Open Sky
{{about|the album by Iona}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Open Sky
| type = Album
| artist = Iona
| cover = Iona_OpenSky.jpg
| alt =
| released = 8 May 2000
| recorded = 2000
| venue =
| studio =
| 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
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r527926|last=Sleger|first=Dave|access-date=9 May 2025}}
| noprose = yes
}}
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
- "Woven Cord" – 9:28
- "Wave After Wave" – 6:15
- "Open Sky" – 5:40
- "Castlerigg" – 9:27
- "A Million Stars" – 3:20
- "Light Reflected" – 5:11
- "Hinba" – 4:58
- "Songs of Ascent" (part 1) – 7:58
- "Songs of Ascent" (part 2) – 9:06
- "Songs of Ascent" (part 3) – 4:53
- "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