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, it was their most successful album and peaked at No. 3 on the Australian albums chart. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until

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created their own

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in mid-1988. It was released in August 1985 by

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with

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producing. The album provided five singles, with the first being " Big on Love" which was released in November 1984 and peaked at No. 24. Second single "

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" released in March 1985 peaked at No. 2, with the third single " Out of Mind, Out of Sight" released in July, which peaked at No. 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

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. In 1986,

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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 No. 37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. The band toured the US in November 1986 supporting

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Background

Models formed in

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in 1978 by members from Teenage Radio Stars and

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, after some line-up changes they were

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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

. By 1982, more line-up changes occurred, Ferrie and Friedenfelds had left and

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(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,

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) joined later in 1982. The Duffield, Freud, Kelly and Price version of the group released the highly regarded 1983 LP ''The Pleasure of Your Company'', produced by

. The video for the single "God Bless America", released in March 1984, featured backing singers

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and

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(both members of

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). Models' next single, "Big on Love" was produced by

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joined. Matthews and Kelly became a couple, remaining together for 11 years. In early 1985, Models started recording material for their next album, ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight'', produced by

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, Reggie Lucas and Nick Launay. On 13 July 1985, Models performed four songs for the

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concert (part of the global

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program) – "Big on Love", "

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", "Stormy Tonight", " Out of Mind, Out of Sight". It was broadcast in Australia (on both

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) and on

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in the US. Models then went on a national tour with I'm Talking in July 1985. The band released their most commercially successful album, ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight'' in August 1985 on Mushroom Records, which peaked at No. 3 on the album charts, For the album Models were, Freud, Kelly, Mason, Matthews, Price and Valentine with Ceberano, Zan Abeyratne, and her twin sister,

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(

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) on backing vocals. The album provided five singles, with the first being "Big on Love" released well in advance of its album, in November 1984, which peaked at No. 24. Second single "Barbados" released in March 1985, which peaked at No. 2, had been written by Freud and Duffield, and was a reggae influenced song. It related a tale of alcoholism and suicide, and later provided Freud with the titles of his two autobiographies, ''I Am the Voice Left from Drinking'' and ''I Am the Voice Left from Rehab''. The video clip, directed by

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, was influenced by the film, ''

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'', and

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from INXS can be seen in the background. The third single, "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" released in July, which peaked at No. 1, was their best performed single. It was written by Freud, who was now writing or co-writing most of the Models' songs, and was the only No. 1 single on the Australian singles chart for 1985 by an Australian artist. "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

. In 1986,

. Later that year, Models travelled to UK to record their next album, '' Models' Media'', with Julian Mendelsohn and Mark Opitz, at

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's state-of-the-art SARM West Studios in London. ''Models' Media'', released in December which peaked at No. 30, was less successful than ''Out of Mind, Out of Sight''.

Track listing

Vinyl release (RML-53166)

# " Out of Mind, Out of Sight" (

) – 3:38 # "Big on Love" ( Sean Kelly,

Reggie Lucas Reginald Grant Lucas (February 25, 1953 – May 19, 2018) – 3:52 # "Ringing Like a Bell" (Kelly) – 3:37 # "Stormy Tonight" (Freud) – 4:14 # "These Blues" (Freud) – 4:28 # "Cold Fever" (Freud) – 3:30 # "Sooner in Heaven" (Freud) – 3:33 # "Seeing Is Believing" (Kelly) – 3:36 # "Barbados" (Freud,

) – 4:14 # "King of Kings" (Kelly) – 4:35

CD extra tracks (CD-53166)

# "Big on Love" 2" version– 6:07 # "Barbados" 2" version– 6:40 # "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" 2" version– 5:58

Cassette extra tracks (RMC-53166)

#"Out of Mind, Out of Sight" (12" version) #"Big on Love" (12" Australian mix) #"Barbados" (12" version) #"Tropic of Cancer" (Kelly) #"Preacher of the Black Lagoon" (Freud, Kelly) #" Blue Moon" (Rodgers, Hart) #"

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Personnel

Adapted from

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. Models members *

– bass guitar, vocals * Sean Kelly – lead guitar, vocals *

– backing vocals ("Cold Fever") * Roger Mason – keyboards * Barton Price – drums * James Valentine – saxophone Additional musicians *

– backing vocals ("Big on Love") *

– backing vocals ("Out of Mind, Out of Sight", "Barbados") also toured with Models *

– backing vocals ("Out of Mind, Out of Sight", "Barbados") also toured with Models * Ray Pereira –

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("Sooner in Heaven") Production details * Producer –

* Engineer – Chris Corr,

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* Mastering – Paul Ibbotson Artwork * Paul Clarke – photography * Okidoke – cover art, photography Notes *A "Big on Love" and its 12" remix were produced by Reggie Lucas and engineered by Julian Mendelsohn *B The 12" versions of "Barbados" and "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" were produced by Mark Opitz

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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