Open is an album by the Canada band Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alternative country/blues/folk rock band. The group was formed in Toronto in 1985 by Margo Timmins , Michael Timmins , Peter Timmins and Alan Anton ....

, released in 2001.

It was their third independent release after the end of their contract with Geffen Records

Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...

, and the first of those to feature new material.

The album was released on Latent Records

Latent Records

Latent Recordings is a Canadian independent record label owned and operated by Cowboy Junkies. The label's current incarnation is a downloading website where tracks from the old catalog, and new releases can be purchased and downloaded for play on computers and portable devices.-History:The label...

 in Canada

Canada

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, and on Zoe Records

Zoë Records

Zoë Records is an independent record label in the United States. It is a part of the Rounder Records group.Zoë predominantly distributes albums by folk rock and alternative pop artists...

 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
   Margo Timmins
   Margo Timmins is the lead vocalist of the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies. She is the sister of Michael Timmins, the band's lead guitarist and Peter Timmins, the band's drummer...
   
   , 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

Waltz Across America

Waltz Across America is a 2000 album by the Canadian rock band Cowboy Junkies.A live album, it was released on the band's independent label, Latent Records. Unlike most of the band's albums, it was not released in the United Kingdom...

.

Personnel

• Margo Timmins
  Margo Timmins
  Margo Timmins is the lead vocalist of the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies. She is the sister of Michael Timmins, the band's lead guitarist and Peter Timmins, the band's drummer...
  
   – 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