The Motels discography

The Motels discography
Studio albums	13
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	8
Singles	28
Video albums	12

The Motels and Martha Davis discography includes the following.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album	US	AUS [1]	CAN	notes
1979	Motels	175	13	–	* AU: Gold[2]
1980	Careful	45	26	–	* AU: Gold[3]
1982	All Four One	16	20	39	* US: Gold[4]
1983	Little Robbers	22	34	28	* US: Gold[5]
1985	Shock	36	23	64
1987	Policy	127	28	–	(Martha Davis solo)
2004	...So the Story Goes	–	–	–	(Martha Davis solo)
2007	Clean Modern and Reasonable	–	–	–	Contains 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

Year	Album	AUS [6]	Notes
1978	Saturday Night Pogo	–	Counting (demo)
1988	No Reservations	49
1990	No Vacancy	–	(song list same as No Reservations)
2001	Anthologyland	–
2002	Classic Masters	–
2003	The Best of	–
2005	Essential Collection	–
2017	If Not Now Then When	–	Collection of rarities, outtakes from So the Story Goes and Beautiful Life.[7][8][9]

Live albums

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

Soundtrack contributions

Year	Film	song[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)
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	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"	109	–	–	–	7	–	–	19	–	–	11
1980	"Anticipating"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Days Are OK"	–	–	–	–	–	–	41	–	–	–	–	Careful
	"Danger"	–	–	–	–	88	–	–	15	–	–	30
	"Whose Problem?"	–	–	–	–	43	–	42	–	–	–	–
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	–	–	16	20	28	Little Robbers
	"Remember the Nights"	36	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Little Robbers"	–	–	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1984	"Footsteps"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"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	"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"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	non-album single
2017	"Lucky Stars"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	The Last Few Beautiful Days

Other Martha Davis works

Year	Album	Notes
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
	Whose Problem?
1982	Only the Lonely	produced by Russell Mulcahy
	Take the L	produced by Russell Mulcahy
1983	Suddenly Last Summer	produced by Val Garay
	Remember the Nights	produced by Val Garay
1985	Shame	produced by David Fincher
	Shock	produced by David Fincher
1986	Icy Red
	Cries and Whispers
1987	Don't Tell Me the Time	produced by David Fincher
1988	Tell It to the Moon	produced by David Fincher
2011	Lost but Not Forgotten	edited by Alan Suboter
2018	Lucky Stars	produced by Anna Logg

Awards

• American Music Awards 1982: Best Performance for "Only the Lonely" at the 1982 American Music Awards.^[16]
• Independent Music Awards 2012: Apocalypso – Best Re-Issue Album^[17]

References

1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 209. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
2. "International Certifications" (PDF). Cash Box. June 21, 1980. p. 40. Retrieved December 3, 2021 – via World Radio History.
3. "Martha Davis and The Motels Australian tour 2013". August 5, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
4. "All Four One at RIAA research". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
5. "Little Robbers at RIAA research". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
6. "The Motels – No Reservations – The Best Of". australian-charts.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
7. "The Motels - If Not Now Then When CD". CD Universe. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
8. "If Not Now Then When by The Motels". iTunes. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
9. "If Not Now, Then When?". The Motels. March 10, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
10. The Motels Official Website – Discography. themotels.com
11. The Motels Fansite – Rarities. the-motels.info
12. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
13. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 380. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
14. "Discografie the Motels - ultratop.be". Ultratop.
15. "Discografie the Motels - ultratop.be". Ultratop.
16. "Ventura County Star: Martha Davis has checked back into The Motels". Retrieved September 4, 2013.
17. "11th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners Announced!" Independent Music Awards, 2 May 2012. Retrieved on 4 Sept. 2013.

Notes

• Rolling Stone – The Motels return with their "Version 2.0" – September 2, 1999
• Orange County Register – Entertainment section – July 16, 2005
• Personal writings from band members – Official website themotels.com
• Former band member Marty Jourard – Jourard.com
• Creem – Take the El out of Motels and it's Mots – February 1983
• Creem – The Motels: Martha Davis feeds her family – December 1980
• Los Angeles Times – The Motels: booked solid – April 29, 1979
• Orange County Weekly – No Vacancy – October 5, 2000

External links

• Official website
• Major website
• Biography from the VH1 website
• Booking Agency
• Interview with Martha Davis in Rocker Magazine 2011