Just What I Needed
	Produced by Roy Thomas Baker
	Released on June 1978
	US CHART POSITION #27 (charted June 11, 1978 for 17 weeks) . . . UK CHART POSITION #17
	Find it at GEMM
7-69589 w. company sleeve [high resolution scan]

Y et another childhood treasure conscripted as a clarion call for consumerism. Just what I needed. This was the song that introduced The Cars to the world, as hearty a handshake as you’re likely to hear. From the imploding intro to the squiggly synthesizer at the end (shades of Steve Miller Band), “Just What I Needed” has just what it needs to succeed and not one note more. Hard to believe producer Roy Thomas Baker was associated with Queen, since The Cars were the anti-Queen: short and snappy, synthesizers from day one. Of course, Baker also served as an engineer on T. Rex’ Electric Warrior album, and who did short and snappy better than Marc Bolan?

TRACK LISTING

1. JUST WHAT I NEEDED
2. I'M IN TOUCH WITH YOUR WORLD
   
   US Elektra Spun Gold reissue
   
1. JUST WHAT I NEEDED
2. GOOD TIMES ROLL
   
   US 1985 7-inch single (Greatest Hits)
   
1. TONIGHT SHE COMES    (Ric Ocasek)    3:52
2. JUST WHAT I NEEDED    (Ric Ocasek)    3:44

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