Iona is a progressive rock album by Iona, released in 1990. This was the debut album from this group which progressed throughout occasional live appearances and an occasional appearance on record.
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| Released | June 1990 | |||
| Recorded | March 1990 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, Celtic rock, Christian rock | |||
| Length | 55:28 | |||
| Label | What? | |||
| Producer | Dave Bainbridge | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
The recording process moved from place to place making good use of a number of studio facilities, including:
- Studio 3, Leeds – (Engineer Steve Lea, Assisted by Rob Price)
- Wildlife Studio, Ipswich – (Engineer Nigel Palmer)
- The Field, Derbyshire – (Engineer Neil Costello)
- Square One, Lancashire – (Engineer Steve Boyce-Buckley, Second Engineer Cliff Hewitt)
- Cavalier Studio, Stockport – (Engineer John Harrison)
The recording was remastered for the 2002 release The River Flows: Anthology and later re-released on Open Sky Records as a standalone album.
Track listing
edit- Turning Tide – 1:25 *
- Flight of the Wild Goose – 6:00 *
- The Island – 5:10 *
- White Sands – 3:35
- Dancing on the Wall – 4:32 *
- A'mmachair – 5:29 *
- Vision of Naran – 5:49 *
- Beijing – 5:16
- Iona – 3:43 *
- Trilogy – 8:35 *
- Here I Stand – 2:35
- Columcille – 3:19
"*" indicates a track re-recorded for re-release in the Box Set and individual 2003 reissue. Times are for the original 1990 release.
Personnel
editIona
- Joanne Hogg – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
- Dave Bainbridge – Guitars, Piano, Keyboards, Tambourine
- Dave Fitzgerald – Saxophones, Flute, Piccolo, Chinese Flutes, Flageolet, Recorder, Irish whistle
Additional musicians
- Terl Bryant – Drums, Percussion
- Tim Hines – Percussion
- Tim Harries – Electric Bass, Double Bass
- Troy Donockley – Uilleann pipes
- Peter Whitfield – Violin, Viola
- Ian Thomas – Voice on Columcille
Release history
edit- 1990, UK, What Records WHAR 1266, Release Date ? June 1990, LP
- 1990, UK, What Records WHAD 1266, Release Date ? June 1990, CD
- 1990, UK, What Records WHAC 1266, Release Date ? June 1990, Cassette
- 1990, US, Forefront Records FFD-2700, Release Date ? June 1990, CD
- 2003, UK, Open Sky Records OPENVP1CD, Release Date 3 November 2003, CD