Anthologyland

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Anthologyland
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Compilation album by
The Motels, Martha Davis, and others
Released2001
Genre New wave
Length2:01:29
Label Oglio Records, EMI-Capitol Special Markets
Producer Martha Davis, Dave Paglia, Cheryl Pawelski
The Motels, Martha Davis, and others chronology
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Anthologyland is a compilation album containing material from the new wave band, The Motels, plus work by Warfield Foxes (an earlier incarnation), and solo work by Martha Davis, including a couple of duets with Sly Stone and Ivan Neville. This two disc album is a collection of alternate takes, demonstrations, live recordings, outtakes, and sound track releases.

Track listing

Disc One

  1. "Every Day Star" (demo, by Warfield Foxes, 1974/5) (Chuck Wada) – 3:36
  2. "Route 66" (live, 1979) (Nelson Riddle) – 2:19
  3. "Boys" (outtake, 1979) (Martha Davis) – 3:59
  4. "Total Control" (live, 1979) (Davis, Marty Jourard) – 5:52
  5. "The Big Hurt" (live, 1980) (Wayne Shanklin) – 2:58
  6. "Celia" (live, 1980) (Davis) – 3:08
  7. "Counting" (live, 1979) (Davis) – 4:28
  8. "Amigo" (outtake, 1979) (Michael Goodroe) – 3:52
  9. "Careful" (alternate take, 1980) (Jourard, Michael Goodroe) – 3:32
  10. "Danger" (alternate take, 1980) (Davis, Tim McGovern) – 3:27
  11. "Slow Town" (from Careful , 1980) (Davis) – 4:19
  12. "Lost but Not Forgotten" (outtake, 1981) (Davis) – 4:27
  13. "Only the Lonely" (alternate/early version, 1981) (Davis) – 3:25
  14. "Mission of Mercy" (live, 1985) (Davis) – 3:00
  15. "Some Things Never Change" (demo, ~1982) (Davis) – 3:28

Disc Two

  1. "Surrender" (outtake, 1982) (Davis) – 2:45
  2. "Room at the Top" (outtake, 1983) (Davis, Steve Goldstein) – 4:12
  3. "Mystery D.J." (outtake, 1983) (Davis, Bernie Taupin) – 3:39
  4. "Suddenly Last Summer" (alternate take, 1983) (Davis) – 4:33
  5. "Remember the Nights" (live on Saturday Night Live, 1984) (Davis, Scott Thurston)- 3:25
  6. "Love and Affection" (Martha Davis & Sly Stone, from the film Soul Man , 1986) (Joan Armatrading) – 4:32
  7. "Nightmares" (Martha Davis, from the film Night of the Creeps , 1986) (Davis, Kevin Gilbert) – 4:38
  8. "In the Jungle (Concrete Jungle)" (from the film Teachers , 1984) (The Motels) – 3:59
  9. "I Can't Believe" (Martha Davis, from the film Miracle Beach , 1992) (Davis, Eric Allaman) – 2:42
  10. "Take My Breath Away" (demo by Martha Davis, for the film Top Gun , 1986) (Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock) – 3:52
  11. "We Never Danced" (from the film Made in Heaven , 1987) (Neil Young) – 4:23
  12. "Next in Line" (demo, by Martha Davis, 1986) (Davis) – 4:31
  13. "Save the Last Dance for Love" (B-Side to "Shame", 1985) ( Davis) – 4:22
  14. "Shame" (demo, by Martha Davis, 1984) (Davis) – 4:47
  15. "Crazy" (demo, by Martha Davis, 1989) (Willie Nelson) – 2:38
  16. "You Got What It Takes" (Martha Davis) (Davis & Ivan Neville, from the film A Smile Like Yours , 1997) – 3:23
  17. "Coco and John" (hidden track by Martha Davis) (Davis) – 3:18

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References

  1. ↑ Anthologyland at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Davis, Martha (2001). Anthologyland (CD liner). The Motels. Hollywood, California: Oglio Records, EMI-Capitol Special Markets. 72435-29663-2-5 & OGL81607-2.
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