Models (also sometimes known as The Models) are an Australian

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band formed in

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in August 1978. They went into hiatus in 1988, but re-formed in 2000, 2006 and 2008 to perform reunion concerts. The band began regularly performing again from 2010 onwards. " Out of Mind, Out of Sight", their only No. 1 hit, appeared on the Australian singles charts in July 1985. The related album, '' Out of Mind, Out of Sight'', peaked at No. 3 on the Australian albums charts after its release in August. ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight'' appeared on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, with the single, "Out of Mind, Out of Sight", peaking at No. 37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. An earlier song from the same album, "

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", had peaked at No. 2 on the Australian singles chart. Models early line-up included

Andrew Duffield Andrew Peter Duffield (born 9 February 1958) is an Australian musician, producer and teacher. He has been a member, on keyboards, synthesisers or electronics, for various groups, including Whirlywirld, Models and Absent Friends. Duffield has a ...

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, Mark Ferrie on

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, Janis Freidenfelds (a.k.a. Johnny Crash) on

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and

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, and Sean Kelly on

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and

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. A later line-up was mainstay Kelly on guitar,

James Freud James Randall Freud (born Colin Joseph McGlinchey; 29 June 1959 – 4 November 2010) was an Australian rock musician-songwriter. He was a member of Models during the 1980s and wrote their two most popular singles, "Barbados" and " Out of Mind, O ...

on vocals and bass, Roger Mason on keyboards, Barton Price on drums, and James Valentine on

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s in the group included

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and

Kate Ceberano Catherine Yvette Ceberano ( or , born 17 November 1966) is an Australian singer and actress who performs in the soul, jazz, and pop genres, as well as in film and musicals such as '' Jesus Christ Superstar''. Her song " Pash" received a gold ...

(both from

I'm Talking I'm Talking are an Australian funk-pop rock band, which featured vocalists Kate Ceberano and Zan Abeyratne. They formed in 1983 in Melbourne and provided top ten hit singles " Trust Me", " Do You Wanna Be?" and " Holy Word" and a top fifteen ...

) and Canadian-born

Wendy Matthews Wendy Joan Matthews (born 13 January 1960) is a Canadian-born Australian singer-songwriter who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist. She released Top 20 hit singles in the 1990s including " Token Angels", " ...

. In early 1989, Duffield, Kelly, Matthews and Valentine were members of Absent Friends. On 27 October 2010, Models were inducted into the

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by Matthews.

History

1977–1979: Early years

In 1977 Melbourne school friends Sean Kelly and James Freud formed their first band, Spread, which was soon renamed Teenage Radio Stars. They recorded two tracks for Suicide records' ''Lethal Weapons'' compilation album (1978). Singer and guitarist Sean Kelly left in 1978 to form Models with bass guitarist Peter Sutcliffe (a.k.a. Pierre Voltaire and Pierre Sutcliffe, who won $503,000 in May 2014, on Australian TV quiz show ''

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'') and

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(formerly of

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on keyboards, Sutcliffe and Janis Friedenfelds (a.k.a. Johnny Crash) on drums and percussion. Models were more pop influenced than the earlier punk bands and had a wider appeal. The initial version of the group did not stay together for long as, after six months, Sutcliffe was replaced on bass by Mark Ferrie (ex-Myriad). In August 1979, Wednesday was replaced by

from

Whirlywirld Whirlywirld were an Australian post-punk band led by Ollie Olsen in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and the first of his musical collaborations with drummer John Murphy. They played in Melbourne and Sydney and were supporters of the Melbourne ...

on keyboards. Their first release in October 1979 was a give-away, shared single, "Early Morning Brain (It's Not Quite the Same as Sobriety)" backed with The Boys Next Door's "Scatterbrain". Friction within the band led to their decision to break up in November 1978. However they rapidly reformed at the end of December when ex-

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members, Harry Vanda and George Young, who were now record producers and songwriters, offered to cut some demos for them – Their second single, "Owe You Nothing" appeared in August 1980. Both singles were released on independent labels and did not chart on the Top 40 Australian singles chart according to the

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1980–1982: ''Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf'' to ''Local and/or General''

Models performed extensively both locally and interstate, supporting the

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The B-52's The B-52's, also styled as The B-52s, are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, ...

