Company of Strangers were a short-lived rock, pop music studio project formed by Simon Hussey in late 1991. The album featured performances by Daryl Braithwaite (ex- Sherbet) on vocals, Simon Hussey (ex-Cats Under Pressure,

Australian Crawl Australian Crawl (often called Aussie Crawl or The Crawl by fans) were an Australian rock band founded by James Reyne (lead vocals/piano/harmonica), Brad Robinson (rhythm guitar), Paul Williams (bass), Simon Binks (lead guitar) and David R ...

) on keyboards, drums, engineering and production, Jef Scott on guitar and vocals, and James Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on vocals and guitar. Their debut self-titled album appeared in December 1992 via Sony Music Australia with Hussey producing. It peaked at No. 9 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold in 1993 for shipment of 35000 copies. They released four singles, "

Motor City (I Get Lost) "Motor City (I Get Lost)" is the first single from Australian supergroup Company of Strangers. The single was released in July 1992 and peaked at number 26 in Australia in September 1992. It features the vocals of Daryl Braithwaite and James Reyn ...

" (July 1992), " Sweet Love" (November 1992), "

Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star!" is the third single from Australian supergroup Company of Strangers. The track was released in January 1993 and peaked at number 35 in March. At the APRA Music Awards of 1993, the song won Most Performed Austra ...

" (January 1993) and their cover version of the Beatles' " Baby, You're a Rich Man" (June 1993). Both "Motor City" and "Sweet Love" reached the ARIA Singles Chart top 30. At the

ARIA Music Awards of 1993 The Seventh Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 14 April 1993 at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney. Note: User may be required to access archived i ...

Hussey won

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for "Sweet Love", "Motor City" and "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star"; and for "Nothing to Lose" for Braithwaite. Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Year', '7th Annual ARIA Awards (1993)', and 'Option Show Nominations' ''Company of Strangers'' was also nominated for Breakthrough Artist - Album and "Motor City" was nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Single.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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References

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