and drumming were handled by Chris Hughes. Hughes had been the recent producer of Tears for Fears most popular two studio albums. Steve Stevens from Billy Idol's backing band plays guitar on over half of the album. In addition, Roland Orzabal from Tears for Fears, Tony Levin from King Crimson and Peter Gabriel, Tom Verlaine of Television and G. E. Smith of the Saturday Night Live Band guest on various tracks. The first single from the album, "Emotion in Motion", which was aided in its promotion by a music video that received heavy airplay on MTV, reached number 1 on the U.S. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Si...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
