Private Audition

Private Audition
Studio album by Heart
Released	June 5, 1982
Recorded	Autumn 1981–Early Spring 1982
Genre	Hard rock, folk rock
Length	39:07
Label	Epic
Producer	Connie & Howie, Howard Leese, Nancy Wilson, Ann Wilson
Heart chronology
Greatest Hits Live (1980) Private Audition (1982) Passionworks (1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Private Audition is the sixth studio album, released by the hard rock band Heart, released in 1982. The album was on the U.S. Billboard 200 for fourteen weeks, peaking at number twenty-five. It contained the hit single "This Man Is Mine". It is the last Heart album to feature longtime members Mike DeRosier and Steve Fossen, who left after the recording of the album and were replaced by Denny Carmassi and Mark Andes.

In 2009, Private Audition was re-released on the Beat Goes On label as a double CD with their subsequent album Passionworks. Prior to this, Private Audition had been out of print for a number of years and was the most difficult of Heart's CDs to obtain.

Track listing

1. "City's Burning" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis) - 4:25
2. "Bright Light Girl" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 3:22
3. "Perfect Stranger" (A. Wilson, Ennis) - 3:52
4. "Private Audition" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 3:21
5. "Angels" (A. Wilson, Ennis) - 2:59
6. "This Man Is Mine" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 3:02
7. "The Situation" (N. Wilson, Michael Derosier) - 4:17
8. "Hey Darlin' Darlin'" (A. Wilson, Ennis) - 4:00
9. "One Word" (N. Wilson) - 4:32
10. "Fast Times" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 4:03
11. "America" (A. Wilson, Ennis) - 2:34

Chart performance

Performers

• Ann Wilson – lead and backing vocals, piano, flute, bass guitar
• Nancy Wilson – backing and lead vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric, bass and pedal steel), pianos (electric and acoustic)
• Howard Leese – backing vocals, guitars (electric, acoustic and bass), synthesizer, bells, piano, Moog bass, Moog drum, clavioline, alto recorder, Hammond organ, cymbal
• Steve Fossen – bass guitar
• Michael DeRosier – drums

Additional performers

• Sue Ennis – piano
• Lynn Wilson – background vocals
• Dave Thoener - engineer
• Shelly Yakus - engineer
• Brian Foraker - assistant
• Rob Perkins - assistant
• Dave Theoner - mixer
• Steve Marcantonio - mixer
• Brian Foraker - mixer
• Greg Calbi - mastering
• Dave Theoner - mastering assistant

References