Out of Mind, Out of Sight (album)
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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
.
, 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.
The Duffield, Freud, Kelly and Price version of the group released the highly regarded 1983 LP The Pleasure of Your Company, produced by Nick Launay
. The video for the single "God Bless America", released in March 1984, featured backing singers Kate Ceberano
and Zan Abeyratne
(both members of I'm Talking
). Models' next single, "Big on Love" was produced by Reggie Lucas
. By late 1984, Models relocated to Sydney and Duffield - with his crucial influence on the band's sound - was forced out under acrimonious circumstances to be replaced by Roger Mason
(ex- James Freud's Berlin) on keyboards and James Valentine on saxophone
. For touring during 1984–1985, the group was regularly augmented by backing singers Ceberano and Zan Abeyratne; and in 1985, Canadian-born singer Wendy Matthews
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 Mark Opitz
, Reggie Lucas and Nick Launay. On 13 July 1985, Models performed four songs for the Oz for Africa
concert (part of the global Live Aid
program) - "Big on Love", "I Hear Motion", "Stormy Tonight", "Out of Mind, Out of Sight
". It was broadcast in Australia (on both Seven Network
and Nine Network
) and on MTV
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 #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, Sherine Abeyratne (Big Pig
) 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 #24. Second single "Barbados" released in March 1985, which peaked at #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 Richard Lowenstein
, was influenced by the film, The Deer Hunter
, and Garry Gary Beers from INXS can be seen in the background.
The third single, "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" released in July, which peaked at #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 #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 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
. Later that year, Models travelled to UK to record their next album, Models' Media
, with Julian Mendelsohn and Mark Opitz, at Trevor Horn
's state-of-the-art SARM West Studios in London
. Models' Media, released in December which peaked at #30, was less successful than Out of Mind, Out of Sight.
Models members
Additional musicians
Production details
Art work
Notes
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Models
Models (band)
Models were an alternative rock group formed in Melbourne, Australia, in August 1978 and went into hiatus in 1988. They are often incorrectly referred to as The Models. They re-formed in 2000, 2006 and 2008 to perform reunion concerts. "Out of Mind, Out of Sight", their only No. 1 hit,...
, it was their most successful album and peaked at #3 on the Australian albums chart. It was released in August 1985 by Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...
with Nick Launay
Nick Launay
Nick Launay is an English record producer and recording engineer. He is currently one of the most sought after producers in the world due to his current success with recent albums by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds...
, Reggie Lucas
Reggie Lucas
Reginald "Reggie" Lucas is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Lucas is most famous for his production work with percussionist Mtume and for producing the majority of Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album.-Biography:...
and Mark Opitz
Mark Opitz
Mark Opitz, started his career with ABC TV in Sydney in the 1970’s and has since gone on to work with many of the great Australian musicians that have graced both the Australian and international music charts for the past 25 years....
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
Out of Mind, Out of Sight (song)
"Out of Mind, Out of Sight" is a single by Australian New Wave rock band Models from their album Out of Mind, Out of Sight. It was released in July 1985 and was their most successful single, which peaked at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart...
" 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
Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries....
. In 1986, Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
released Out of Mind, Out of Sight in the United States and it appeared on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
albums chart, with the single, "Out of Sight, Out of Mind", peaking at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
singles chart. The band toured the US in November 1986 supporting Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England...
.
Background
Models formed in Melbourne in 1978 by members from Teenage Radio Stars and JABJAB
JAB was an Australian punk rock that band formed in Adelaide in 1976. The band's original lineup consisted of Bohdan X on guitar and vocals, Ash Wednesday playing bass guitar, synthesizer and tapes, and Johnny Crash on drums and vocals. The band took its name from the first initials of the...
, after some line-up changes they were Andrew Duffield on keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, Mark Ferrie on bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, Janis Friedenfelds (aka Johnny Crash) on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
and percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, and Sean Kelly
Sean Kelly (Australian musician)
Sean Patrick Kelly Born 9 November 1958, is an Australian singer, guitarist and song writer best known as a founding member of the bands Models, Absent Friends and The Dukes.-Biography:...
on vocals and lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
. In November 1980, Models released their first album, Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf, on Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...
. By 1982, more line-up changes occurred, Ferrie and Friedenfelds had left and James Freud
James Freud
James Randall Freud 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, Out of Sight"....
