Audience - The House On The Hill Prog Rock

Audience - The House On The Hill 

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Charisma – 9124 055  Germany 
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold

Laminated highglossy cover. On inner cover: "Recorded at Trident Studios. Sleeve design and photography by Hipgnosis based on an original screenplay by Hipgnosis and Howard Werth."

London-based group AUDIENCE debuted in front of a live audience in Marquee Club, February 1969 and signed a recording contract with Polydor. The eponymous debut came out the same year. The tours over Europe made them popular especially in Italy, and soon they were Charisma label mates with Van der Graaf Generator and Genesis. For their sax parts they share some charasteristics with VdGG, whereas the more delicate moments featuring nylon guitar and flute have some reminiscence with Trespass-era Genesis. Otherwise Audience's music is more blues flavoured like the early Jethro Tull. 

The most appreciated album of this fairly short-lived band is undoubtedly the third one, House on the Hill, produced by Gus Dudgeon. In addition to the lengthy title track, a prog listener might be charmed in particular by the many- sided instrumental 'Raviolé', which in its Baroque nuances remind me of focus and Anthony Phillips. 

Despite good reviews the album sold poorly, and after the weak fourth album Lunch (1972) the band collapsed, although in 2004 they made a comeback, in a live context only.

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