On May 9, 2000, “Epic” label released “Open the Door”, the fourth Roger Hodgson album. It was recorded 1998 – 2000, at “Studio Arpege” in Les Sorinieres, France, “Eglise Notre Dame de Bon-Port” in Nantes, France, “Unicorn Studios” in Nevada City, California, “Barrandov Studios” in Prague, Czech Republic, and was produced by Alan Simon, Roger Hodgson.
Personnel:
- Roger Hodgson – vocals, 12 string and electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, harmonium, pipe organ, harpsichord, church organ
- Trevor Rabin – electric guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Claude Samard – banjo, dobroslide and pedal steel guitar, bouzouki, oud
- Manuel Delgado – Spanish guitar, palmas
- Dan Ar Braz – arpeggio guitar
- Laurent Vernerey – bass guitar
- Alan Thomson – bass guitar
- Arnaud Dunoyer – Hammond organ
- Olivier Rousseau – piano
- Alan Simon – high whistle, bodhran, harmonica
- Loïc Ponthieu – drums, wavedrum
- Denis Banarrosh – percussion
- Gerry Conway – drums, percussion
- Jeff Phillips – drums
- Jean Pierre Meneghin – Scottish drums
- Gurvan Houdayer – Scottish drums
- Christophe Negre – saxophone
- Michel Gaucher – flute
- Zdenek Rys – oboe
- Bruno Le Rouzic – bagpipe
- Pascal Martin – uilleann pipe
- Jean Louis Roques – accordion
- Marco Canepa – Morse code
- Jean-Jacques Milteau – harmonica
- Dominique Regef – rebec, Hurdy Gurdy
- Didier Lockwood – violin
- Pavel Belohlavek – cello
- Ilana Russell (Alana Cunningham) – children’s choir
- Sierrah Dietz – children’s chorus
- Justine Black – children’s chorus
- Molly Katwman – children’s chorus
- Nikki Matheson – backing vocals
- The Symphonic Orchestra of Prague – conducted by Mario Klemens
- The Bulgarian Voices “Philippopolis” – conducted by Hristo Arabadjiev
- Samples from: speech by Queen Elizabeth II, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Ronald Reagan, Sevik the wolf
Track listing:
All tracks by Roger Hodgson, except where noted.
- Along Came Mary
- The More I Look
- Showdown
- Hungry
- The Garden
- Death and a Zoo
- Love is a Thousand Times
- Say Goodbye
- Open the Door
- For Every Man – Roger Hodgson, Alan Simon
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