Burning Bridges (Naked Eyes album)

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.

US release
The North American release of Burning Bridges was issued in April 1983, retitled as Naked Eyes and released with an alternate cover.

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
 * Pete Byrne – vocals
 * Rob Fisher – keyboards (Fairlight CMI, Synclavier 2, PPG Wave 2.2, E-mu Emulator, Oberheim OB-Xa, Prophet-5), grand piano, harpsichord

Additional musicians
 * Tony Mansfield – guitars, bass guitar, Simmons drums, LinnDrum programming, Linn LM-1 programming
 * Phil Towner – drums
 * C. C. Smith – horns
 * Martin Dobson – saxophone, flute

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
 * Tony Mansfield – producer
 * Hadyn Bendall – engineer
 * Jules Bowen – engineer
 * Bill Smith – art direction, design
 * Andrew Douglas – photography