Encounter (Mark Holden album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Encounter

| type = studio

| artist = Mark Holden

| cover = Encounter_by_Mark_Holden.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1977|09}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop, Pop rock

| length =

| label = EMI Music

| producer = Richard Lush

| prev_title = Let Me Love You

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = Moments

| next_year = 1979

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Encounter

| type = studio

| single1 = Reach Out for the One Who Loves You

| single1date = {{Start date|1977|8}}

| single2 = Let's Go Dancing

| single2date = {{Start date|1977|11}}

| single3 = First Thing in the Morning

| single3date = {{Start date|1978|2}}

}}

}}

Encounter is the third studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Mark Holden. The album was released in September 1977 and peaked at number 40 on The Australian charts where it was certified 2× gold.{{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Mark Holden' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040826130358/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=909 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=909 | access-date = 2 June 2016 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, NSW | archive-date = 26 August 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 }}

Track listing

{{track listing

|headline=Side one

|title1= Reach Out for the One Who Loves You

|writer1= P.Hawkins

|note1=

|length1= 2:55

|title2= Love Enough

|writer2= Moore

|note2=

|length2= 2:58

|title3= Sweat and the Steam

|writer3= Holden

|note3=

|length3= 3:41

|title4= Easy Street

|writer4= Burt, Holden, Threlfall

|note4=

|length4= 3:06

|title5= First Thing in the Morning

|writer5= Bias Boshell

|note5=

|length5= 3:40

}}

{{track listing

|headline=Side two

|title1= Let's Go Dancing

|writer1= Joan Armatrading

|note1=

|length1= 3:22

|title2= Where Are You Girl

|writer2= Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker

|note2=

|length2= 3:23

|title3= This Time Around

|writer3= Holden, Threlfall

|note3=

|length3= 3:45

|title4= Stay With Me

|writer4= Holden, Threlfall

|note4=

|length4= 3:02

|title5= Took My Heart to the Party

|writer5= Holden, Threlfall

|note5=

|length5= 4:04

}}

Charts

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!Chart (1977/78)

!Peak
position

Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{Cite book | title = Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 | last1 = Kent | first1 = David | author-link1 = David Kent (historian) | publisher = Australian Chart Book Ltd | location = St Ives, NSW | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-646-11917-6 }}

|align="center"|40

Certifications

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References