CAREFUL
Careful is the second studio album by new wave band The Motels. It was recorded between March and May 1980, and released in June 1980. The album was produced by John Carter who produced the group’s 1979 debut. “Danger” was released as the disc’s lead single and landed in the Top 20 in France. “Days Are O.K.” and “Whose Problem?” became Top 50 songs (and their only chart hits) in the United Kingdom. None of the singles released from the album charted in the United States, but the disc reached #45 on the Billboard album chart in the summer of 1980. It eventually sold nearly 400,000 copies in America. (More from Wikipedia)
The bandleader and songwriter for Code Blue, Dean Chamberlain is best known as one of the founders of the 1980’s new wave band the Motels. The band was formed, however, all the way back in 1971.
The hidden history of the Motels includes a total of eight albums; I have half of them and enjoy them all, with their second album Careful being my most recent purchase. What would have been their third studio album, Apocalypso was rejected by the suits at Capitol Records and wasn’t released in its original form until 2011. Apocalypso was reworked in 1982 and became their first hit album, All Four One. The Wikipedia article on the Motels lists a remarkable 35 current and former bandmembers.
(September 2012)
