The House on the Hill is Audience's strongest effort, made up of simple, elegantly arranged songs, focusing around Howard Werth's "electric classical" guitar and Keith Gemmel's tenor sax and clarinet.
"Jackdaw" has Werth showing off his vocal range by hollering out the chorus in full force.
"Raviole" is an instrumental piece painted with lovely acoustic guitar and is one of the real gems on the album.
There's not a lot of meat on each of the songs, but the use of flute and vibraphone give this album a unique feel and is deemed interesting mainly for that purpose.
The overall atmosphere is quite comfortable, and the hypnotizing effect aroused from the woodwind instruments creates an absorbing mood one might not expect to find here.
Snippets of jazz fusion make up the title track, overlapped with some rich saxophone playing.
After a few listens, this band slowly rises from being heard to being enjoyable.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JackdawKeith Gemmell, Howard Werth | Audience | Play | 07:28 | 17 MB | 53 MB |
| 2 | You're Not SmilingKeith Gemmell, Howard Werth | Audience | Play | 05:12 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 3 | I Had a DreamTony Connor, Howard Werth, Trevor Williams | Audience | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 4 | RavioleHoward Werth | Audience | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 5 | NancyTony Connor, Howard Werth | Audience | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 6 | Eye to EyeHoward Werth, Trevor Williams | Audience | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 7 | I Put a Spell on YouScreamin' Jay Hawkins | Audience | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 8 | The House on the HillTony Connor, Howard Werth | Audience | Play | 07:25 | 17 MB | 48 MB |
| 9 | Indian SummerTony Connor, Howard Werth, Trevor Williams | Audience | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 42 mins | 96 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 277 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audience | Primary Artist |
| 2 | Robin Geoffrey Cable | Engineer |
| 3 | Tony Connor | Composer, Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone, Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Gus Dudgeon | Director, Percussion, Producer |
| 5 | Keith Gemmell | Clarinet, Composer, Flute, Sax (Tenor), Wind |
| 6 | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Composer |
| 7 | Robert Kirby | Arranger |
| 8 | Howard Werth | Composer, Cover Design, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Photography, Vocals |
| 9 | Trevor Williams | Bass, Composer, Guitar (Bass), Keyboards, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |