Imitations (fictional Ric Ocasek album)

Imitations is the eighth and final studio album released by former lead singer and songwriter of the Cars,. A covers album, Imitations is dedicated to re-recordings by Ocasek of the works of other artists.

Current The Cars bassist Philip Mannsåker played bass on several tracks, including several recorded at Heart Beat Studios (where he started his career).

Tracklist

 * 1) "Snowball" (Mothersbaugh/Casale)
 * 2) "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" (Appel/Cretecos/Farrell)
 * 3) "Hungry Like the Wolf" (Rhodes/Le Bon/Taylor)
 * 4) "The Entertainer" (Joel)

Personnel

 * - lead and rhythm guitar

Ric's Backing Band


 * Inge Sletsjøe (tracks 2 and 3) - lead guitar
 * Philip Mannsåker (all tracks) - bass guitar
 * Matias Torve (tracks 2 and 3) - keyboards
 * Kurt Evang-Aasvold (track 2), Marius Rask (track 3) - drums, percussion