Burning Bridges
Studio album by
Naked Eyes
Released16 March 1983
Recorded1982–1983
StudioAbbey Road, Eel Pie
Genre
Length44:03
LabelEMI (UK/Europe)
EMI America (US/Canada)
ProducerTony Mansfield
Naked Eyes chronology
Burning Bridges
(1983) 		Fuel for the Fire
(1984)
North America/Japan cover
Singles from Burning Bridges
  1. "Always Something There to Remind Me"
    Released: January 1983
  2. "Promises, Promises"
    Released: 1983
  3. "When the Lights Go Out"
    Released: 1983
  4. "Voices in My Head"
    Released: 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Burning Bridges is the debut studio album by English new wave band Naked Eyes, released on 16 March 1983 by EMI and EMI America Records. 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 on the UK Singles Chart and US No. 8 in July 1983 before "Promises, Promises" reached US No. 11 and "When the Lights Go Out" US No. 37. The album was released for the first time on CD in 2012 by Cherry Red Records.[2]

Track listing

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"
3:40
5."Fortune & 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"4:26

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"3:46
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." The single, "Sweet Poison" was absent from the album and later issued as a single, then paired as a B-side for "Voices in My Head", both on vinyl, 7". Also, "Pit Stop" was released as a B-side for "Always Something There to Remind Me" on vinyl, 12", maxi-single, in late 1982.

Personnel

Naked Eyes

Additional musicians

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.

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Burning Bridges/Naked Eyes
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[6] 88
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 28
US Billboard 200[8] 32

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r45320
  2. ^ "Cherry Red Records - naked eyes, burning bridges, special edition, cherry pop, pop". Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  3. ^ Naked Eyes Album EMI America ST-17089
  4. ^ "Naked Eyes- Burning Bridges". Discogs. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Naked Eyes- self-titled album (American release)". Discogs. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 213. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "Charts.nz – Naked EYes – Burning Bridges". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  8. ^ Billboard, Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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