Local and/or General

For the radio program, see Local and/or General (radio program).

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]

Local and/or General
Studio album by Models
Released	October 1981
Recorded	Farmyard Studios, Bucks, United Kingdom
Genre	New wave
Label	Mushroom
Producer	Stephen W Tayler, Models
Models chronology
Cut Lunch (1980) Local and/or General (1981) Pleasure of your Company (1983)
Singles from Local and/or General
"Local and/or General" Released: November 1981 "Unhappy" Released: December 1982

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

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

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

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.