The Motels discography

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The Motels discography
Studio albums13
Live albums3
Compilation albums8
Video albums12
Singles28

The Motels and Martha Davis discography includes the following.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbum US AUS
[1]
CAN notes
1979 Motels 17513* AU: Gold [2]
1980 Careful 4526* AU: Gold [3]
1982 All Four One 162039* US: Gold [4]
1983 Little Robbers 223428* US: Gold [5]
1985 Shock 362364
1987 Policy 12728(Martha Davis solo)
2004 ...So the Story Goes (Martha Davis solo)
2007Clean Modern and ReasonableContains acoustic versions of past hits, B-sides and Davis solo material, including new recordings of "Take The L", "Only the Lonely", and "Suddenly Last Summer".
2008 This
2008 Beautiful Life (Martha Davis solo)
2010 Red Frog Presents: 16 Songs for Parents and Children (Martha Davis solo)
2011 Apocalypso originally recorded in 1981
2018 The Last Few Beautiful Days

Compilation albums

YearAlbum AUS
[6]
Notes
1978Saturday Night PogoCounting (demo)
1988No Reservations49
1990 No Vacancy (song list same as No Reservations)
2001 Anthologyland
2002Classic Masters
2003The Best of
2005Essential Collection
2017 If Not Now Then When Collection of rarities, outtakes from So the Story Goes and Beautiful Life. [7] [8] [9]

Live albums

YearAlbumnotes
2007 Standing Room Only Live at the Coach House
2009 Atomic Cafe: Greatest Songs Live Live in Boston 1979 & 1980
2016The Motels at the BBC (Live)Live at the BBC 1979

Soundtrack contributions

YearFilmsong [10]
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) [11]
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)
1993Death Ring"Mission of Mercy"
1997 A Smile Like Yours "You Got What It Takes" (Martha Davis and Ivan Neville duet)

Singles

YearSong US Hot 100 US AC US Rock US Dance AUS
[12]
CAN UK
[13]
FRA BEL
[14]
NL
[15]
NZ Album
1979"Closets & Bullets"Motels
"Total Control"10971911
1980"Anticipating"
"Days Are OK"41Careful
"Danger"881530
"Whose Problem?"4342
1982"Mission of Mercy"23All Four One
"Only the Lonely"92767282110
"Take the L"52362144
"Forever Mine"60
1983"Art Fails"
"Suddenly Last Summer"9181183411162028Little Robbers
"Remember the Nights"3612
"Little Robbers"18
1984"Footsteps"
"In the Jungle"Teachers Soundtrack
1985"Shame"212210141825Shock
"Shock"84
"Icy Red"
1986"Love and Affection"Soul Man Soundtrack
1987"We've Never Danced" (Martha Davis solo) Made in Heaven Soundtrack
"Don't Tell Me the Time"808Policy (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"non-album single
2017"Lucky Stars"The Last Few Beautiful Days

Other Martha Davis works

YearAlbumNotes
2005OmniumWritten with Teatro ZinZanni Maestro Norm Durkee
2005A T. Rex Named SueContributed on the song "Fossile Hunter"
2006That 80's Merry Christmas AlbumContributed on the song "Santa Baby"

The Motels / Martha Davis videos

YearVideoNotes
1980Danger
Whose Problem?
1982 Only the Lonely produced by Russell Mulcahy
Take the Lproduced by Russell Mulcahy
1983 Suddenly Last Summer produced by Val Garay
Remember the Nightsproduced by Val Garay
1985Shameproduced by David Fincher
Shockproduced by David Fincher
1986Icy Red
Cries and Whispers
1987Don't Tell Me the Timeproduced by David Fincher
1988Tell It to the Moonproduced by David Fincher
2011Lost but Not Forgottenedited by Alan Suboter
2018Lucky Starsproduced by Anna Logg

Awards

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