Open the Door (Roger Hodgson album)

Open the Door
Studio album by Roger Hodgson
Released	2000
Recorded	1998-2000
Genre	Rock
Label	Epic
Producer	Roger Hodgson, Alan Simon
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Roger Hodgson chronology
Rites of Passage (1997) Open the Door (2000) Classics Live (2010)

Open the Door is the third (and last to date) solo album by Roger Hodgson. It was his first studio release since 1987. It was released by Epic Records. The album was recorded entirely in France and features mostly French Musicians as his backup band except for a few. This is Hodgson's only solo album to be recorded outside of The United States.

Once again collaborating with Hodgson, former Yes (band) guitarist and vocalist Trevor Rabin contributed background vocals on "The More I Look".

Track listing

1. "Along Came Mary" 6:24
2. "The More I Look" 4:47
3. "Showdown" 5:12
4. "Hungry" 4:54
5. "The Garden" 2:40
6. "Death and a Zoo" 7:24
7. "Love is a Thousand Times" 3:56
8. "Say Goodbye" 3:59
9. "Open the Door" 8:44
10. "For Every Man" (co-written with Alan Simon) 4:43

Personnel

• Roger Hodgson: vocals, guitars, 12 string guitar, keyboards, harmonium, piano, pipe organ, harpsichord, Bass Guitar
• Alan Simon: high whistle, bodhran, harmonica
• Loïc Ponthieu: drums, wavedrum
• Laurent Verneret: bass guitar
• Denis Banarrosh: percussion
• Gerry Conway: percussion, drums
• Christophe Negre: saxophone
• Bruno Le Rouzic: bagpipe
• Pascal Martin: uilleann pipe
• Arnaud Dunoyer: Hammond organ
• Jean Louis Roques: accordion
• Jean Pierre Meneghin: Scottish drums
• Gurvan Houdayer: Scottish drums
• Marco Canepa: Morse code
• Trevor Rabin: electric guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Olivier Rousseau: piano
• Didier Lockwood: violin
• Jean-Jacques Milteau: harmonica
• Claude Samard: banjo, dobro slide guitar, bouzouki, pedal steel guitar, oud
• Dominique Regef: rebec, vielle a roue
• Jeff Phillips: drums
• Alan Thomson: bass guitar
• Zdenek Rys: oboe
• Pavel Belohlavek: cello
• Michel Gaucher: flute
• Manuel Delgado: Spanish guitar, palmas
• Dan Ar Braz: arpegg. guitar
• Ilana Russell (Alana Cunningham): children's chorus
• Sierrah Dietz: children's chorus
• Justine Black: children's chorus
• Molly Katwman: children's chorus

• 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