Private Audition

Studio album by Heart

Released

June 5, 1982

Recorded

Studio 56, Los Angeles,
Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California,
Kaye Smith Studios, Seattle, Washington, October 1981–March 1982

Genre

Hard rock, folk rock

Length

39:07

Label

Epic

Producer

Connie & Howie (Nancy Wilson, Ann Wilson, Sue Ennis, Howard Leese)

Heart chronology

Greatest Hits Live
(1980)

Private Audition
(1982)

Passionworks
(1983)

Singles from Private Audition

"This Man Is Mine" / "America"
Released: May 1982

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

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.^[4] 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. The album has sold around 400,000 copies in the USA.

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

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Personnel

Heart

Ann Wilson – lead and backing vocals, piano on track 3, producer
Nancy Wilson – guitars (acoustic, electric and pedal steel), blues harp, pianos (electric and acoustic) on tracks 2 and 4, bass on tracks 2 and 6, lead vocals on tracks 7 and 9, backing vocals, producer
Howard Leese – guitars (electric and acoustic), synthesizer, bass on tracks 7 and 8, Moog bass, Moog drum, clavioline, alto recorder, Hammond organ, bells, cymbal, backing vocals, strings arrangements and conductor, producer
Steve Fossen – bass guitar
Michael DeRosier – drums

Additional musicians

Sue Ennis – piano on track 11, producer
Lynn Wilson – background vocals

Production

Shelly Yakus - engineer
Dave Thoener - engineer, mixing at Record Plant NY, mastering assistant
Rob Perkins - assistant engineer
Brian Foraker - assistant engineer and mixing
Steve Marcantonio - mixing
Greg Calbi - mastering at Sterling Sound

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1982	RPM100 Albums (Canada)^[5]	21
	Billboard 200 (USA)^[4]	25
	UK Albums Chart^[6]	77

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1982	"This Man Is Mine"	Mainstream Rock (USA)^[7]	16
	"This Man Is Mine"	Billboard Hot 100 (USA)^[7]	33
	"City's Burning"	Mainstream Rock (USA)^[7]	15

References

↑ Smith, Jim. "Heart - Private Audition review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
↑ Connelly, Christopher. "Album Reviews: Heart - Private Audition". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 18, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 372. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Private Audition Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 36, No. 22, July 10, 1982". Library and Archives Canada. July 10, 1982. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
↑ "Artist Chart History - Heart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Private Audition Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 3, 2014.

Heart

Ann Wilson Nancy Wilson Ben Smith Craig Bartock Debbie Shair Dan Rothchild Steve Fossen Roger Fisher Ray Schaefer Don Wilhelm James Cirrello Debi Cuidon Ken Hansen Ron Rudge Gary Ziegelman David Belzer Jeff Johnson Mike Fisher John Hannah Brian Johnstone Howard Leese Michael Derosier Denny Carmassi Mark Andes Denny Fongheiser Fernando Saunders Scott Olson Jon Bayless Frank Cox Scott Adams Mike Inez Tom Kellock Darian Sahanaja Gilby Clarke Ric Markmann Kristian Attard

Studio albums	Dreamboat Annie Little Queen Magazine Dog & Butterfly Bebe le Strange Private Audition Passionworks Heart Bad Animals Brigade Desire Walks On Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas Jupiters Darling Red Velvet Car Fanatic

Live albums	Greatest Hits/Live Rock the House Live! The Road Home Alive in Seattle Dreamboat Annie Live Fanatic Live from Caesar's Colosseum

Compilations	Greatest Hits/Live These Dreams: Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Greatest Hits: 1985-1995 The Essential Heart Love Alive Love Songs Playlist: The Very Best of Heart Strange Euphoria Icon

Singles	"Crazy on You" "Magic Man" "Dreamboat Annie" "Barracuda" "Little Queen" "Kick It Out" "Heartless" "Straight On" "Dog & Butterfly" "Magazine" "Without You" "Even It Up" "Bebe le Strange" "Tell It Like It Is" "Unchained Melody" "This Man Is Mine" "How Can I Refuse?" "Allies" "The Heat" "What About Love" "Never" "These Dreams" "Nothin' at All" "If Looks Could Kill" "Alone" "Who Will You Run To" "There's the Girl" "I Want You So Bad" "Wait for an Answer" "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" "Wild Child" "Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger" "I Didn't Want to Need You" "Stranded" "Secret" "You're the Voice" "Black on Black II" "Will You Be There (In the Morning)" "WTF" "Fanatic"

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