If Not Now Then When

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{{Infobox album

| name = If Not Now Then When

| type = compilation

| artist = The Motels and Martha Davis

| cover = The Motels - If Not Now Then When.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 10, 2017{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/if-not-now-then-when-mw0003016713 |title=If Not Now Then When - The Motels |website=AllMusic |accessdate=May 9, 2017}}

| recorded = 2002–2006

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = New wave{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/if-not-now-then-when/id1210486098 |title=If Not Now Then When by The Motels |website=iTunes |accessdate=May 8, 2017}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| length = 1:37:39

| label = Sunset Blvd Records

| producer =

| prev_title = Apocalypso

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = The Last Few Beautiful Days

| next_year = 2018

}}

If Not Now Then When is a compilation album containing material from the new wave band, The Motels, plus solo work by Martha Davis. This two disc album is a collection of twenty-seven rare tracks, demos, and recent recordings spanning 2002 to 2006, and outtakes from Davis' solo albums ...So the Story Goes and Beautiful Life. Fifteen of the tracks are previously unreleased.{{cite web |url=https://themotels.com/2017/03/10/if-not-now-then-when/ |title=If Not Now, Then When? |website=The Motels |date=March 10, 2017 |accessdate=May 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311231654/https://themotels.com/2017/03/10/if-not-now-then-when/ |archive-date=March 11, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.newreleasesnow.com/album/the-motels--if-not-now-then-when |title=The Motels, If Not Now Then When |work=New Releases Today |date=March 10, 2017 |accessdate=May 8, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/If-Not-Now-Then-When/dp/B01N372LUH |title=Motels - If Not Now, Then When |website=Amazon.com |accessdate=May 8, 2017}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 1

| total_length = 47:54

| all_writing =

| title1 = If Not Now Then When

| writer1 = Martha Davis, Nick Johns, Clint Walsh, Eric Gardner{{cite AV media notes |title=If Not Now Then When |others=The Motels |year=2017 |type=CD liner |publisher=Sunset Blvd Records |id=7 08535 79092 1 |location=United States}}

| length1 = 3:32

| title2 = King of Crime

| writer2 = Davis

| length2 = 2:43

| title3 = St. Marks Place

| writer3 = Davis, Earl Slick

| length3 = 2:31

| title4 = Ringtones

| writer4 = Davis

| length4 = 5:42

| title5 = Been to That Movie

| writer5 = Davis, Johns, Walsh, Gardner

| length5 = 4:46

| title6 = Beautiful Life

| writer6 = Davis

| length6 = 2:46

| title7 = Sally

| writer7 = Davis

| length7 = 4:41

| title8 = Let Me Fall

| writer8 = Davis

| length8 = 3:49

| title9 = The Cat / Out of the Corner of My Eye

| writer9 = Davis, Slick

| length9 = 4:31

| title10 = Speechless People

| writer10 = Davis

| length10 = 2:28

| title11 = Cowgirl

| writer11 = Davis

| length11 = 2:52

| title12 = Fun for You

| writer12 = Davis, Johns, Walsh, Gardner, Jon Siebels

| length12 = 4:33

| title13 = Lynk / How Good It Feels

| writer13 = Davis, Slick

| length13 = 3:00

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 2

| total_length = 49:45

| title1 = Outta Reach

| writer1 = Davis, Johns, Walsh, Gardner, Jon Siebels

| length1 = 3:03

| title2 = Precious Doe

| writer2 = Davis

| length2 = 4:05

| title3 = I Didn't Come

| writer3 = Jesse Harris

| length3 = 2:49

| title4 = Teeth

| writer4 = Davis

| length4 = 4:29

| title5 = She Said to Herself

| writer5 = Davis

| length5 = 2:24

| title6 = Good Girl Bad Luck

| writer6 = Davis

| length6 = 4:19

| title7 = You Can Cry If You Wanna

| writer7 = Davis, Johns, Walsh, Gardner

| length7 = 3:49

| title8 = The Rain

| writer8 = Davis

| length8 = 4:52

| title9 = Walk Away

| writer9 = Davis

| length9 = 3:24

| title10 = Miss Lonely Hearts

| writer10 = Davis

| length10 = 4:13

| title11 = Crying Eyes

| writer11 = Davis, Slick

| length11 = 2:31

| title12 = I Can Take It

| writer12 = Davis

| length12 = 2:51

| title13 = Watching the World

| writer13 = Davis

| length13 = 4:14

| title14 = Grizzly / Look Out Now

| writer14 = Davis, Slick

| length14 = 2:42

}}

References

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Category:2017 compilation albums

Category:The Motels albums

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