RECORD LABEL: Capitol
RECORD NUMBER: 11996
PRODUCER: John Carter
RECORDED: MAY 1979
RELEASED: 15 SEP 1979
GOLD: Australia, New Zealand
MUSIC CHARTS:
Australia: #13 (28 wks)
US: #179 (1 wk)
FORMAT:
LP, cassette, 8-track, CD
LINE UP:
Martha Davis (vocals, guitar)
Brian Glascock (drums)
Michael Goodroe (bass)
Jeff Jourard (guitar)
Marty Jourard
(keyboards, saxophone)
SONG LIST
01 Anticipating
02 Kix
03 Total Control
04 Love Don't Help
05 Closets and Bullets
06 Atomic Cafe
07 Celia
08 Porn Reggae
09 Dressing Up
10 Counting
SINGLES RELEASES
01 CLOSETS AND BULLETS
RELEASED: 15 SEP 1979
02 TOTAL CONTROL
RELEASED: 05 NOV 1979
AUSTRALIA: #7
NEW ZELAND: #11
FRANCE: #19
U.S.: #109
03 ANTICIPATING
RELEASED: 21 JAN 1980
VIDEO SINGLES
01 CLOSETS AND BULLETS
02 TOTAL CONTROL
03 ANTICIPATING
The Motels debut album was a definite post-punk production. They had perfected their sound at Madam Wong's in L.A. for over a year, and the studio recording don't differ much at all from how they sounded live. Listening to the album, it is easy to see why it didn't do well on the pop charts in the U.S. American radio was still into heavy metal on one hand, and disco on the other. New Wave hadn't broken into the market until MTV came around in '81, so groups like the Motels didn't get the exposure they should have gotten on the radio. But they were a smash sensation in Australia and Europe, and "Total Control" became their anthem until "Only the Lonely" would take America by storm in '82.
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