Out of Mind, Out of Sight (album)
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| Studio album by Models | ||||
| Released | August 1985 | |||
| Recorded | Early 1985 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Mushroom Records | |||
| Producer | Nick Launay, Reggie Lucas, Mark Opitz | |||
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Out of Mind, Out of Sight is the fourth studio album by Australian new wave rock band Models, it was their most successful album and peaked at #3 on the Australian albums chart. It was released in August 1985 by Mushroom Records with Nick Launay, Reggie Lucas and Mark Opitz producing.
The album provided five singles, with the first being "Big on Love" which was released in November 1984 and peaked at #24. Second single "Barbados" released in March 1985 peaked at #2, with the third single "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" released in July, which peaked at #1, being their best performed single. "Cold Fever" released in October peaked into the Top 50 but "King of Kings" their December release did not. Proceeds for "King of Kings" were donated to the Salvation Army. In 1986, Geffen Records released Out of Mind, Out of Sight in the United States and it appeared on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with the single, "Out of Sight, Out of Mind", peaking at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The band toured the US in November 1986 supporting Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
Models formed in Melbourne in 1978 by members from Teenage Radio Stars and JAB, after some line-up changes they were Andrew Duffield on keyboards, Mark Ferrie on bass guitar, Janis Friedenfelds (aka Johnny Crash) on drums and percussion, and Sean Kelly on vocals and lead guitar. In November 1980, Models released their first album, Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf, on Mushroom Records. By 1982, more line-up changes occurred, Ferrie and Friedenfelds had left and James Freud (ex-Teenage Radio Stars, James Freud & Berlin) joined the band on bass/vocals. Kelly and Freud had been in high school bands which developed into Teenage Radio Stars. New Zealand drummer, Barton Price (ex-Crocodiles, Sardine v) joined later in 1982.
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