Open Sky Explained

Open Sky
Type:	Album
Artist:	Iona
Cover:	Iona_OpenSky.jpg
Released:	8 May 2000
Recorded:	2000
Genre:	Progressive rock, Celtic rock, Christian rock
Length:	73:30
Label:	Alliance Open Sky Records re-release 2005
Producer:	Dave Bainbridge
Prev Title:	Woven Cord
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	The River Flows
Next Year:	2002

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

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

Personnel

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