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Burning Bridges (Naked Eyes album)

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Burning Bridges
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 16, 1983
RecordedAbbey Road Studios, 1982-83
GenreSynthpop
Length44:03
LabelEMI, EMI America
ProducerTony Mansfield
Naked Eyes chronology
Burning Bridges
(1983)
Fuel for the Fire
(1984)
North America/Japan cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Burning Bridges was Naked Eyes' 1983 debut album. 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 in the United Kingdom chart and US Top 10 in July 1983. The album was released for the first time on CD in 2012 by Cherry Red Records.[2]

Original UK release

All tracks are written by Pete Byrne and Rob Fisher, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Voices in My Head" 3:47
2."I Could Show You How" 3:28
3."A Very Hard Act to Follow" 4:05
4."Always Something There to Remind Me"Burt Bacharach, Hal David3:40
5."Fortune and Fame" 3:18
6."Could Be" 2:47
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Burning Bridges"3:30
8."Emotion in Motion"4:42
9."Low Life"3:57
10."The Time Is Now"3:23
11."When the Lights Go Out"3:00
12."Promises, Promises"4:36

US release

The North American release[3] of Burning Bridges was issued in April 1983, retitled as Naked Eyes and released with an alternate cover.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Always Something There to Remind Me"3:40
2."Fortune and Fame"3:18
3."When the Lights Go Out"3:00
4."Voices in My Head"3:47
5."Low Life"3:57
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Promises, Promises"4:26
7."I Could Show You How"3:28
8."Emotion in Motion"4:42
9."Burning Bridges"3:30
10."Could Be"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."

Personnel

Naked Eyes

Additional musicians

[5]

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.

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r45320
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-03-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Naked Eyes Album EMI America ST-17089
  4. ^ Naked Eyes- Burning Bridges @Discogs.com Retrieved 5-24-2013.
  5. ^ a b Naked Eyes- self-titled album (American release) @Discogs.com Retrieved 5-24-2013.