(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
Sardine v
Sardine v was an Australian post-punk band, formed by Ian Rilen , and Stephanie Rilen ....
) 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 Nick Launay
Nick Launay
Nick Launay is an English record producer and recording engineer. He is currently one of the most sought after producers in the world due to his current success with recent albums by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds...
. The video for the single "God Bless America", released in March 1984, featured backing singers Kate Ceberano
Kate Ceberano
Kate Ceberano is an Australian singer. She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar and film...
and Zan Abeyratne
Zan Abeyratne
Suzanne "Zan" Abeyratne or simply Zan is an Australian-raised singer born in London. Known for her beautifully soulful voice, Zan came to prominence as one of the female lead vocalists of the 1980s Australian band, I'm Talking, which included the equally powerful vocal skills of Kate Ceberano.Along...
(both members of I'm Talking
I'm Talking
I'm Talking was a 1980s 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 album, Bear Witness, before disbanding in...
). Models' next single, "Big on Love" was produced by Reggie Lucas
Reggie Lucas
Reginald "Reggie" Lucas is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Lucas is most famous for his production work with percussionist Mtume and for producing the majority of Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album.-Biography:...
. By late 1984, Models relocated to Sydney and Duffield - with his crucial influence on the band's sound - was forced out under acrimonious circumstances to be replaced by Roger Mason
Roger Mason (musician)
Roger Ashley Mason is an Australian keyboardist who has been a member of New Wave groups Models, Absent Friends and Icehouse. He was a session and backing musician for United Kingdom's Gary Numan and for various Australian artists...
(ex- James Freud's Berlin) on keyboards and James Valentine on saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
. For touring during 1984–1985, the group was regularly augmented by backing singers Ceberano and Zan Abeyratne; and in 1985, Canadian-born singer Wendy Matthews
Wendy Matthews
Wendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist...
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 Mark Opitz
Mark Opitz
Mark Opitz, started his career with ABC TV in Sydney in the 1970’s and has since gone on to work with many of the great Australian musicians that have graced both the Australian and international music charts for the past 25 years....
, Reggie Lucas and Nick Launay. On 13 July 1985, Models performed four songs for the Oz for Africa
Oz for Africa
Oz for Africa was an Australian concert held on 13 July 1985 at the Sydney Sports and Entertainment Centre. It was broadcast locally and internationally as part of the worldwide Live Aid performances to raise money for famine relief in Africa. The concert featured 17 bands performing some of their...
concert (part of the global Live Aid
Live Aid
Live Aid was a dual-venue concert that was held on 13 July 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom ...
program) - "Big on Love", "I Hear Motion", "Stormy Tonight", "Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Out of Mind, Out of Sight (song)
"Out of Mind, Out of Sight" is a single by Australian New Wave rock band Models from their album Out of Mind, Out of Sight. It was released in July 1985 and was their most successful single, which peaked at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart...
". It was broadcast in Australia (on both Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
and Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
) and on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
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 #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, Sherine Abeyratne (Big Pig
Big Pig
Big Pig were a seven-piece Australian pop/rock band that existed from 1985 to 1991.-Biography:In 1983 Australian drummer Oleh Witer, frustrated over playing in a string of unsuccessful groups, travelled from Australia to London....
) 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 #24. Second single "Barbados" released in March 1985, which peaked at #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 Richard Lowenstein
Richard Lowenstein
Richard Lowenstein is an Australian film director. He has written, produced and directed the feature films He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, Dogs In Space, Say a Little Prayer, Strikebound and Ghost Story, as well as numerous ground-breaking and award-winning music videos for bands such as INXS...
, was influenced by the film, The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter is a 1978 drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale, and George Dzundza...
, and Garry Gary Beers from INXS can be seen in the background.
The third single, "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" released in July, which peaked at #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 #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 Salvation Army
Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries....
.
In 1986, Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
released Out of Mind, Out of Sight in the United States and it appeared on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
albums chart, with the single, "Out of Sight, Out of Mind", peaking at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
singles chart. The band toured the US in November, 1986 supporting Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England...
. Later that year, Models travelled to UK to record their next album, Models' Media
Models' Media
Models' Media is the fifth and final studio album by Australian rock band Models.-Track listing:All songs written by J. Freud except where noted, according to Australasian Performing Rights Association .# "Evolution" - 4:02...
