Iona is a progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 album by Iona

Iona (band)

Iona is the name of a progressive Celtic rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed in the late 1980s by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge....

. Released in 1990.
This was the debut album from this group which progressed thought occasional live appearances and occasional appearance on record.

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

The River Flows

The River Flows: Anthology Vol. 1 is a progressive rock 4 CD album by Iona. Released in 2002. It is a Box Set collection of their first three studio albums with some re-recording and a fourth disc is a collection of additional material from throughout the years...

and later re-released on Open Sky Records

Open Sky Records

Open Sky Records is the company used to record and distribute the music of Iona. The record label is normally referred to as Open Sky.- Artists:* Iona* Dave Bainbridge* Donockley/Bainbridge* Bainbridge/Fitzgerald...

 as a standalone album.

Band

• Joanne Hogg
  Joanne Hogg
  Joanne Hogg is an Irish singer and songwriter for the band Iona.-Biography:Hogg was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland and is best known as the lead singer and songwriter with the Christian progressive Celtic/pop/rock band Iona . Her father is a Presbyterian minister, her mother a nurse; her...
  
   - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
• Dave Bainbridge
  Dave Bainbridge
  Dave Bainbridge is a keyboard player and guitarist who with Dave Fitzgerald co-founded the Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona.-Biography:...
  
   - Guitars, Piano, Keyboards, Tambourine
• Dave Fitzgerald
  Dave Fitzgerald
  Dave Fitzgerald is a woodwind player who plays saxophones , flutes, whistles and clarinet. With Dave Bainbridge he co-founded the influential Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona...
  
   - Saxophones, Flute, Piccolo, Chinese Flutes, Flageolet, Recorder, Irish whistle

Additional Musicians and Special Guests

• Terl Bryant
  Terl Bryant
  Terl Bryant is a drummer and percussionist who has worked with a wide range of artists and contributed to many top flight recordings to much critical acclaim...
  
   - Drums, Percussion
• Tim Hines - Percussion
• Tim Harries
  Tim Harries
  Tim Harries is a British bass player.Harries studied music at the University of York, graduating in 1981 before going on to study Double Bass with Tom Martin at the Guildhall School of Music...
  
   - Electric Bass, Double Bass
• Troy Donockley
  Troy Donockley
  Troy Donockley is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist most known for his playing of uillean pipes.- Early life and career :...
  
   - Uillean Pipes
• Peter Whitfield - Violin, Viola
• Ian Thomas
  Ian Thomas
  Ian Thomas may refer to:* Major W. Ian Thomas , Christian speaker and author* Ian Thomas , dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II* Ian Thomas , Canadian singer-songwriter...
  
  - Voice on Columcille

Track listing

• Disc - Total Time 55:28

1. Turning Tide – 1:25 *
2. Flight of the Wild Goose – 6:00 *
3. The Island – 5:10 *
4. White Sands – 3:35
5. Dancing on the Wall – 4:32 *
6. A'mmachair – 5:29 *
7. Vision of Naran – 5:49 *
8. Beijing – 5:16
9. Iona – 3:43 *
10. Trilogy – 8:35 *
11. Here I Stand – 2:35
12. 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.

Release Details

• 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, USA, Forefront Records FFD-2700, Release Date ? June 1990, CD
• 2003, UK, Open Sky Records OPENVP1CD, Release Date 3 November 2003, CD