Genre: Rock, New Wave, Pop Rock

Country of origin: USA

Year of disc release: 2012

Publisher (label): Strictly Limited Collector's Edition/Culture Factory

Country: USA

Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac)

Rip type: image+.cue

Audio bitrate: lossless

Duration: 03:03:53



Tracklist:

1979 - Motels 00:38:06

1980 - Careful 00:34:53

1982 - All Four One 00:32:31

1983 - Little Robbers 00:35:29

1985 - Shock 00:42:53



The Motels are a New Wave band from Los Angeles, best known for their hits "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer". The Motels first formed in Berkeley, California in 1971. Lisa Brenneis (bass) persuaded Dean Chamberlain (lead guitar), Chuck Wad (rhythm guitar) and Martha Davis (vocals, guitar) to become members of a group called The Warfield Foxes. Hoping for better promotion and in search of record labels, they moved to Los Angeles in 1975, where they changed their name to Angels of Mercy and later The Motels. In March 1978, Davis and lead guitarist Jeff Jurard decided to reform The Motels. Extensive auditions led to a new lineup of Jurard Marty on saxophone and keyboards, Michael Goudreau on bass and Brian Glascock on drums. Their song "Total Control" reached number 4 in the Australian charts in 1980. Martha Davis reformed and created her own version of the group in 1998 called "The Motels featuring Martha Davis". Currently (since 2010) she periodically gives concerts with various musicians under this name.