Private Audition
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{{Infobox album
| name = Private Audition
| type = album
| artist = Heart
| cover = Heart - Private Audition.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1982|05|20}}{{cite magazine|date=7 May 1982|title=New Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-1982-05-07.pdf|magazine=FMQB|page=40|access-date=24 March 2023}}
| recorded = October 1981 – March 1982
| studio = * Studio 56, Los Angeles, California
- Wally Heider, San Francisco, California
- Kaye-Smith, Seattle, Washington
| genre =
| length = 40:19
| label = Epic
| producer =
- Connie{{efn|name=Connie}}
- Howie
| prev_title = Greatest Hits/Live
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Passionworks
| next_year = 1983
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Private Audition
| type = studio
| single1 = This Man Is Mine
| single1date = May 1982
| single2 = Bright Light Girl
| single2date = September 1982{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/374/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=374 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/private-audition-mw0000650244 |title=Private Audition – Heart |last=Smith |first=Jim |website=AllMusic |access-date=June 2, 2014}}
| rev2 = Rolling Stone
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/heart/albums/album/187655/review/5946640/private_audition |title=Album Reviews: Heart – Private Audition |last=Connelly |first=Christopher |author-link=Chris Connelly (journalist) |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518205122/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/heart/albums/album/187655/review/5946640/private_audition |archive-date=May 18, 2007 |access-date=June 2, 2014}}
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book |last1=Coleman |first1=Mark |last2=Berger |first2=Arion |chapter=Heart |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA372 |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |edition=4th |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/372 372] |isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}
| noprose = yes
}}
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. 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.
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Private-Audition-Passionworks-Heart/dp/B002BF9O90 |title=Private Audition / Passionworks |website=Amazon |location=United Kingdom |access-date=June 19, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/private-audition-passionworks-mw0000823858 |title=Private Audition/Passionworks – Heart |website=AllMusic |access-date=June 19, 2020}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = City's Burning
| writer1 = {{hlist|Ann Wilson|Sue Ennis|Nancy Wilson}}
| length1 = 4:26
| title2 = Bright Light Girl
| writer2 = {{hlist|A. Wilson|Ennis|N. Wilson}}
| length2 = 3:19
| title3 = Perfect Stranger
| writer3 = {{hlist|A. Wilson|Ennis}}
| length3 = 3:51
| title4 = Private Audition
| writer4 = {{hlist|A. Wilson|Ennis|N. Wilson}}
| length4 = 3:19
| title5 = Angels
| writer5 = {{hlist|A. Wilson|Ennis}}
| length5 = 3:00
| title6 = This Man Is Mine
| writer6 = {{hlist|A. Wilson|Ennis|N. Wilson}}
| length6 = 3:00
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title7 = The Situation
| writer7 = {{hlist|N. Wilson|Michael Derosier}}
| length7 = 4:33
| title8 = Hey Darlin Darlin
| writer8 = {{hlist|A. Wilson|Ennis}}
| length8 = 3:43
| title9 = One Word
| writer9 = N. Wilson
| length9 = 4:32
| title10 = Fast Times
| writer10 = {{hlist|A. Wilson|Ennis|N. Wilson}}
| length10 = 3:51
| title11 = America
| writer11 = {{hlist|A. Wilson|Ennis}}
| length11 = 2:45
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Private Audition.{{cite AV media notes |title=Private Audition |type=liner notes |others=Heart |publisher=Epic Records |year=1982 |id=FE 38049}}
=Heart=
- Ann Wilson – vocals {{small|(all tracks)}}; piano {{small|(tracks 3, 4)}}; backing vocals {{small|(track 6)}}; flutes {{small|(track 8)}}; bass guitar {{small|(track 11)}}
- Nancy Wilson – second vocal {{small|(tracks 1, 6, 11)}}; acoustic guitar {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10)}}; electric piano, acoustic piano {{small|(track 2)}}; bass guitar {{small|(tracks 2, 6)}}; vocals {{small|(tracks 2–5, 7–9)}}; acoustic six- and twelve-string guitars {{small|(track 3)}}; electric guitar {{small|(tracks 4, 6, 7, 10)}}; piano {{small|(track 4)}}; piano strings {{small|(track 5)}}; backing vocals {{small|(track 6)}}; pedal steel guitar {{small|(track 9)}}; blues harp
- Howard Leese – electric guitar {{small|(tracks 1–3, 7, 9, 10)}}; synthesizers {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10)}}; Moog drum {{small|(tracks 1, 7)}}; acoustic guitar {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 8)}}; orchestra bells {{small|(track 3)}}; acoustic twelve-string {{small|(track 4)}}; vocals {{small|(tracks 4, 5, 7, 8)}}; piano strings {{small|(track 5)}}; Hammond organ {{small|(tracks 6, 10)}}; Moog bass, computer effects, clavioline {{small|(track 7)}}; bass guitar, alto recorder {{small|(track 8)}}; cymbal {{small|(track 11)}}, strings score and conducting {{small|(tracks 3, 8, 11)}}
- Steve Fossen – bass {{small|(track 1, 3, 4, 9, 10)}}
- Michael Derosier – drums {{small|(tracks 1–4, 6–10)}}
=Additional musicians=
- Lynn Wilson – vocals {{small|(tracks 3, 4, 7, 8)}}; backing vocals {{small|(track 6)}}
- Sue Ennis – piano {{small|(track 11)}}
=Technical=
- Connie{{efn|name=Connie|Connie is a pseudonym for Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis, and Ann Wilson.}} – production
- Howie – production
- David Thoener – engineering, mixing at the Record Plant, mastering at Sterling Sound
- Shelly Yakus – engineering
- Brian Foraker – engineering assistance, mixing at the Record Plant
- Rob Perkins – engineering assistance
- Steve Marcantonio – mixing at the Record Plant (New York City)
- Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City)
=Artwork=
- Dale Windham – photography
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for Private Audition ! scope="col"| Chart (1982) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Canada|21|chartid=6556|rowheader=true|access-date=June 19, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|77|date=19820613|rowheader=true|access-date=June 19, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|25|artist=Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=June 19, 2020|refname="bb200"}} |
Notes
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