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and Midnight Oil on national tours. Rather than signing immediately, the group financed the recording of their first album to guarantee creative control. In November 1980, the Duffield, Ferrie, Friedenfelds and Kelly line-up released their first album, '' Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf''. They then, under manager Adrian Barker, signed to

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and, as a sign of its respect for the band, the label agreed not to release any singles from the album, which peaked at No. 43 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. It was well received by audiences on the live pub circuit. The group intended to record completely new material for their studio albums. Much of their earlier work was unreleased until 2002, when ''Models Melbourne'', a

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of live material, was released. Models' early style was a spiky, distinctive blend of new wave,

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, dub and pop: which included Kelly's strangled singing voice, Duffield's virtuoso synthesiser performances (he used the

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), and the band's cryptic, slightly gruesome, lyrics (e.g., "Hans Stand: A War Record" from ''Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf''), which were mostly written or co-written by Kelly. Early in 1981, following a support slot for

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, the group signed an international deal with

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. Friedenfelds was replaced on drums by Mark Hough (a.k.a. Buster Stiggs) from New Zealand band

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before recording commenced on their international label release. Friedenfields went on to play with

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, The Slaughterman and Tombstone Hands. The band went to England to record with producer, Stephen Tayler producing. at Farmyard Studios, these tracks becoming the album ''Local and/or General''. In June, demo sessions recorded earlier in Australia so impressed the band that they were released as a 10" mini album, '' Cut Lunch'' (July 1981), which was produced by

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and Models except one by

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keyboard player

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. ''Cut Lunch'' peaked at No. 37 on the albums chart and at No. 38 on the singles chart. It included the whimsical pop tune, "Two Cabs to the Toucan". In October, their second full-length album '' Local &/or General'', was released. ''Local and/or General'' peaked at No. 30 and provided the single, "Local &/or General" in November, which did not chart. Both albums helped widen their audience nationally, thanks to regular radio exposure on

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in Sydney and on community stations in other cities, as well as national TV exposure through their innovative

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s on programs such as the

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(ABC-TV) pop music show ''

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''. During 1982, further line-up changes occurred with Ferrie and Hough leaving early in the year. Ferrie went on to form

with Garry Gray and Terry Doolan. He later (as of November 2010) became bass player in the '' RocKwiz'' house band on SBS TV. Hough became a graphic artist, art director and designer.

(ex-Teenage Radio Stars, James Freud & Berlin) joined the band on bass and vocals, with John Rowell on guitar and Graham Scott on drums (both ex-Curse). Kelly and Freud had been in high school bands which developed into Teenage Radio Stars. Freud had a solo hit single, "Modern Girl", which peaked at No. 12 in 1980. Rowell and Scott left Models in May 1982, with Duffield following. New Zealand drummer, Barton Price (ex-Crocodiles,

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) joined. They recorded a single, "On", produced by veteran rocker, Lobby Loyde, and released in August. It had no mainstream chart success, but peaked at No. 1 on the independent charts. Gus Till (ex-

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) briefly joined on keyboards until Duffield rejoined in December. In 1982 they made a film, ''Pop Movie'', which featured animation and live footage of the band, it was screened on TV rock show, ''Nightmoves'', as well as at a few cinemas.

1983–1985: ''The Pleasure of Your Company'' to ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight''

Models' line-up of Duffield, Freud, Kelly and Price issued the highly regarded '' The Pleasure of Your Company'' in October 1983, produced by

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. Its big drum sound and dance-ability, reflected Launay's influence, and Freud's more radio-friendly voice made the album more accessible. The album was critically acclaimed and peaked at No. 12, with the single "

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" becoming a No. 16 hit. Duffield later explained that the song's distinctive keyboard part had been inspired by a riff from

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's hit "

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". "I Hear Motion" was used on the soundtrack for the

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film ''

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'' (1988). The band released two other singles, "God Bless America" and "No Shoulders, No Head", but neither charted into the Top 50. The band supported

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for the Australian leg of his

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in November. Kelly and Duffield were invited to sing backing vocals on the

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album, '' The Swing''. The video for "God Bless America", from March 1984, featured backing singers

and

(both members of

). Kelly appeared ready to disband Models and was even rehearsing with a new band. Mushroom Records convinced him to continue with Models and their next single, "Big on Love" produced by

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signed them to his MMA management company. The group created a hybrid of their alternative roots with a more commercial sound and, under the influence of Murphy, they reassessed their direction and moved towards a more radio-friendly format. By late 1984, Models relocated to Sydney and Duffield – with his crucial influence on the band's sound – was forced out by Murphy under acrimonious circumstances to be replaced by Roger Mason (ex-James Freud's Berlin) on keyboards and James Valentine on

