YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM

Simply called "Audience" on my cassette version, this is a compilation album, drawing mainly from Audience's "House on the hill" and "Lunch" albums. Indeed, only the fine ballad "It brings a tear" from "Friend's friend's friend", and the soft but unremarkable "Elixir of youth" (previously unreleased) are not taken from those two albums.

"House on the hill" was Audience's finest album by a country mile, so it makes sense that six tracks from it appear here. Of these, the two similar commercial pieces "I had a dream" and "Your not smiling" shine brightly, as does the excellent and very progressive "Jackdaw". The wonderful title track from that album is however omitted.

"Lunch" was a much more patchy affair, so it really is inexcusable that the only really notable track, "Stand by the door", is not included.

During their brief existence, Audience made some fine music. Their style was progressive with a focus on strong melodies, while allowing jazz influences to come to the fore, usually on the longer tracks. You either like Werth's vocals or you don't, but he is different. Unusually for a compilation, this album appears to be as hard to get as their other material. "House on the hill" seems to be the only Audience album which is generally available on CD, but it is the one to go for anyway.

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