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Naked Eyes was a British
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 synthpop
Synthpop

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 band popular in the 1980s. The duo is known for their single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
s: a cover of the Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach is an United States pianist and composer. He is best known for his many pop hits from the early 1960s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David, many of which were produced for and recorded by Dionne Warwick....
/Hal David
Hal David

Hal David is an United States lyricist and songwriter. His elder brother, Mack David, was also a lyricist and songwriter. David is best known for his words and music that were written along with musician, composer and singer, Burt Bacharach....
 standard "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me

" Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written in the 1960s by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Dionne Warwick recorded the original demonstration recording of the tune in 1963....
" (Bacharach himself has cited the cover as a personal favourite ); and their subsequent hit "Promises, Promises
Promises, Promises (Naked Eyes song)

Promises, Promises was the second hit single for the United Kingdom New Wave music group Naked Eyes in 1983 in music. The song went on to become a top-twenty hit in the United States that October, peaking at #11....
".

d Eyes was one of the first bands
Band (music)

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 to make significant use of the Fairlight CMI
Fairlight CMI

The Fairlight CMI was the first polyphonic digital Sampler synthesizer. It was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia....
 sampling
Sampler (musical instrument)

A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a synthesizer. Instead of generating sounds from scratch, however, a sampler starts with multiple recordings of different sounds added by the user, and then plays each back based on how the instrument is configured....
 synthesizer
Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequency....
 on a pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 recording
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
. Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel is a Grammy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated England musician and songwriter. He first rose to fame as the lead vocals and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis ....
 and Kate Bush
Kate Bush

Kate Bush is an England singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and Idiosyncrasy lyrics have made her one of England's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years having sold over 20,000,000 records worldwide....
 had used the instrument on prior efforts, but the usage had been far less than Naked Eyes would employ on their debut effort.






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Naked Eyes was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 synthpop
Synthpop

Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave music and pop music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It is most closely associated with the era between the late 1970s and early to middle 1980s, although it has continued to exist and develop ever since....
 band popular in the 1980s. The duo is known for their single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
s: a cover of the Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach is an United States pianist and composer. He is best known for his many pop hits from the early 1960s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David, many of which were produced for and recorded by Dionne Warwick....
/Hal David
Hal David

Hal David is an United States lyricist and songwriter. His elder brother, Mack David, was also a lyricist and songwriter. David is best known for his words and music that were written along with musician, composer and singer, Burt Bacharach....
 standard "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me

" Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written in the 1960s by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Dionne Warwick recorded the original demonstration recording of the tune in 1963....
" (Bacharach himself has cited the cover as a personal favourite ); and their subsequent hit "Promises, Promises
Promises, Promises (Naked Eyes song)

Promises, Promises was the second hit single for the United Kingdom New Wave music group Naked Eyes in 1983 in music. The song went on to become a top-twenty hit in the United States that October, peaking at #11....
".

Career

Naked Eyes was one of the first bands
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
 to make significant use of the Fairlight CMI
Fairlight CMI

The Fairlight CMI was the first polyphonic digital Sampler synthesizer. It was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia....
 sampling
Sampler (musical instrument)

A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a synthesizer. Instead of generating sounds from scratch, however, a sampler starts with multiple recordings of different sounds added by the user, and then plays each back based on how the instrument is configured....
 synthesizer
Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequency....
 on a pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 recording
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
. Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel is a Grammy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated England musician and songwriter. He first rose to fame as the lead vocals and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis ....
 and Kate Bush
Kate Bush

Kate Bush is an England singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and Idiosyncrasy lyrics have made her one of England's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years having sold over 20,000,000 records worldwide....
 had used the instrument on prior efforts, but the usage had been far less than Naked Eyes would employ on their debut effort. The debut album Burning Bridges was produced
Record producer

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 by Tony Mansfield
Tony Mansfield

Tony Mansfield is an England songwriter, musician and record producer....
 along with the follow up album Fuel For The Fire
Fuel for the Fire (Naked Eyes album)

Fuel For The Fire was Naked Eyes' 1984 follow-up album to their successful d?but. However, it was met with far less critical success and subsequently flopped....
 which also featured two titles produced by Arthur Baker.

