Open (Cowboy Junkies album)

Open
Studio album by Cowboy Junkies
Released	May 15, 2001
Recorded	December 1999 - December 2000
Genre	Alternative country
Length	49:20
Label	Latent
Producer	Michael Timmins
Cowboy Junkies chronology
Best of the Cowboy Junkies (2001) Open (2001) The Radio One Sessions (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Open is an album by the Canada band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2001.

It was their third independent release after the end of their contract with Geffen Records, and the first of those to feature new material.

The album was released on Latent Records in Canada, and on Zoë Records internationally.

Track listing

All songs by Michael Timmins, except where noted.

1. "I Did it All For You" – 5:07
2. "Dragging Hooks (River Song Trilogy, Part III)" (Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins, Alan Anton) – 7:49
3. "Bread and Wine" – 4:36
4. "Upon Still Waters" (Michael Timmins, Alan Anton) – 3:23
5. "Dark Hole Again" – 7:43
6. "Thousand Year Prayer" – 4:17
7. "I'm So Open" – 4:10
8. "Small Swift Birds" – 3:47
9. "Beneath the Gate" – 4:08
10. "Close My Eyes" – 4:20

Some import versions of the album also include three tracks from the band's 2000 live album, Waltz Across America.

Personnel

• Margo Timmins – vocals
• Michael Timmins – guitar
• Alan Anton – bass
• Peter Timmins – drums

Additional musicians

• Karin Bergquist – background vocals
• Jeff Bird – bass, harmonica, mandolin, percussion, electronic mandolin
• Linford Detweiler – organ, piano, Wurlitzer

Production notes

• Michael Timmins – producer, engineer, mixing
• Peter J. Moore – engineer, mastering, mixing
• Rudy Rempel – assistant engineer
• Daryl Smith – engineer, mixing

References

1. Allmusic review

External links

• Open at Discogs (list of releases)