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Open Sky

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Released
  
8 May 2000

Length
  
73:30

Recorded
  
2000

Producer
  
Dave Bainbridge

Genre
  
Progressive rock, Celtic rock, Christian rock

Label
  
Alliance Open Sky Records re-release 2005

Open Sky is a progressive rock album by Iona, released in 2000.

Contents

Recording

Recordings were made at various locations during 1999 and 2000, all engineered by Nigel Palmer:

  • Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire
  • Visions on Albion, Yorkshire
  • The Snooker Roon, Northern Ireland

    • Track listing

    Disc 1 – total time 73:30

    1. "Woven Cord" – 9:28
    2. "Wave After Wave" – 6:15
    3. "Open Sky" – 5:40
    4. "Castlerigg" – 9:27
    5. "A Million Stars" – 3:20
    6. "Light Reflected" – 5:11
    7. "Hinba" – 4:58
    8. "Songs of Ascent" (part 1) – 7:58
    9. "Songs of Ascent" (part 2) – 9:06
    10. "Songs of Ascent" (part 3) – 4:53
    11. "Friendship's Door" – 7:14

    Band

  • Joanne Hogg – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Dave Bainbridge – guitars, keyboards, e-bow and Indian guitars, piano, bouzouki, autoharp, vocals
  • Phil Barker – bass guitar
  • Frank Van Essen – drums, percussion, violins, vocals
  • Troy Donockley – Uilleann pipes, low whistles, tin whistle, vocals, acoustic guitar, e-bow guitar, Portuguese mandola, harmonium

    • Additional musician and special guest

  • Billy Jackson – Celtic harp, clarsach

    • Release details

  • 2000, UK, Alliance Records ALD 1901772, release date 8 May 2000, CD
  • 2000, US, Forefront Records FFD-5285, release date 8 May 2000, CD
  • 2005, UK, Open Sky Records OPENVP8CD, release date 27 June 2005, CD

    • References

    Open Sky Wikipedia
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