Audience (album)

Audience is the first album by British art rock band Audience, released in 1969. It was deleted shortly after its release and is now collectable in its original vinyl version.[1] The band was soon afterwards signed by Tony Stratton-Smith to Charisma Records.

Audience
Studio album by Audience
Released	1969
Recorded	Morgan Studios, London, 1969
Genre	Art rock, progressive rock
Length	40:55
Label	Polydor (UK)
Producer	Chris Brough
Audience chronology
Audience (1969) Friend's Friend's Friend (1970)

Track listing

Unless noted, all tracks credited to Werth, Williams.[2]

Side one

1. "Banquet" - 3:47[3]
2. "Poet" - 3:05
3. "Waverley Stage Coach" (Williams) - 2:59[3]
4. "Riverboat Queen" - 2:57
5. "Harlequin" - 2:35
6. "Heaven Was an Island" - 4:18[3]

Side two

1. "Too Late I'm Gone" - 2:37[3]
2. "Maidens Cry" (Gemmell, Richardson, Werth, Williams)- 4:47[3]
3. "Pleasant Convalescence" - (Gemmell, Werth) - 2:30
4. "Leave It Unsaid"[3]
5. "Man On Box" (Gemmell, Werth) [3]
6. "House On The Hill"

Re-release bonus tracks

1. "Paper Round"
2. "The Going Song"
3. "Troubles" (Werth)

Personnel

• Howard Werth[4] - electric classical guitar, vocals
• Trevor Williams - bass
• Keith Gemmell - tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
• Tony Connor - drums, vibes

Additional personnel

• Chris Brough - producer
• Andrew Price-Jackman - string arrangements on tracks A3, B1 & B3[5]
• Paragon Publicity - sleeve design

References

1. "Audience". www.alexgitlin.com. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
2. Audience at AllMusic
3. used on the soundtrack of the film Bronco Bullfrog
4. credited as "Howard Alexander Werth"
5. "Audience (2) - Audience (LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 15 April 2010.