THE MOTELS New Wave (American) Record Collectors Guide

  "The Motels" are a New Wave music band from the Los Angeles area best known for "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer", each of which peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 and 1983, respectively. Their song "Total Control" reached #4 on the Australian charts in 1980.

 

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Label & Catalogno Band/Performers - Album Title Year Country
Capitol 2C 070 - 86.146
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MOTELS - Careful

Careful is the second studio album by the band The Motels, recorded between March and May, 1980 and released in June, 1980.

1980 France
MOTELS - Little Robbers
1983
Gernaby
Capitol 2S 068 - 85.999
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MOTELS - S/T Self-Titled

Motels is the first studio album by the band The Motels, recorded in May, 1979, released in September, 1979.

1979 France
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MOTELS - Shock

Shock is the fifth studio album by the band The Motels, recorded in 1984 and 1985 and released in August 1985.

1985 EEC