THE MOTELS - ALL FOUR ONE - Vinyl LP - Capitol Records - 1982 - VG FREE POSTAGE
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THE MOTELS - ALL FOUR ONE - Vinyl Record - HHR00935 VG
This record was released by The Motels the American new wave band from Berkeley, California, that is best known for the singles Only the Lonely and Suddenly Last Summer each of which peaked at No. 9, in 1982 and 1983, respectively. In 1980, The Motels song Total Control reached No. 7 on the Australian chart (for two weeks), and their song Danger reached No. 15 on the French chart. Martha Davis, the lead singer, reformed a version of the band called "The Motels featuring Martha Davis" in 1998 and toured under that name with various line-ups of musicians. Since 2013, they have been billed as Martha Davis and The Motels.
All Four One is their third studio album, released in 1982. It features the Top 10 hit Only the Lonely, and the follow-up hit Take the L. Both songs were assisted by popular MTV music videos. The album was recorded and mixed digitally. The Motels went back into the studio in early 1981 to record this album with producer Val Garay. Wanting to stretch the limits as to what they could do artistically and musically, the band recorded some of its darkest and heaviest music to date. Tim McGovern, Davis' boyfriend at the time, clashed with Garay in the studio, and ended up de facto producer and arranger for the album, which was titled Apocalypso. Martha Davis considers this period "the last time the Motels were uninhibited, wild, and not worried about our place on the charts." Neither the band nor Garay ever submitted any of the recordings to Capitol Records while the recording process was underway. When the record company heard the finished product, they rejected it for being "not commercial enough" and "too weird", and Apocalypso was scrapped. The band attempted to go back and re-record the entire album but in the process, Davis and McGovern's relationship dissolved and by December 1981 McGovern was no longer in the band. With McGovern gone, Garay took a different approach with the re-recording process, utilizing studio musicians throughout the album, and moulding the final product to a more commercially appealing sound. The album was renamed All Four One because the band had recorded four albums but one would not be released, and because the four remaining members had stayed together to complete the album. It was released on April 5, 1982, by Capitol Records. Despite its rough beginnings, All Four One was the first U.S. hit album for The Motels, and was the band's best selling album.
Track Listing A1. Mission of Mercy A2. Take the L A3. Only the Lonely A4. Art Fails A5. Change My Mind B1. So L.A. B2. Tragic Surf B3. Apocalypso B4. He Hit Me (and it Felt like a Kiss) B5. Forever Mine
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