Essential Collection

The Motels were the least plastic of the Los Angeles New Wave scene. While the Missing Persons sounded like a synthesizer run amok, and Oingo Boingo were too busy trying to fuse ska and New Wave into some kind of punk spiked hybrid, The Motels were bent on keeping as many real instruments on their records as possible. Martha Davis was a charismatic frontwoman – often sounding like a female vocal... read more

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!