Local and/or General | ||||
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Released | October 1981 | |||
Recorded | Farmyard Studios, Bucks, United Kingdom | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Label | Mushroom | |||
Producer | Stephen W Tayler, Models | |||
Models chronology | ||||
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Singles from Local and/or General | ||||
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Local &/or General is the second studio album by Australian new wave rock band Models, [1] which peaked at #30 on the Australian albums chart. [2] It was released in October 1981 on Mushroom Records with Stephen W Tayler producing. [3]
Early in 1981, Janis Friedenfelds was replaced on drums by Mark Hough (a.k.a. Buster Stiggs) from New Zealand band The Swingers. [3] Prior to flying to the United Kingdom to record Local &/Or General, Models had made some demo recordings, which proved successful enough to be released as an EP, Cut Lunch in June. [1] One track, "Man o' Action", from that EP was re-recorded for Local &/or General. [1] The album provided two singles, "Local and/or General" in November and "Unhappy" in 1982, neither peaked into the Australian Top 50 singles chart. [2]
All tracks are written by Sean Kelly and Andrew Duffield [4] unless otherwise shown
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Local and/or General" | Sean Kelly [5] | 3:20 |
2. | "Truth About Truth About Scientists" | 2:22 | |
3. | "Unhappy" | Mark Ferrie, Andrew Duffield) [6] | 3:22 |
4. | " Telstar" | Joe Meek [7] | 0:55 |
5. | "Dying for My Country at the War" | Sean Kelly [8] | 3:39 |
6. | "Drive and Reflex" | 5:00 | |
7. | "Bantam Had" | Sean Kelly [9] | 4:04 |
8. | "Man O' Action" | Sean Kelly, Mark Hough [10] | 3:40 |
9. | "Drunk in the House" | Sean Kelly, Andrew Duffield, Mark Ferrie, Mark Hough [11] | 3:06 |
10. | "Tearing Hair Out" | Sean Kelly [12] | 3:33 |
11. | "Rate of Change" | 3:16 |
Credited to: [13]
The album gives its title to the name of a radio program focussing on new Australian music on Melbourne radio station Triple R.
Television music quiz program RocKwiz has a round on general music knowledge titled "Local and/or General" after the album.