Audience was a London-based group that recorded their first album in 69 and had their eponymous debut pulled from the stores a few months after its release, which makes the album a major collectible (CD versions were also hard to come by until a recent reissue). They got signed by Tony Stratton-Smith of the Charisma label ( Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator, The Nice and a few others) but although not a purely progressive group, they bore a lot of characteristics of the masters. Among which, a profound (and somewhat derangesome) singer whose voice reminds you a bit of Peter Hammill, a great wind players able to switch to from flutes to saxes and oboe and a bassist (who wrote the acknowledgement written above ) that doubled on KBs but those remain discreet.

Tracklist:
01. Banquet
02. Poet
03. Waverley Stage Coach
04. River Boat Queen
05. Harlequin
06. Heaven Was an Island
07. Too Late I'm Gone
08. Maidens Cry
09. Pleasant Convalescence
10. Leave It Unsaid
11. Man on Box
12. House on the Hill
13. Paper Round (Bonus track)
14. The Going Song (Bonus track)
15. Troubles (Bonus track)

Total time: 48:01