All Four One (1982)

[Pete]

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Title: All Four One
Artist: The Motels
Genre: No Genre Specified
Released: 1982

Tracks:
1 - Mission of Mercy - 3:02
2 - Take the L - 3:42
3 - Only the Lonely - 3:16
4 - Art Fails - 3:12
5 - Change My Mind - 3:22
6 - So L.A. - 3:35
7 - Tragic Surf - 3:29
8 - Apocalypso - 3:30
9 - He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) - 2:25
10 - Forever Mine - 3:22
11 - Suddenly Last Summer - 3:38
12 - Shame - 4:09

Overview:

The Motels' third album All 4 One finds the group working the fine line between mainstream arena-rock and quirky new wave pop. Their roots lie in the sleek, polished Californian hard rock that dominated late-'70s and early-'80s album-oriented radio, but All Four One has a shiny new wave production, complete with keyboards and processed guitars. Still, it plays like arena rock, especially since Martha Davis oversings each track, but its best moments -- "Take the L" (out of lover and it's over) and the single "Only the Lonely" -- are embarrassingly catchy guilty pleasures that make the album an entertaining nostalgia piece. [One Way's CD reissue is even more attractive, since it adds the group's two other big singles, "Suddenly Last Summer" and "Shame," as bonus tracks.]

 

[Pete]

Any fans of this album? The song Only The Lonely is on it.