, with Julian Mendelsohn and Mark Opitz, at Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn
Trevor Charles Horn CBE is an English pop music record producer, songwriter, musician and singer. He was born in Houghton-le-Spring in north-east England....
's state-of-the-art SARM West Studios in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. Models' Media, released in December which peaked at #30, was less successful than Out of Mind, Out of Sight.
Vinyl release
- "Out of Mind, Out of SightOut of Mind, Out of Sight (song)"Out of Mind, Out of Sight" is a single by Australian New Wave rock band Models from their album Out of Mind, Out of Sight. It was released in July 1985 and was their most successful single, which peaked at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart...
" (James FreudJames FreudJames Randall Freud 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, Out of Sight"....
) - 3:38 - "Big on Love" (Sean KellySean Kelly (Australian musician)Sean Patrick Kelly Born 9 November 1958, is an Australian singer, guitarist and song writer best known as a founding member of the bands Models, Absent Friends and The Dukes.-Biography:...
, Reggie LucasReggie LucasReginald "Reggie" Lucas is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Lucas is most famous for his production work with percussionist Mtume and for producing the majority of Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album.-Biography:...
) - 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, Andrew Duffield) - 4:14
- "King of Kings" (Kelly) - 4:35
CD/Cassette release
- "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" - 3:38
- "Big on Love" - 3:52
- "Ringing Like a Bell" - 3:37
- "Stormy Tonight" - 4:14
- "These Blues" - 4:28
- "Cold Fever" - 3:30
- "Sooner in Heaven" - 3:33
- "Seeing Is Believing" - 3:36
- "Barbados" - 4:14
- "King of Kings" - 4:35
- "Big on Love" [12" Version] - 6:07
- "Barbados" [12" Version] - 6:40
- "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" [12" Version] - 5:58
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Australian Albums Chart | 3 |
Personnel
Credited to:Models members
- James FreudJames FreudJames Randall Freud 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, Out of Sight"....
– bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - Sean KellySean Kelly (Australian musician)Sean Patrick Kelly Born 9 November 1958, is an Australian singer, guitarist and song writer best known as a founding member of the bands Models, Absent Friends and The Dukes.-Biography:...
– lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, vocals - Wendy MatthewsWendy MatthewsWendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist...
– backing vocals ("Cold Fever") - Roger MasonRoger Mason (musician)Roger Ashley Mason is an Australian keyboardist who has been a member of New Wave groups Models, Absent Friends and Icehouse. He was a session and backing musician for United Kingdom's Gary Numan and for various Australian artists...
– keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Barton Price – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- James Valentine – saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
Additional musicians
- Sherine Abeyratne – backing vocals ("Big on Love")
- Zan AbeyratneZan AbeyratneSuzanne "Zan" Abeyratne or simply Zan is an Australian-raised singer born in London. Known for her beautifully soulful voice, Zan came to prominence as one of the female lead vocalists of the 1980s Australian band, I'm Talking, which included the equally powerful vocal skills of Kate Ceberano.Along...
– backing vocals ("Out of Mind, Out of Sight", "Barbados") also toured with Models - Kate CeberanoKate CeberanoKate Ceberano is an Australian singer. She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar and film...
– backing vocals ("Out of Mind, Out of Sight", "Barbados") also toured with Models - Ray Pereira – congaCongaThe conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum with African antecedents. It is thought to be derived from the Makuta drums or similar drums associated with Afro-Cubans of Central African descent. A person who plays conga is called a conguero...
("Sooner in Heaven")
Production details
- Producer – Nick LaunayNick LaunayNick Launay is an English record producer and recording engineer. He is currently one of the most sought after producers in the world due to his current success with recent albums by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds...
, Reggie LucasReggie LucasReginald "Reggie" Lucas is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Lucas is most famous for his production work with percussionist Mtume and for producing the majority of Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album.-Biography:...
, Mark OpitzMark OpitzMark Opitz, started his career with ABC TV in Sydney in the 1970’s and has since gone on to work with many of the great Australian musicians that have graced both the Australian and international music charts for the past 25 years.... - Engineer – Chris Corr, Julian Mendelsohn
- Mastering – Paul Ibbotson
Art work
- Paul Clarke – photography
- Okidoke – cover art, photography
Notes
- A "Big on Love" and it's 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