Open Sky
by Iona
- Type: Album
- Released: 8 May 2000
- Label: Alliance
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:13:32
- Community rating: 3.54/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Denis Blackham, Frank Van Essen, Nigel Palmer, Joanne Hogg, Dave Bainbridge
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A studio album by British Celtic rock band Iona, produced by guitarist Dave Bainbridge, 'Open Sky' features singer Joanne Hogg, bassist Phil Barker, drummer Frank Van Essen and Troy Donockley on uilleann pipes. Its progressive arrangements carry Celtic melody through rock instrumentation and ambient space, the band's Christian spirituality woven through the writing.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, progressive, folk, sweeping, traditional
Tracklist
- Woven Cord (9:28)
- Wave After Wave (6:15)
- Open Sky (5:41)
- Castlerigg (9:27)
- A Million Stars (3:20)
- Light Reflected (5:11)
- Hinba (4:58)
- Songs of Ascent, Pt. 1 (7:58)
- Songs of Ascent, Pt. 2 (9:06)
- Songs of Ascent, Pt. 3 (4:54)
- Friendship's Door (7:14)
Credits
- Phil Barker - bass guitar [bass guitars], written-by
- Frank Van Essen - drums, percussion, violin [acoustic violin], electric violin, vocals [vocal], written-by
- Billy Jackson - guest [special guest], celtic harp, cl脿rsach
- Troy Donockley - uilleann pipes [uillean pipes], low whistle, tin whistle, vocals [vocal], acoustic guitar, e-bow, bouzouki, mandola [portugese mandola], harmonium, written-by
- Joanne Hogg - vocals, piano, keyboards [keyboard], written-by
- Chris Sands - design [album design], photography by [photo manipulation]
- Nigel Palmer - mixed by, recorded by
- Denis Blackham - mastered by
- Jim Crone - photography by [band photography]
- Andrew Whettam - photography by [landscape photography: "looking towards iona"]
- Calum Malcolm - recorded by [billy's harps recorded by]