Naked Eyes consisted of childhood friends from Bath, England
England

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: Pete Byrne
Pete Byrne

Pete Byrne is an Los Angeles, California, California, based English people musician, and lead singer for the pop music duet , Naked Eyes, during the earlier years of the 1980s....
 on vocals and Rob Fisher
Rob Fisher

Rob Fisher was a United Kingdom keyboardist and songwriter from Bath, Somerset, England, who achieved chart success as a member of Naked Eyes, and later Climie Fisher....
 on keyboards
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
. The two had formerly played in a band called Neon with future members of Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears are an England pop rock band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the Mod -influenced Graduate , they were initially associated with the New Wave music synthesizer bands of the early 1980s, but later branched out into mainstream rock and pop which led to...
 and stayed together as a duo
Duet (music)

A duet is a musical composition or musical piece for two performers. In classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word Wiktionary:duo is also often used....
 after the group broke up. Naked Eyes are one of the few to have enjoyed significant success outside their country of origin, notably in the U.S.
United States

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 and in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, yet remain almost unknown in their homeland.

Their second and third singles
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
, "Promises, Promises" (which appears in an episode of the TV series, Knight Rider
Knight Rider

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, and the 12" mix of which features vocals from Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
) and "When the Lights Go Out", were also hit singles, mainly in the U.S. and in Canada. However, their second album Fuel for the Fire and the single "(What) In the Name of Love", were not as well-received, and the group broke up soon after its release. Byrne ended up doing session
Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
 work (he is heard on Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the 20th century, Wonder has recorded more than thirty US top ten hits, won twenty-two Grammy Awards , plus one for Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, won an Academy Award for Best Song, an...
's "Part-Time Lover", and wrote
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
  and produced "I Am the Cute One" for Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen in 1992) while Fisher joined another duo, Climie Fisher
Climie Fisher

Climie Fisher were a United Kingdom pop music duet formed by singer Simon Climie and former Naked Eyes keyboardist Rob Fisher . In 1988, they had a great success with two big international hit singles....
.

Fisher died 25 August 1999 from complications following stomach surgery.

Byrne released a solo
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
 album The Real Illusion in 2001, which featured some of the last tracks he wrote with Fisher for a proposed third Naked Eyes album.

More recently, the Naked Eyes version of "Always Something There To Remind Me" was used in the trailers of the Vince Vaughn/Jennifer Aniston hit comedy The Breakup
The Breakup

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.

On 31 July 2007, Naked Eyes, featuring Byrne, released Fumbling With The Covers, an all-new CD which consists of covers
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 of Bob Dylan, The Beatles
The Beatles

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, Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello is an England musician and singer-songwriter. Costello came to prominence as an early participant in London's Pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres, before establishing his own unique voice in the 1980s....
, along with Naked Eyes hits.

In the summer of 2008 Naked Eyes completed a cross-country US Tour along with Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Jo Carlisle is an United States singer. Carlisle has enjoyed success twice during her career, first as lead singer and founding member of the seminal, all-female band New Wave music band The Go-Go's, then as a successful international solo artist....
, ABC (band)
ABC (band)

ABC are a British people Synthpop band that charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. The band continues to tour to this day and released a new album, Traffic , on April 28, 2008....
 and Human League.

Currently, Naked Eyes is working on "Piccadilly
Piccadilly

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", its first album of original songs in more than 25 years.

Discography


Albums

  • Burning Bridges (1983) - (released as Naked Eyes in the U.S. and Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
    ) #32 US
  • Fuel For The Fire
    Fuel for the Fire (Naked Eyes album)

    Fuel For The Fire was Naked Eyes' 1984 follow-up album to their successful d?but. However, it was met with far less critical success and subsequently flopped....
     (1984) #83 U.S.
  • Fumbling With The Covers (2007)
  • Piccadilly (2009)


Singles

Year Song US Hot 100
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 US Dance US A.C. Canada Singles UK Singles
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 Album
1983
1983 in music

Events*Publication of A Generative Theory of Tonal Music by Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff.*February 6 - Madonna released her first ever album after signing to Warner Bros.....
 "Always Something There to Remind Me"83731859Burning Bridges/Naked Eyes
1983 "Promises, Promises"113219695
1983 "When the Lights Go Out"37----
1984
1984 in music

Events*January 21 - "Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40....
 "(What) In the Name of Love"3935--- Fuel for the Fire


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