Journey into the Morn explained

Journey into the Morn
Type:	studio
Artist:	Iona
Cover:	Iona_JourneyIntoTheMorn.jpg
Released:	February 1996
Recorded:	1995
Studio:	The Soundfield, Derbyshire; Perfect Sounds, Thornton, Nr. Bradford
Genre:	Progressive rock, Celtic rock, Christian rock
Length:	78:14
Label:	Alliance Music
Producer:	Dave Bainbridge
Prev Title:	Beyond These Shores
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Treasures
Next Year:	1996

Journey Into The Morn is a progressive rock album by Iona. Released in 1996. It was their first studio album since Beyond These Shores in 1993.

Recordings were based in the north of England again The Soundfield, Derbyshire with audio engineer Neil Costello, with some additional recording at Perfect Sounds, Thornton, Nr. Bradford.

Personnel

Band

• Joanne Hogg - vocals, guitar
• Dave Bainbridge - guitars, keyboards, e-bow guitar, mandolin, mandola
• Tim Harries - bass, vocals
• Terl Bryant - drums, percussion
• Troy Donockley - uilleann pipes, low whistles, tin whistle, vocals, whitby shell chimes
• Mike Haughton - saxophone, flute, tin whistle, vocals^[1]

Additional musicians and special guests

• Máire Brennan - Celtic harp, vocals
• Robert Fripp - guitar synth, Frippertronics on "Divine Presence" and "The Search"
• Peter Whitfield - violins, viola
• Chris Eaton - additional backing vocals

Track listing

Disc - Total Time 78:14

1. "Bi-Se I Mo Shúil" Part 1 – 2:06
2. "Irish Day" – 5:14
3. "Wisdom" – 4:58
4. "Everything Changes" – 5:34
5. "Inside My Heart" – 6:09
6. "Encircling" – 11:41
7. "Journey Into the Morn" – 2:58
8. "Lindisfarne" – 6:30
9. "No Heart Beats" – 4:49
10. "The Search" – 2:42
11. "Divine Presence" – 5:29
12. "Heaven's Bright Sun" – 7:26
13. "Bi-Se I Mo Shuil" Part 2 – 4:33
14. "When I Survey" – 8:05

Release details

• 1996, UK, Alliance Records ALD 050, Release Date 20 February 1996, CD
• 1996, UK, Alliance Records ALC 050, Release Date 20 February 1996, Cassette
• 1996, U.S., Forefront Records FFD-5142, Release Date 20 February 1996, CD
• 1996, U.S., Forefront Records FFC-5142, Release Date 20 February 1996, Cassette
• 2005, UK, Open Sky Records OPENVP9CD, Release Date 5 November 2005, CD

Notes and References

1. Web site: IONA Website. Bands website.