Friend's Friend's Friend

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Friends, Friends, Friend
AudienceFriends.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1970
Recorded Morgan Studios and Olympic Studios, London
Genre Art rock, progressive rock
Length39:32
Label Charisma (UK), (no US release)
Producer Audience
Audience chronology
Audience
(1969)
Friends, Friends, Friend
(1970)
The House on the Hill
(1971)

Friend's Friend's Friend is the second album by the British art rock band Audience, released in 1970. It was originally intended to be produced by Shel Talmy; however, the band didn't warm to his approach and they opted to produce it themselves. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Unless noted, all tracks credited to Howard Werth and Trevor Williams.

Side one

  1. "Nothing You Do" — 4:38
  2. "Belladonna Moonshine" — 2:40
  3. "It Brings a Tear" — 2:55
  4. "Raid" (Connor, Gemmell) — 8:44

Side two

  1. "Right On Their Side" — 5:24
  2. "Ebony Variations" (Connor, Gemmell, Werth, Williams) — 5:29
  3. "Priestess" (Connor, Gemmell) — 6:14
  4. "Friends, Friends, Friend" — 3:28

Bonus track on rerelease

  1. "The Big Spell" — 3:03

Personnel

Additional personnel

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