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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]

Reception

Kelly said, "I got an interesting review in London in Sounds Magazine or Melody Maker. It said I sounded like David Bowie being boned up the arse."^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sean Kelly and Andrew Duffield^[5] unless otherwise shown

*Local and/or General*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Local and/or General"	Sean Kelly^[6]	3:20
2.	"Truth About Truth About Scientists"		2:22
3.	"Unhappy"	Mark Ferrie, Andrew Duffield^[7]	3:22
4.	"Telstar"	Joe Meek^[8]	0:55
5.	"Dying for My Country at the War"	Sean Kelly^[9]	3:39
6.	"Drive and Reflex"		5:00
7.	"Bantam Had"	Sean Kelly^[10]	4:04
8.	"Man O' Action"	Sean Kelly, Mark Hough^[11]	3:40
9.	"Drunk in the House"	Sean Kelly, Andrew Duffield, Mark Ferrie, Mark Hough^[12]	3:06
10.	"Tearing Hair Out"	Sean Kelly^[13]	3:33
11.	"Rate of Change"		3:16

Personnel

Credited to:^[14]

Musicians

Models

Andrew Duffield — keyboards, EMS Synthi AKS
Mark Ferrie — bass guitar
Janis Freidenfelds (a.k.a. Johnny Crash) — percussion, traps, syncussion
Sean Kelly — guitar, clarinet, vocals

Production

Producer — Stephen W Tayler, Models
Engineer — Stephen W Tayler, Tony Cohen
Mix Engineer: Stephen W Tayler
Re-mix — Steve Brown
Artwork — Roy Snell
Photography — Anton Corbijn

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 2 3 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.
↑ Jane Gazzo (2024). I Hear Motion. Melbourne Books. p. 97. ISBN 9781922779267.
↑ ""Truth About Truth About Scientists" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
↑ ""Local &/or General" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
↑ ""Unhappy" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
↑ ""Telstar" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
↑ ""Dying for My Country at the War" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
↑ "Local &/or General". Discogs. 1981. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
↑ ""Man o' Action" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 2 March 2009.
↑ ""Drunk in the House" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
↑ ""Tearing Hair Out" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 4 March 2009.
↑ "Local and/or General album credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 February 2009.

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Studio albums	Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf Local &/or General The Pleasure of Your Company Out of Mind, Out of Sight Models' Media
Singles	"I Hear Motion" "Big on Love" "Barbados" "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" "Oh! Darling"
EPs	Cut Lunch
Compilation albums	Melbourne
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