Company of Strangers (band)

{{Short description|Australian pop music group}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

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| origin = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| genre = {{hlist|Rock|pop}}

| years_active = {{start date|1991}}–{{end date|1993}}

| label = Sony

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| past_members = * Simon Hussey

• Jef Scott
• James Reyne
• Daryl Braithwaite

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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) on keyboards, drums, engineering and production, Jef Scott on guitar and vocals, and James Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on vocals and guitar.{{cite book | author1 = McFarlane, Ian | authorlink1 = Ian McFarlane | others = Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) | title = The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Company of Strangers' | date = 31 March 2017 | publication-date = 2017 | location = Gisborne, Vic | publisher = Third Stone Press | edition = 2nd | page = 107 | isbn = 978-0-9953856-0-3 }} 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.{{cite web|url= http://www.ariacharts.com.au/Annual-Charts/1993/Albums-Chart|title=1993 ARIA ALBUMS CHART|publisher=www.ariacharts.com.au|accessdate=18 March 2016}}

They released four singles, "Motor City (I Get Lost)" (July 1992), "Sweet Love" (November 1992), "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star" (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 Hussey won Producer of the Year for "Sweet Love", "Motor City" and "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star"; and for "Nothing to Lose" for Braithwaite.{{cite web | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040222130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/40484/20040223-0000/aria_awards/main.htm | url = http://www.aria_awards.com.au/main.htm | title = 17th Annual ARIA Awards | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association | archivedate = 22 February 2004 | accessdate = 4 September 2018 }} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}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.{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142945/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1993 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1993 | title = Winners by Year 1993 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | archivedate = 14 December 2007 | accessdate = 4 September 2018 }}