Private Audition

Private Audition
Studio album by Heart
Released	5 June 1982
Recorded	Autumn 1981-Early Spring 1982
Genre	Hard rock, folk rock
Length	39:07
Label	Epic
Producer	Connie & Howie, Howard Leese, Nancy Wilson, Ann Wilson
Heart chronology
Greatest Hits Live (1980) Private Audition (1982) Passionworks (1983)

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Private Audition is the sixth studio album, but seventh album overall, released by the hard rock band Heart, released in 1982. The album was on the U.S. Billboard 200 for fourteen weeks, peaking at number twenty-five. It contained the hit single "This Man Is Mine". 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 rereleased on the Beat Goes On label as a double CD with Passionworks. Prior to this, Private Audition had been out of print for a number of years and was the most difficult of Heart's CDs to obtain.

Track listing

1. "City's Burning" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis) - 4:25
2. "Bright Light Girl" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 3:22
3. "Perfect Stranger" (A. Wilson, Ennis) - 3:52
4. "Private Audition" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 3:21
5. "Angels" (A. Wilson, Ennis) - 2:59
6. "This Man Is Mine" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 3:02
7. "The Situation" (N. Wilson, Michael Derosier) - 4:17
8. "Hey Darlin' Darlin'" (A. Wilson, Ennis) - 4:00
9. "One Word" (N. Wilson) - 4:32
10. "Fast Times" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 4:03
11. "America" (A. Wilson, Ennis) - 2:34

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart	21
UK Albums Chart	77
U.S. Billboard 200	25

Performers

• Ann Wilson – lead vocals, background vocals, piano, flute, bass guitar
• Nancy Wilson – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric piano, piano, bass guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Howard Leese – background vocals, electric guitar, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bells, piano, Moog bass, Moog drum, clavioline, bass guitar, alto recorder, Hammond organ, cymbal
• Steve Fossen – bass guitar
• Michael DeRosier – drums

Additional performers

• Sue Ennis – piano
• Lynn Wilson – background vocals