Open Sky

Open Sky
Studio album by Iona
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
Iona chronology
Woven Cord (1999)Woven Cord1999 Open Sky (2000) The River Flows (2002)The River Flows2002

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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