Private Audition Explained

Private Audition is the sixth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on May 20, 1982, by Epic Records. The album reached number 25 on the US Billboard 200, spending 14 weeks on the chart. It spawned the single "This Man Is Mine", which peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100. 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 re-released by BGO Records as a double CD with the band's subsequent album, Passionworks (1983). Prior to this, Private Audition had been out of print for a number of years and was Heart's most difficult CD to obtain.^{[2] [3]}

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Private Audition.^[4]

Heart

• Ann Wilson – vocals ; piano ; backing vocals ; flutes ; bass guitar
• Nancy Wilson – second vocal ; acoustic guitar ; electric piano, acoustic piano ; bass guitar ; vocals ; acoustic six- and twelve-string guitars ; electric guitar ; piano ; piano strings ; backing vocals ; pedal steel guitar ; blues harp
• Howard Leese – electric guitar ; synthesizers ; Moog drum ; acoustic guitar ; orchestra bells ; acoustic twelve-string ; vocals ; piano strings ; Hammond organ ; Moog bass, computer effects, clavioline ; bass guitar, alto recorder ; cymbal, strings score and conducting
• Steve Fossen – bass
• Michael Derosier – drums

Additional musicians

• Lynn Wilson – vocals ; backing vocals
• Sue Ennis – piano

Technical

• Connie – production
• Howie – production
• David Thoener – engineering, mixing at the Record Plant, mastering at Sterling Sound
• Shelly Yakus – engineering
• Brian Foraker – engineering assistance, mixing at the Record Plant
• Rob Perkins – engineering assistance
• Steve Marcantonio – mixing at the Record Plant (New York City)
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City)

Artwork

• Dale Windham – photography

Notes and References

1. 7 May 1982. New Releases. FMQB. 40. 24 March 2023.
2. Web site: Private Audition / Passionworks . . United Kingdom . June 19, 2020.
3. Web site: Private Audition/Passionworks – Heart . AllMusic . June 19, 2020.
4. Private Audition . liner notes . . . 1982 . FE 38049.