The Motels discography

The Motels discography

The Motels
Releases
↙Studio albums 12
↙Live albums 2
↙Compilation albums 7
↙Singles 28
↙Video albums 12

The Motels & Martha Davis discography includes the following.

Studio albums

Year Album US AUS notes
1979 Motels 175 13 AU: Gold
1980 Careful 45 26 AU: Gold
1981 Apocalypso -- -- released in 2011
1982 All Four One 16 20 US: Gold
1983 Little Robbers 22 34 US: Gold
1985 Shock 36 23
1987 Policy 127 28 (Martha Davis solo)
2004 ...So the Story Goes -- -- (Martha Davis solo)
2007 Clean Modern and Reasonable -- --
2008 This -- --
2008 Beautiful Life -- -- (Martha Davis solo)
2010 Red Frog Presents: 16 Songs For Parents And Children -- -- (Martha Davis solo)

Compilations

Year Album U.S. albums AU albums notes
1978 Saturday Night Pogo -- Counting (demo)
1988 No Reservations -- 48
1990 No Vacancy -- -- (song list same as No Reservations)
2001 Anthologyland -- --
2002 Classic Masters -- --
2003 The Best of -- --
2005 Essential Collection -- --

Live albums

Year Album U.S. albums AU albums notes
2007 Standing Room Only -- -- Live at the Coach House
2009 Atomic Cafe: Greatest Songs Live -- -- Live in Boston 1979 & 1980

Soundtrack contributions

Year Film song[1]
1984 Moscow on the Hudson "Long Day"
1984 Teachers "In the Jungle (Concrete Jungle)"
1986 The Golden Child "Shame On You" (Martha Davis solo) (song is on the soundtrack but not in the movie)[2]
1986 Something Wild "Total Control"
1986 Night of the Creeps "Nightmares" (Martha Davis solo)
1986 Soul Man "Love and Affection" (Martha Davis and Sly Stone duet)
1987 Made in Heaven "We've Never Danced" (Martha Davis solo)
1990 Madhouse "Madhouse" (Martha Davis solo)
1992 Miracle Beach "I Can't Believe" (Martha Davis solo)
1993 Death Ring "Mission Of Mercy"
1997 A Smile Like Yours "You Got What It Takes" (Martha Davis and Ivan Neville duet)

Singles

Year Song U.S. Hot 100 U.S. AC U.S. Rock U.S. Dance AU singles CN singles UK singles[3] FR singles NZ singles Album
1979 "Closets and Bullets" - - - - - - - - - Motels
"Total Control" 109 - - - 4 - - 19 11
1980 "Anticipating" - - - - - - - - -
"Danger" - - - - 88 - - 15 30 Careful
"Whose Problem?" - - - - 43 - 42 - -
1981 "Days are OK" - - - - - - 41 - -
1982 "Mission of Mercy" - - 23 - - - - - - All Four One
"Only the Lonely" 9 27 6 7 28 21 - - 10
"Take the L" 52 - 36 - 21 - - - 44
"Forever Mine" 60 - - - - - - - -
1983 "Art Fails" - - - - - - - - -
"Suddenly Last Summer" 9 18 1 18 34 11 - - 28 Little Robbers
"Remember the Nights" 36 - 12 - - - - - -
1984 "Footsteps" - - - - - - - - -
"Little Robbers" - - 18 - - - - - -
"In the Jungle" - - - - - - - - - Teachers Soundtrack
1985 "Shame" 21 22 10 14 18 25 - - - Shock
"Shock" 84 - - - - - - - -
"Icy Red" - - - - - - - - -
1986 "Love and Affection" - - - - - - - - - Soul Man Soundtrack
1987 "Shame on You" - - - - - - - - - Golden Child Soundtrack
"We've Never Danced" (Martha Davis solo) - - - - - - - - - Made in Heaven Soundtrack
"Don't Tell Me the Time" 80 - - - 8 - - - - Policy (Martha Davis solo)
1988 "Tell it to the Moon" - - - - 65 - - - -
"Just Like You" - - 47 - - - - - -
"Don't Ask Out Loud" - - - - 90 - - - -
"What Money Might Buy" - - - - - - - - -
2009 "Mr. Grey" - - - - - - - - - Jazz CD (forthcoming CD)[4]

Other Martha Davis works

Year Album Notes
1990 Madhouse (Soundtrack)
2005 Omnium Written with Teatro ZinZanni Maestro Norm Durkee
2005 A T. Rex Named Sue Contributed on the song "Fossile Hunter"
2006 That 80's Merry Christmas Album Contributed on the song Santa Baby

The Motels / Martha Davis videos

Year Video Notes
1980 Danger
1982 Only the Lonely
Take the L
1983 Suddenly Last Summer produced by Val Garay
Remember the Nights produced by Val Garay
1985 Shame
Shock
1986 Icy Red
Cries and Whispers
1987 Don't Tell Me the Time
1988 Tell It To The Moon
2011 Lost But Not Forgotten edited by Alan Suboter

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ The Motels Official Website – Discography. themotels.com
  2. ↑ The Motels Fansite – Rarities. the-motels.info
  3. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 380. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ↑ Interview of Martha Davis by Punkglobe.com
  5. ↑ "Ventura County Star: Martha Davis has checked back into The Motels". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "11th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners Announced!" Independent Music Awards, 2 May 2012. Retrieved on 4 Sept. 2013.

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