. Duffield released a solo album, ''Ten Happy Fingers'' in 1986 on his own Retrograde Records label. For touring during 1983 to 1985, the group was regularly augmented by backing singers Abeyratne and Ceberano; and in 1985, Canadian-born singer

joined. Matthews and Kelly became a couple, remaining together for 11 years, and later founded the band Absent Friends. In early 1985, Models started recording material for their next album, '' Out of Mind, Out of Sight'', produced by Launay, Lucas and

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. A single from the album, "Barbados", was released in March, which peaked at No. 2. It was a reggae influenced song co-written by Freud and Duffield (prior to his departure). The song related a tale of alcoholism and suicide, it later provided Freud with the titles of his two autobiographies, ''I Am the Voice Left from Drinking'' (2002) and ''I Am the Voice Left from Rehab'' (2007). The video clip was influenced by the film, ''

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'', it included a cameo by

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of INXS and was directed by

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. On 13 July, Models performed four songs for the

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concert (part of the global

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program) – "Big on Love", "I Hear Motion", "Stormy Tonight", " Out of Mind, Out of Sight". It was broadcast in Australia (on both

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and

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) and on

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in the United States. Models went on a national tour with I'm Talking in July. In November, the band appeared on The Royal Variety Performance for Prince Charles and

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– Rocking the Royals at the Victoria State Arts Centre. The band released their most commercially successful work with the No. 1 hit single "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" in June and the No. 3 album ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight'' in August. "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" was the only No. 1 single on the Australian singles chart for 1985 by an Australian artist. ( Midnight Oil's ''

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'' which peaked at No. 1 on the singles charts in December 1985 was an EP.) For the album, Models were Freud, Kelly, Mason, Matthews, Price and Valentine with Zan Abeyratne, and her twin sister,

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(

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) on backing vocals. "Cold Fever" released in October was their next single, which peaked into the Top 40. It was followed by a Christmas single, "King of Kings", which contains portions of a speech by

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, issued in December with all proceeds donated to the

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, but it did not chart into the Top 50. In 1986,

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released ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight'' in the US and it appeared on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, with the single, "Out of Sight, Out of Mind", peaking at No. 37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. The band toured the US in November supporting

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1986–1988: ''Models' Media'' to dissolution

In 1986, Models went to UK to record their next album, '' Models' Media'', with

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and Opitz, at

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's state-of-the-art SARM West Studios in London. Two singles peaked into the Top 30, "Evolution" in September, and "Let's Kiss" in November. ''Models' Media'' was released in December and peaked at No. 30 but was less successful than ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight''. Models also featured on the Australian Made Tour of late 1986 to January 1987 with INXS,

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, I'm Talking, The Saints,

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and

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on the ticket. "Hold On" was released in March 1987 and peaked in the Top 30, their final single was a

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" in September which peaked in the Top 50. During 1987, Ceberano and Matthews sang together on the soundtrack for ABC-TV series, ''Stringer'', the resultant album, ''You've Always Got the Blues'' was released in 1988, and peaked at No. 4 on the albums chart. Models members, including Mason as lead singer and Kelly on bass guitar, formed a side-project, The Clampetts, to record covers of nine

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tracks, which was released in 1987 as ''The Last Hoedown''. Valentine left Models to pursue a radio and television journalism career. In 1988, the Thank You Goodnight Tour was conducted but the pressures of ten years of touring, as well as financial troubles, hastened the break-up of Models, which was announced in June 1988, however in 2008, Kelly disputed the break-up:

1988–current: post-dissolution and reunions

Models' extended live exposure ensured that they stayed in the public eye when other contemporaries had been forgotten: the band's later work remained popular on radio throughout the 1990s; this, coupled with critical acclaim and cult appeal of earlier work, re-stimulated interest in their work in the latter half of that decade. The band reformed for a few gigs in 2000; in 2001 their rarities album ''Melbourne'' was released. Freud has written two memoirs, ''I Am The Voice Left From Drinking'' (2002) and ''I Am The Voice Left From Rehab'' (2007); the titles are both taken from "

" and allude to his addiction with drugs and alcohol, and his subsequent recovery attempts. Kelly and Matthews formed Absent Friends in early 1989 which included ex-Models members Duffield, Mason and Valentine. With Matthews on lead vocals their 1990 hit single, "I Don’t Want to Be with Nobody but You" peaked at No. 4 on the

