theaudience
{{Short description|English rock band}}
{{about||this band's self-titled studio album|Theaudience (album)|the German band|The Audience (band)|other uses|Audience (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Theaudience
| image =
| caption = Band photo
| background = group_or_band
| origin = London, England
| genre = {{hlist|Britpop|indie rock|alternative rock}}
| years_active = 1996–1999
| label = {{hlist|eLLeFFe|Mercury}}
| past_members = * Sophie Ellis-Bextor
- Billy Reeves
- Kerin Smith
- Nigel Butler
- Patrick Hannan
- Dean Mollett
}}
Theaudience (styled as theaudience) were an English rock band, formed in London in 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/theaudience-mn0000755237/biography|title=Theaudience | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|accessdate=21 December 2019}} They released one album and saw three singles enter the UK Singles Chart.{{cite book
| first= Martin C.
| last= Strong
| year= 2000
| title= The Great Rock Discography
| edition= 5th
| publisher= Mojo Books
| location= Edinburgh
| page= 980
| isbn= 1-84195-017-3}} The band's lead vocalist Sophie Ellis-Bextor became a successful solo artist after the band's disbandment.{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=391}}
History
theaudience were founded by guitarist Billy Reeves, formerly of the indie group Congregation. The group was fronted by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and included drummer/producer "Patch" Hannan (ex-The Sundays), keyboard player Nigel Butler (ex-The Bridge), guitarist Dean Mollett (ex-Porcupine) and bass guitarist Kerin Smith.{{cite web |url=http://sophie-online.net/en/info/theaudience.php |title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor - www.sophie-online.net • Your 24/7 resource for all things Sophie Ellis-Bextor |accessdate=2015-01-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224012354/http://sophie-online.net/en/info/theaudience.php |archivedate=2015-02-24 }} Their one self-titled album received critical acclaim and reached No. 22 in the UK Albums Chart, with two of four singles released reaching the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.
Reeves left the band in December 1998, and although the remaining band members wrote and demoed at least 33 songs for a second album, it was rejected by record label Mercury Records, who then dropped the band, which split in 1999. Approximately half of these tracks were leaked onto the internet, most of which appeared as a fourteen-track bootleg album in 2009 under the fan-made title Quiet Storm.
Ellis-Bextor started a solo career in major label artist-driven dance-pop music following the success of her collaboration with Spiller on "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" in 2000.
Discography
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| Artist = theaudience
| Image =
| Caption =
| Studio = 1
| Music videos = 4
| Singles = 4
}}
The discography of Theaudience consists of one studio album, four singles and four music videos. The album track "Keep In Touch" was earmarked as a potential fifth single.
Thirty three songs were recorded as full band demos in 1998-1999 for a second album, just over half of which circulate as bootleg/download tracks. One such track, "Out With The Old School" was released contemporarily on NME sampler cassette "Wicked Women" in late 1998.
= Studio albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:6em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Album details ! scope="col"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK {{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_A.HTM |title=Chart Log UK: 1994–2010, A – Azzido Da Bass|website=Zobbel.de|accessdate=21 December 2019}} |
| scope="row"| Theaudience
| | 22 |
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:30em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK |
|---|
| scope="row" | "I Got the Wherewithal"
| 1997 | 170 |rowspan="4"| theaudience |
| scope="row" | "If You Can't Do It When You're Young; When Can You Do It?"
|rowspan="3"| 1998 | 48 |
| scope="row" | "A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed"
| 27 |
| scope="row" | "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)"
| 25 |
References
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External links
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| title = Entertainment feature
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/new_music_releases/151039.stm
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| publisher = BBC News
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| date = 16 August 1998
| accessdate = 25 May 2010
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090409150052/http://www.sophie-online.net/en/info/theaudience.php Theaudience page] at Sophie-Online.net
- [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980814/ai_n14172273 Album review]
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Category:English rock music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1996
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1999
Category:Alternative rock groups from London
Category:Indie rock groups from London