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.^[2] The band was soon afterwards signed by Tony Stratton Smith to Charisma Records.

Audience
Studio album by Audience
Released	December 1969[1]
Recorded	1969
Studio	Morgan, London
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 Howard Werth and Trevor Williams.^[3]

Side one

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

Side two

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

Re-release bonus tracks

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

Personnel

• Howard Werth^[5] – electric classical guitar, vocals
• Trevor Williams – bass
• Keith Gemmell – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
• Tony Connor – drums, vibes
• Mike d'Abo – piano

Additional personnel

• Chris Brough – producer
• Andrew Price-Jackman – string arrangements on tracks A3, B1 & B3^[6]
• Paragon Publicity – sleeve design

References

1. "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker. 24 January 1969. p. 23. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
2. "Audience". www.alexgitlin.com. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
3. Audience at AllMusic
4. used on the soundtrack of the film Bronco Bullfrog
5. credited as "Howard Alexander Werth"
6. "Audience (2) – Audience (LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 15 April 2010.