Naked Eyes
is a British synthpop band that first became popular in the 1980s. The duo is known for their singles: a cover of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" (Bacharach himself has cited the cover as a personal favourite), and their subsequent hits "Promises, Promises" "When The Lights Go Out" and "(What) In The Name Of Love".
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Career
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Naked Eyes was one of the first
bands to make significant use of the
Fairlight CMI sampling synthesizer on a
pop recording.
Peter Gabriel and
Kate Bush had used the instrument on prior efforts, but the usage had been far less than Naked Eyes would employ on their debut effort. The debut album
Burning Bridges
was
produced by
Tony Mansfield, along with the follow up album
Fuel For The Fire
, which also featured two titles produced by
Arthur Baker.
Naked Eyes consisted of childhood friends from
Bath,
England:
Pete Byrne on
vocals and
Rob Fisher on
keyboards. The two had formerly played in a band called Neon with future members of
Tears for Fears and stayed together as a duo after the group broke up. Naked Eyes are one of the few to have enjoyed significant success outside their country of origin, notably in the
U.S. and in
Canada, yet remain almost unknown in their homeland.
Their second and third
singles, "Promises, Promises" (which appears in an episode of the
TV series,
Knight Rider
, and the 12" mix of which features vocals from
Madonna) and "When the Lights Go Out", were also
hit singles, mainly in the U.S. and in Canada. However, their second album
Fuel for the Fire
and the single "(What) In the Name of Love", were not as well-received, and the group broke up soon after its release. Byrne ended up doing
session work (he is heard on
Stevie Wonder's "Part-Time Lover", and
wrote and produced "I Am the Cute One" for
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen in 1992) while Fisher joined another duo,
Climie Fisher.
Fisher died on
25 August 1999, aged 39, following surgery for an illness which turned out to be
bowel cancer.
Byrne released a
solo album
The Real Illusion
in 2001, which featured some of the last tracks he wrote with Fisher for a proposed third Naked Eyes album.
More recently, the Naked Eyes version of "Always Something There To Remind Me" was used in the trailers of the
Vince Vaughn/
Jennifer Aniston comedy,
The Break-Up
.
On 31 July 2007, Naked Eyes, featuring Byrne, released
Fumbling With The Covers
, which consisted of
covers of
Bob Dylan,
The Beatles and
Elvis Costello songs, along with Naked Eyes hits.
In the summer of 2008, Naked Eyes completed a U.S.
tour along with
Belinda Carlisle,
ABC and
The Human League.
Currently, Naked Eyes is working on 'Piccadilly', its first album of original songs in more than 25 years.
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Discography
Albums
- Burning Bridges
(1983) - (released as Naked Eyes
in the U.S. and Canada) #32 US
- Fuel For The Fire
(1984) #83 U.S.
- Fumbling With The Covers
(2007)
- Piccadilly
(2009)
Singles
Year
| Song
| U.S. Hot 100
| U.S. Dance
| U.S. A.C.
| Canada Singles
| UK Singles Chart [1]
| Album
|
1983
| "Always Something There to Remind Me"
| 8
| 37
| 31
| 8
| 59
| Burning Bridges/Naked Eyes
|
1983
| "Promises, Promises"
| 11
| 32
| 19
| 6
| -
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1983
| "When the Lights Go Out"
| 37
| -
| -
| -
| -
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1984
| "(What) In the Name of Love"
| 39
| 35
| -
| -
| -
| Fuel for the Fire
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References
- British Hit Singles & Albums