Private Audition

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Private Audition
Heart - Private Audition.png
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 20, 1982 (1982-05-20) [1]
RecordedOctober 1981 – March 1982
Studio
Genre
Length40:19
Label Epic
Producer
Heart chronology
Greatest Hits/Live
(1980)
Private Audition
(1982)
Passionworks
(1983)
Singles from Private Audition
  1. "This Man Is Mine"
    Released: May 1982
  2. "Bright Light Girl"
    Released: September 1982 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Private Audition is the sixth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on May 20, 1982, by Epic Records. The album reached number 25 on the US Billboard 200, spending 14 weeks on the chart. [6] It spawned the single "This Man Is Mine", which peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100. 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.

Contents

In 2009, Private Audition was re-released by BGO Records as a double CD with the band's subsequent album, Passionworks (1983). Prior to this, Private Audition had been out of print for a number of years and was Heart's most difficult CD to obtain. [7] [8]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."City's Burning"4:26
2."Bright Light Girl"
  • A. Wilson
  • Ennis
  • N. Wilson
3:19
3."Perfect Stranger"
  • A. Wilson
  • Ennis
3:51
4."Private Audition"
  • A. Wilson
  • Ennis
  • N. Wilson
3:19
5."Angels"
  • A. Wilson
  • Ennis
3:00
6."This Man Is Mine"
  • A. Wilson
  • Ennis
  • N. Wilson
3:00
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."The Situation"
  • N. Wilson
  • Michael Derosier
4:33
8."Hey Darlin Darlin"
  • A. Wilson
  • Ennis
3:43
9."One Word"N. Wilson4:32
10."Fast Times"
  • A. Wilson
  • Ennis
  • N. Wilson
3:51
11."America"
  • A. Wilson
  • Ennis
2:45

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Private Audition. [9]

Heart

Additional musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Chart performance for Private Audition
Chart (1982)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [10] 21
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 77
US Billboard 200 [6] 25

Notes

  1. 1 2 Connie is a pseudonym for Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis, and Ann Wilson.

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