6 best the motels

The Motels were a new wave and pop-rock band formed in Berkeley, California, in the late 1970s. They are best known for their hit songs and albums during the 1980s. The band's music often featured a blend of catchy pop melodies and new wave sensibilities. One of their most famous songs is "Only the Lonely," which reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1982.

The Motels released several albums throughout their career, including "The Motels" (1979), "Careful" (1980), "All Four One" (1982), and "Little Robbers" (1983). These albums were released on various formats, including vinyl records and CDs, which were common formats for music distribution during that era.

While the band went through various lineup changes over the years, the lead singer, Martha Davis, remained a central figure in the group's sound and image.The Motels' music is often associated with the new wave and pop music scene of the 1980s and is remembered for its catchy melodies and Martha Davis's distinctive voice.

Their music continues to have a nostalgic appeal, and their songs are sometimes featured on compilation albums and retro playlists.

Below you can find our editor's choice of the best the motels on the market
  

Little Robbers

CULTURE FACTORY

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Product description

This is a compact disc "vinyl replica deluxe" with the same packaging as the original LP in CD format (cardboard sleeve). Brand new, original, factory-shrinkwrapped, limited edition CD release.

Review

Truly amazing! The attention to detail, the remastering, the overall packaging-- I've never seen anything this complete or as well done EVER. Greatest CDs ever. 10+, five stars, all walk-off grand slams! --Gary Moore, 95.5KLOS-FM

Essential Collection

Capitol

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Singer Martha Davis added track-by-track notes to this perfect 15-song "best-of" by these new-wave stars. Their Top 10s Only the Lonely and Suddenly Last Summer and hits Shame; Remember the Nights , and Take the L join So L.A.; Careful , and more!

Greener Mindset 12 Pack Cockroach Traps - Eco Friendly Glue Traps - Sticky Traps - Roach Killer - Roaches Spiders Ant Trap

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saintmotelevision

New Elektra

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"saintmotelevision" was recorded earlier this year in Los Angeles with production from the likes of Tim Pagnotta (Walk The Moon) and Lars Stalfors (Cold War Kids, Matt & Kim) among others as well as additional production from Saint Motel's own A/J Jackson.

Saint Motel will herald the release of "saintmotelevision" with an extensive North American trek, presented by "Ones To Watch" featuring support from Jr. Jr., Hippo Campus, and Weathers (lineup varies depending on the market). The tour kicks off Thursday, September 15th at San Diego, CA's House of Blues and continues through October.

200 Motels

Mvd Marquee Collect

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If ''Touring Makes You Crazy'', Then This Movie is Proof!

200 Motels is Frank Zappa's outrageous, psychedelic precursor to the birth of the music video - his hilarious response to the burning question of what to do with road-wrecked musicians. Should they rip off the motel's towels and ashtrays or merely quit the group? Dare they rebel against the tyranny of the merciless Zappa?

''The Mothers of Invention,'' as irrepressible as Zappa himself, wreck havoc in Centerville, a ''typical'' American town with its Rancid Boutique, Cheesy Motel, Fake Nightclub, Redneck Eats Cafe, groupies and an honest-to-goodness Main Street. Ringo Starr, in Zappa disguise and carrying an oil lamp, narrates. Theodore Bikel is government agent Rance Muhammitz.

The hysterically funny man behind such hits as ''Valley Girl'', ''Dancin' Fool'' and ''Don't Eat The Yellow Snow'', Zappa reasserts his genius in this ''zaniest piece of filmusical fantasy-comedy since The Beatles' ''A Hard Day's Night''.''

Daily Variety

Eclectic cast features a who's who of music and rock and roll legends that includes Frank Zappa, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, George Duke and Pamela Des Barres alongside Academy Award Nominee Theodore Bikel (The Defiant Ones).

Review

200 Motels is a kind of magical mystery trip through all the motels, concert halls, cities, states and groupies of a road tour of the Mothers of Invention... It is a wall of sight-and-sound input, and the experience of the input... It assaults the mind with everything on hand... The movie is so unrelentingly high that you even wish for intermissions.

Roger Ebert --RogerEbert.com



A warts 'n' all snapshot of life in Zappa's touring rock circus. Along the way Frank indulges in time-locked psychedelic frippery, and there's a certain amount of dodgy cavorting with the groupies.

T.J. --Time Out New York

Apocalypso

Omnivore Recordings

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Apocalypso was the first album I was going to do what I think Capitol had wanted me to do for awhile, be a sexy girl on the cover. Taking a page from the great Roxy Music album art, I had a complete vision of what it should be—me in a tight-bodiced green dress, hair pulled back in a ponytail, dancing in flames, with lots of cleavage! We did as all bands do—locked ourselves away in a room with a tape machine and started making demos, a heady, wonderful experience, where we made up the rules. When Capitol heard the album the reaction was something like, “We’ll release it if you really want us to, but the promotion department will not work it.” We went on to rerecord much of the album—but that’s another story. . . —Martha Davis

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