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.

1. Along Came Mary
2. The More I Look
3. Showdown
4. Hungry
5. The Garden
6. Death and a Zoo
7. Love is a Thousand Times
8. Say Goodbye
9. Open the Door
10. For Every Man – Roger Hodgson, Alan Simon