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| ARTIST: | The Motels |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Capitol |
| TYPE: | New Wave, American Punk, Pop, Pop/Rock, Rock, L.A. Punk, Rock/Pop, Rock, Alternative Music |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Danger, Only The Lonely, Celia, Shame, Careful, Suddenly Last Summer, So L.A., Cries And Whispers, Icy Red, Apocalypso, Total Control, Take The L, Trust Me, Remember The Nights, Bonjour Baby, Little Robbers, Annie Told Me, Kix, Whose Problem? |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 077779093021 |
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Customer Reviews of No Vacancy: The Best of the Motels
WEALTH OF MATERIAL OVERSHADOWED BY LONG-OBSOLETED MASTERING <
>This compilation, first mastered and issued in 1990, has long since been supplanted by several superior remastered compilations. <
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>The best audio is resident on the 2005 "Essential Collection". The same audio is also on the now-OOP 2002 "Classic Masters" CD. <
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>Essential has 15 tracks to Classic's 12, but Classic has the 6 minute version of "Total Control" (a great early track), where Essential carries the 4 minute single edit. <
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>There are six tracks on "No Vacancy" that do not appear on these two recent compilations (8, 9, 13, 15, 16 & 17). <
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>Both of these compilations also have superior mastering to the 1999 "All For One" Expanded Edition. <
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>So, while No Vacancy has more material than the more recent compilations, the sound quality of the newer discs is much more enjoyable.
Another Old Band I Just Discovered . . . And Enjoyed.
I remember reading an interview with Martha Davis concerning the Motels in the mid-'80's. There were two things that interested me about this band. First, I like any band that has a female lead vocalist. Second, the article mentioned that the Motels do not sequence when recording (that is, each instrument plays by themselves, to produce a cleaner sound per instrument), but preferred to play all together, so they had the freedom to improvise and play off each other.
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>I finally, about 20 years later, had the privilege to hear their greatest hits. And it was a privilege. I don't know much about the lyrics, but I loved their musical style. My favorites included "Danger", "Only The Lonely", "Shame", "Suddenly Last Summer", "So L.A.", "Cries And Whispers", "Take The L", "Trust Me", "Little Robbers", and "Whose Problem?"
This is a must-own
I have owned this twice and it was stolen each time. So I will buy it again. Most of the tracks are not available for download, legal or otherwise, yet they're almost all worth having. They were not the mega-chart-toppers of the era, yet when you listen you will realize that you heard these songs and were affected by them. After the rock-bottom vapidity of the late 70's, the 80's recaptured the energy and passion that had made the 60's so transcendent. But they did so in a completely new vein, and the Motels captured the combination of modernity and nostalgia better than any of the better-known bands. This compilation is as complete as you can hope for in a "best of" collection, and if you don't own their entire catalogue, this is the one to get.