Burning Bridges (Naked Eyes album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Burning Bridges
| type = studio
| artist = Naked Eyes
| cover = Naked Eyes - Burning Bridges album cover.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 16 March 1983
| recorded = 1982–1983
| studio = Abbey Road, Eel Pie
| genre =
| length = 44:03
| label = EMI (UK/Europe)
EMI America (US/Canada)
| producer = Tony Mansfield
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Fuel for the Fire
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = North America/Japan cover
| type = studio
| cover = Naked Eyes LP.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}}
{{Singles
| name = Burning Bridges
| type = studio
| single1 = Always Something There to Remind Me
| single1date = January 1983
| single2 = Promises, Promises
| single2date = 1983
| single3 = When the Lights Go Out
| single3date = 1983
| single4 = Voices in My Head
| single4date = 1983
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r45320|pure_url=yes}}
}}
Burning Bridges is the debut studio album by the English new wave band Naked Eyes, released on 16 March 1983 by EMI and EMI America Records. The album was released in the United States and Canada as Naked Eyes with two tracks demoted to B-sides. The track "Always Something There to Remind Me" was released as a single and reached No. 59 on the UK Singles Chart and US No. 8 in July 1983 before "Promises, Promises" reached US No. 11 and "When the Lights Go Out" US No. 37. The album was released for the first time on CD in 2012 by Cherry Red Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=3899 |title=Cherry Red Records - naked eyes, burning bridges, special edition, cherry pop, pop |accessdate=31 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307001258/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=3899 |archivedate=7 March 2014 }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Pete Byrne and Rob Fisher, except where noted
| title1 = Voices in My Head
| length1 = 3:47
| title2 = I Could Show You How
| length2 = 3:28
| title3 = A Very Hard Act to Follow
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = Always Something There to Remind Me
| writer4 = {{hlist|Burt Bacharach|Hal David}}
| length4 = 3:40
| title5 = Fortune & Fame
| length5 = 3:18
| title6 = Could Be
| length6 = 2:47
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title7 = Burning Bridges
| length7 = 3:30
| title8 = Emotion in Motion
| length8 = 4:42
| title9 = Low Life
| length9 = 3:57
| title10 = The Time Is Now
| length10 = 3:23
| title11 = When the Lights Go Out
| length11 = 3:00
| title12 = Promises, Promises
| length12 = 4:26
}}
=US release=
The North American releaseNaked Eyes Album EMI America ST-17089 of Burning Bridges was issued in April 1983, retitled as Naked Eyes and released with an alternate cover.
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Always Something There to Remind Me
| length1 = 3:40
| title2 = Fortune and Fame
| length2 = 3:18
| title3 = When the Lights Go Out
| length3 = 3:00
| title4 = Voices in My Head
| length4 = 3:47
| title5 = Low Life
| length5 = 3:57
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Promises, Promises
| length6 = 3:46
| title7 = I Could Show You How
| length7 = 3:28
| title8 = Emotion in Motion
| length8 = 4:42
| title9 = Burning Bridges
| length9 = 3:30
| title10 = Could Be
| length10 = 2:47
}}
The two deleted songs, "The Time Is Now" and "A Very Hard Act to Follow" were issued in the US as the B-sides of "Always Something There to Remind Me" and "Promises, Promises." The single, "Sweet Poison" was absent from the album and later issued as a single, then paired as a B-side for "Voices in My Head", both on vinyl, 7". Also, "Pit Stop" was released as a B-side for "Always Something There to Remind Me" on vinyl, 12", maxi-single, in late 1982.
Personnel
Naked Eyes
- Pete Byrne – vocals
- Rob Fisher – keyboards (Fairlight CMI, Synclavier 2, PPG Wave 2.2, E-mu Emulator, Oberheim OB-Xa, Prophet-5), grand piano, harpsichord{{Cite journal |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |date=April 1983 |title=Naked Eyes (EMM Apr 1983) |url=https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/naked-eyes/5972 |journal=Electronics & Music Maker |issue=Apr 1983 |pages=50–51}}
Additional musicians
- Tony Mansfield – guitars,{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Naked-Eyes-Burning-Bridges/release/920894 |title=Naked Eyes- Burning Bridges |website=Discogs |accessdate=24 May 2013}} bass guitar,{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Naked-Eyes-Naked-Eyes/release/639645 |title=Naked Eyes- self-titled album (American release) |website=Discogs |accessdate=24 May 2013}} Simmons drums, Linn LM-1 programming
- Phil Towner – drums
- C. C. Smith – horns
- Martin Dobson – saxophone, flute
Tony Mansfield is listed as having played "guitar" (but not "bass guitar") on the British version of the album (Burning Bridges), while on the American version (self-titled), he is listed as playing "bass guitar" (but not "guitar"). It thus seems reasonable to assume that he played both instruments on the album.
Production
- Tony Mansfield – producer
- Hadyn Bendall – engineer
- Jules Bowen – engineer
- Bill Smith – art direction, design
- Andrew Douglas – photography
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for Burning Bridges/Naked Eyes !scope="col"|Chart (1983) !scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=213}}
| style="text-align:center;"|88 |
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| {{album chart|New Zealand|28|artist=Naked EYes|album=Burning Bridges|rowheader=true|access-date=27 October 2023}} |
| scope="row"|US Billboard 200[https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1983-06-18/ Billboard], Retrieved 5 July 2023.
| style="text-align:center;"|32 |
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