Local and/or General
Studio album by
Models
ReleasedOctober 1981
RecordedFarmyard Studios, Bucks, United Kingdom
GenreNew wave
LabelMushroom
ProducerStephen W Tayler, Models
Models chronology
Cut Lunch
(1980) 		Local and/or General
(1981) 		Pleasure of your Company
(1983)
Singles from Local and/or General
  1. "Local and/or General"
    Released: November 1981
  2. "Unhappy"
    Released: December 1982

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]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sean Kelly and Andrew Duffield[4] unless otherwise shown

Local and/or General
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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

Personnel

Credited to:[13]

Musicians

Models

Production

In pop culture

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Models'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  2. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  3. ^ a b Holmgren, Magnus; Baird, Paul; Aubrey, Ross; Acosta, Lisa. "The Models". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  4. ^ ""Truth About Truth About Scientists" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  5. ^ ""Local &/or General" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  6. ^ ""Unhappy" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  7. ^ ""Telstar" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  8. ^ ""Dying for My Country at the War" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  9. ^ "Local &/or General". Discogs. 1981. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  10. ^ ""Man o' Action" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  11. ^ ""Drunk in the House" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  12. ^ ""Tearing Hair Out" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  13. ^ "Local and/or General album credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
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