...So the Story Goes
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{{Infobox album
| name = ...So the Story Goes
| type = studio
| artist = Martha Davis
| cover = Martha Davis - ...So the Story Goes.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2004|10|}}{{cite web |url=http://www.the-motels.info/albums.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722001808/http://www.the-motels.info/albums.html |title=The Motels Albums |website=The Motels Information Site |archivedate=July 22, 2011 |accessdate=September 14, 2011}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = New wave
| length = 49:59
| label = Clean Sheets{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r729916|pure_url=yes}} |title=...So the Story Goes - Martha Davis |website=AllMusic |accessdate=September 14, 2011}}
| producer = Martha Davis
| prev_title = Policy
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = Beautiful Life
| next_year = 2008
}}
...So the Story Goes is the second solo studio album by Martha Davis, who is better known as the lead singer for the band The Motels.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Martha Davis{{cite web |url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/Catalog.aspx?detail=writerid&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyid=82885&subid=0 |title=Repertoire Search - Songwriter/Composer - Davis, Martha Emily |website=BMI Repertoire |accessdate=April 19, 2017 |archive-date=April 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420050134/http://repertoire.bmi.com/Catalog.aspx?detail=writerid&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyid=82885&subid=0 |url-status=dead }}
| total_length = 49:59
| title1 = Into Your Arms
| length1 = 4:10
| title2 = True Love
| length2 = 4:15
| title3 = Angel
| length3 = 4:07
| title4 = By the Fire
| length4 = 4:59
| title5 = So the Story Goes
| length5 = 4:13
| title6 = Sweet Love
| length6 = 3:45
| title7 = Crazy
| length7 = 4:27
| title8 = Where Are You Now
| length8 = 4:07
| title9 = How It Has to Be
| length9 = 3:42
| title10 = Torture Me
| length10 = 4:38
| title11 = You Been Cut
| length11 = 3:33
| title12 = Green Valley
| length12 = 4:03
}}
Personnel
Musicians{{cite AV media notes |title=...So the Story Goes |first=Martha |last=Davis |year=2004 |type=CD digipak binder |publisher=Clean Sheets Music BMI |id=8253465605}}{{cite web |url=http://the-motels.info/songs.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722000750/http://the-motels.info/songs.html |title=Martha Davis/Motels Songs and Lyrics |website=The Motels Information Site |archivedate=July 22, 2011 |accessdate=April 19, 2017}}
- Martha Davis – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Clint Walsh – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
- Eric Gardner – drums, percussion (all tracks), glockenspiel (track 2)
- Doug Lunn – bass (tracks 2, 4, 7 - 12), piano (tracks 4, 11)
- Shon Sullivan – piano (tracks 5, 12), acoustic guitar (tracks 1 - 3, 5, 8, 12), keyboards (tracks 4, 9)
- Paul Ill – bass (tracks 1, 5, 6)
- David Sutton – acoustic bass (tracks 3, 4)
- Kevin McCormick - bass (track 3)
- Dana Colley – saxophones (tracks 5, 6), bass clarinet (tracks 3, 5, 12), melodica (track 12)
- Jim Fitting – harmonica (track 2)
Production{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/so-the-story-goes-mw0000748932/credits |title=...So the Story Goes - Martha Davis {{!}} Credits |website=AllMusic |accessdate=April 19, 2017}}
- Produced by Martha Davis
- Executive Produced by David Paglia
- Mixed & Engineered by Edmund Monsef
- Mastered by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
References
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