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. The associated album, ''

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'' peaked at No. 7. Absent Friends disbanded in 1991 and Kelly fronted The Dukes from 1991 to 1994. Matthews provided a No. 11 hit with her first solo album ''Émigré'' late in 1990. She followed with ''Lily'', which peaked at No. 2 in 1992, and provided her best performed single, "The Day You Went Away", which also peaked at No. 2. Matthews and Kelly separated as a couple in the mid-1990s. Duffield wrote music (including the theme) for the Australian children's TV series, ''

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''; and in 2007 composed all music and sound effects for the TV comedy, ''

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''. Duffield teamed up with Phil Kennihan to found a successful advertising music partnership. Mason has composed soundtracks for many feature films and television series both locally and internationally. Valentine later worked in children's TV, is a popular radio host on

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and published a successful series of children's books. Price returned to New Zealand after stints with various Australian bands, and the world's first drum sample CD. Wednesday formed Crashland and plays with German avant garde band

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. Various versions of Models have reformed on several occasions for short tours, including in 2006 and in September 2008. The 2008 version was: Kelly, Freud, his son Jackson Freud (from Attack of the Mannequins) on guitar, Tim Rosewarne (ex-

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) on keyboards and Cameron Goold (Propaganda Klann, Christine Anu backing band) on drums. In August 2010, Duffield, Ferrie, Kelly and Price reformed for two concerts in Sydney and Melbourne. On 27 October, Models were inducted into the

by Matthews. The line-up of Duffield, Ferrie, Kelly, Mason, Price and Valentine performed "I Hear Motion" and "Evolution". Matthews recalled meeting the group for the first time at a recording session – she was due to provide backing vocals but they were busy playing indoor cricket in the studio. During the ceremony, Kelly explained Freud's absence by saying he had "another bicycle accident". A week later, Freud was found dead at his

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home on 4 November in a suspected suicide. In 2013, Models (consisting of Duffield, Ferrie, Kelly, and Price) issued a self-released four-song EP titled ''GTK''. A follow-up EP was issued in 2015: titled ''Memo'', it also consisted of four songs.

Members

;Current members * Sean Kelly –

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(1978–1988, 2000–2001, 2006, 2008, 2010–present) * Mark Ferrie – bass guitar (1979–1982, 2001, 2010–present) *

– keyboards (1979–1982, 1982–1984, 2010–present) * Ash Davies – drums (2010–present) ;Former members * Janis Freidenfelds a.k.a. Johnny Crash –

(1978–1981; died 2014) * Peter Sutcliffe a.k.a. Pierre Voltaire –

(1978–1979) *

–

(1978–1979, 2001) * Mark Hough a.k.a. Buster Stiggs – drums (1981–1982; died 2018) *

– bass guitar, backing vocals (1982–1988, 2000–2001, 2006, 2008; died 2010) * John Rowell – guitar (1982) * Graham Scott – drums (1982) * Barton Price – drums (1982–1988, 2000) * Gus Till – keyboards (1982) * James Valentine –

(1984–1987) * Roger Mason – keyboards, backing vocals (1984–1988, 2000) *

–

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(1983–1985) *

– backing vocals (1983–1985) *

– backing vocals (1985–1988) * Jackson Freud – guitar (2008) * Tim Rosewarne – keyboards (2008) * Cameron Goold – drums (2008)

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

Notes

:A."Early Morning Brain (It's Not Quite the Same as Sobriety)" was originally released by Models as a shared single with The Boys Next Door's "Scatterbrain" on the flip-side. :B.'' Cut Lunch'' (EP) charted on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart, with "Cut Lunch" and "Two Cabs to the Toucan" as the most played radio tunes. "Cut Lunch" also peaked on the related Singles Chart.

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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. They commenced in 1987. Models were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2010. , - , rowspan="2" ,

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, Mark Opitz for ''Models Media'' by Models ,

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, , - , Richard Alan for''Models Media'' by Models , ARIA Award for Best Cover Art , , - ,

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, Models ,

Countdown Music Awards

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''. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards. , - , rowspan="2" , 1983 , ''The Pleasure of Your Company'' , Best Australian Album , , - , "I Hear Motion" , Best Single , , - , 1984 , "Big On Love"" , Best Group Performance in a Video , , - , 1985 , "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" , Best Single , , -

References

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External links

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