Motivation is the first studio album of Moti Special

Moti Special

Moti Special was a German New Wave band, formed in 1981 in Hamburg, by Danish guitar player Nils Tuxen, Romanian keyboard player Michael Cretu, bassist/vocalist Manfred "Thissy" Thiers and drummer Reinhard "Dickie" Tarrach. All of the members had previous experience as session musicians...

, released in 1985 by Teldec label. The band members were: Danish guitarist Nils Tuxen, Romanian keyboardist Michael Cretu, bassist and vocalist Manfred "Thissy" Thiers, and drummer Reinhard "Dickie" Tarrach. The album reached # 20 in the Germany charts.

Track listing

Side One

1. «Don't Be So Shy» (Thiers/Palmer-James) — 3:30
2. «Spirit of Ecstasy» (Thiers/Palmer-James) — 4:08
3. «How to Treat Tough Girls» (Thiers/Palmer-James) — 3:31
4. «Cold Days, Hot Nights» (Thiers/Palmer-James) — 3:40
5. «Visions of You» (Thiers/Cretu/Tarrach/Tuxen) — 3:23

Side Two

1. «Motivation» (Thiers/Cretu/Palmes-James) — 4:41
2. «She's a Heartbreaker» (Thiers) — 4:26
3. «Every Minute» (Thiers) — 3:26
4. «Stop! Girls Go Crazy» (Thiers/Tuxen) — 5:08

Album Information

• Released: 1985
• Recording: Data Alpha, Rainbow & Weryton (Múnich
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• Genre:Synth pop
• Label: TELDEC
• Producer: Michael Cretu
  Michael Cretu
  Michael Cretu is a Romanian musician. He is known also as Curly, MC or Curly M.C. because of his fair curled hair . His peak musical activity was with the Enigma project, which was mainly based in Germany....
  
  , Armand Volker & Moti Special
  Moti Special
  Moti Special was a German New Wave band, formed in 1981 in Hamburg, by Danish guitar player Nils Tuxen, Romanian keyboard player Michael Cretu, bassist/vocalist Manfred "Thissy" Thiers and drummer Reinhard "Dickie" Tarrach. All of the members had previous experience as session musicians...
  
  

Credits

• Tissy Thiers — vocalist, bassist
• Michael Cretu
  Michael Cretu
  Michael Cretu is a Romanian musician. He is known also as Curly, MC or Curly M.C. because of his fair curled hair . His peak musical activity was with the Enigma project, which was mainly based in Germany....
  
   — keyboardist, recording, producer
• Dicky Tarrach — drummer
• Nils Tuxen — guitarist
• Armand Volker — recording, producer
• Moti Special
  Moti Special
  Moti Special was a German New Wave band, formed in 1981 in Hamburg, by Danish guitar player Nils Tuxen, Romanian keyboard player Michael Cretu, bassist/vocalist Manfred "Thissy" Thiers and drummer Reinhard "Dickie" Tarrach. All of the members had previous experience as session musicians...
  
  — producer

Singles

• «Stop! Girls Go Crazy» / «Visions of You» (1984)
• «Cold Days Hot Nights» / «Out of Tune» (1985) GER #3, SWI #4
• «Don't Be So Shy» / «No Way» (1985) GER #9, SWI #10
• «Stop! Girls Go Crazy» / «Every Minute» (1985) GER #53