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Album: Audience
# Song Title   Time
1)    Banquet More Info... 0:03
2)    Poet More Info... 0:03
3)    Waverley Stage Coach More Info... 0:03
4)    River Boat Queen More Info... 0:03
5)    Harlequin More Info... 0:02
6)    Heaven Was an Island More Info... 0:04
7)    Too Late I'm Gone More Info... 0:02
8)    Maidens Cry More Info... 0:04
9)    Pleasant Convalescence More Info... 0:02
10)    Leave It Unsaid More Info... 0:04
11)    Man On Box More Info... 0:03
12)    House On the Hill More Info... 0:04
13)    Paper Round More Info... 0:03
14)    The Going Song More Info... 0:01
15)    Troubles More Info... 0:01
 
Album: Audience
# Song Title   Time
1)    Banquet More Info... 0:03
2)    Poet More Info... 0:03
3)    Waverley Stage Coach More Info... 0:03
4)    River Boat Queen More Info... 0:03
5)    Harlequin More Info... 0:02
6)    Heaven Was an Island More Info... 0:04
7)    Too Late I'm Gone More Info... 0:02
8)    Maidens Cry More Info... 0:04
9)    Pleasant Convalescence More Info... 0:02
10)    Leave It Unsaid More Info... 0:04
11)    Man On Box More Info... 0:03
12)    House On the Hill More Info... 0:04
13)    Paper Round More Info... 0:03
14)    The Going Song More Info... 0:01
15)    Troubles More Info... 0:01
 
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  • It feels completely weird to regard Audience's self-titled 1969 debut album as an "art rock" album, or even stranger, "prog rock." Yet, along with In the Court of the Crimson King (the first album by King Crimson) and early Yes efforts, it is exactly that, despite the fact that it is far more rockist and basic. But vocalist and guitarist Howard Werth wanted to be as far away as possible from the band's previous incarnation as the Lloyd Alexander Blues Band. So, along with reed and woodwind man Keith Gemmell, drummer Tony Connor, and bassist Trevor Williams -- yes, that one -- the band put their flutes and arty lyrics about poets and meadows first and got right to it. There is no psychedelia on these sides, though there is a certain amount of flower power in the laughable words. Audience were in the process of self-discovery here, and they fail as often as they succeed. Cuts like "Waverley Stage Coach" and "Harlequin" borrow wonderfully from the heaviness and imagery of the Move's best sides, while "Poet," "Pleasant Convalescene," and "River Boat Queen" are pure twee twaddle. ~ Thom Jurek
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