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{{Infobox album
| Name = Every Open Eye
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Chvrches]]
| Cover = Every_Open_Eye.jpg
| Genre = [[Synthpop]]<ref name="popmattersreview"/>, [[Pop music|pop]]<ref name="slantreview"/>
| Length = 42:02
| Released = 25 September 20155
| Label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]], [[Glassnote Records|Glassnote]]
| Producer = Chvrches
| Last album = ''[[The Bones of What You Believe]]''<br />(2013)
| This album = '''''Every Open Eye'''''<br />(2015)
}}
'''''Every Open Eye''''' is the second studio album by Scottish [[synthpop]] band [[Chvrches]], released on 25 September 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/CHVRCHES/photos/a.433934966633102.115072.334533196573280/1153103098049615/?type=1 |title=CHVRCHES - Timeline Photos}}</ref> Self-produced, it is the band's follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut, ''[[The Bones of What You Believe]]'' (2013).<ref name="thebonesMC">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-bones-of-what-you-believe/chvrches |title=The Bones of What You Believe – Chvrches |publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive}}</ref> The album title comes from a lyric in the song "Clearest Blue".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpFXXPruuqU |title=CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue (lyric video) - Youtube}}</ref>
==Recording and production==
Chvrches began work on their second album in January 2015, six weeks after returning from touring to promote ''[[The Bones of What You Believe]]''.<ref name="Snapes 2015">{{cite web|last1=Snapes|first1=Laura|title=Keeping it Unreal: In the Studio with Chvrches|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9670-keeping-it-unreal-in-the-studio-with-chvrches/|publisher=''Pitchfork Media''|date=22 June 2015}}</ref> Recording took place in a studio in a basement flat owned by Cook,<ref name="Nicholson 2015">{{cite news|last1=Nicholson|first1=Rebecca|title=Chvrches: ‘We could have sold 200,000 more records if we hid us boys out of view’|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/20/chvrches-we-could-have-sold-200000-more-records-if-we-hid-the-boys-out-of-view|accessdate=26 September 2015|work=The Guardian|date=20 August 2015}}</ref> refurbished with the advance for the new album.<ref name="Snapes 2015"/> The trio would write a rough instrumental, Mayberry would pen lyrics and they would then put together a demo track.<ref name="Rickman 2015">{{cite web|last1=Rickman|first1=Martin|title=Clear Eyes: How CHVRCHES Learned To Ignore The Hype, And Haters, For Their Big Second Album|url=http://uproxx.com/music/2015/09/chvrches-every-open-eye-feature/|website=Uproxx|date=24 September 2015}}</ref> The band wrote around thirty demos in all.<ref name="Haynes 2015">{{cite web|last1=Haynes|first1=Gavin|title=Chvrches Interview: The Synth-Pop Heartbreakers On The "Avalanche Of Sound" On Their New Album|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/chvrches-interview-the-synth-pop-heartbreakers-on-the-avalanche-of-sound-on-their-new-album|website=NME|date=16 July 2015}}</ref> Producing all the music themselves,<ref name="Savage 2015">{{cite news|last1=Savage|first1=Mike|title=Chvrches interview: 'We won't live in fear'|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34340401|work=BBC News Online|date=26 September 2015}}</ref> they recorded 21 tracks in total. The recording process took about five months, with the band working six-hour days, five days a week.<ref name="Haynes 2015"/> The band were approached about the prospect of co-writing songs for the album, but refused; Doherty explained: "As we were making this album, a bunch of people offered to write with us, but we wanted to be an actual band."<ref name="Snapes 2015"/> Cook noted that they wanted the album "to sound and to feel spontaneous".<ref name="Nicholson 2015" />
"Clearest Blue", the seventeenth track recorded for the album, "came to define how the rest sounds", according to Doherty: "big and happy and sad and a banger".<ref name="Haynes 2015"/> The group determined democratically which tracks would be included on the album, and were in disagreement over inclusion of "Afterglow". On the final day of recording they slowed it down, removed the drum track and re-recorded the vocal track.<ref name="Haynes 2015"/> The vocals were recorded in a single take, with various background noises left in. Witnessing Mayberry's performance, Doherty was "quite emotional", and they made the decision that the track would close the album.<ref name="Savage 2015"/>
==Release==
On 15 July 2015 at [[Ottawa Bluesfest]], the band debuted the songs "Clearest Blue", "Leave a Trace" and "Make Them Gold" before a live audience.<ref name="Stereogum">{{cite web | url=http://www.stereogum.com/1816498/watch-chvrches-debut-leave-a-trace-clearest-blue-make-them-gold-at-ottawa-bluesfest/video/ | title=Watch Chvrches Debut "Leave A Trace,""Make Them Gold," & "Clearest Blue" at Ottawa Bluesfest | publisher=Stereogum | date=16 July 2015 | author=Claymore, Gabriella}}</ref>
On 17 July 2015, the band released the first single, "Leave a Trace", along with the formal announcement of the album's title, release date, cover art and track listing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1815436/chvrches-leave-a-trace/mp3s/ |title=Chvrches – "Leave A Trace" - Stereogum }}</ref>
On 12 August 2015, the band released the second single, "Never Ending Circles."
On 10 September 2015, the band released the third single, "Clearest Blue."
On 20 September 2015, the album debuted on NPR First Listen.<ref>{{Cite web|title = First Listen: Chvrches, 'Every Open Eye'|url = http://www.npr.org/2015/09/20/439491238/first-listen-chvrches-every-open-eye|website = NPR.org|accessdate = 2015-09-25|first = Laura|last = Snapes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Chvrches Stream ''Every Open Eye''|url = http://pitchfork.com/news/61292-chvrches-stream-every-open-eye/}}</ref>
''Every Open Eye'' was released on 25 September 2015.
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| MC = 77/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/every-open-eye/chvrches|title=Reviews for Every Open Eye by Chvrches|work=''Metacritic''|publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref>
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusicreview">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/every-open-eye-mw0002861832|title=Every Open Eye - Chvrches — Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|accessdate=24 September 2015|author=Phares, Heather|publisher=All Media Network|work=AllMusic}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''Alternative Press''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="altpress">{{cite journal|title=Chvrches – Every Open Eye|journal=Alternative Press|page=98|date=October 2015}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''The A.V. Club''
| rev3score = A<ref name="avclub">{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/chvrches-poised-big-things-its-excellent-2nd-album-225523|title=Chvrches is poised for big things on its excellent 2nd album|work=The A.V. Club|publisher=The Onion|author=Ryan, Kyle|date=25 September 2015}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''Billboard''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="billboardreview">{{cite web|title=Chvrches Doubles Down on Their Influential Synthpop Sound With ‘Every Open Eye’: Album Review|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6693416/chvrches-every-open-eye-album-review|author=Wilson, Carl|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|work=|Billboard|date=14 September 2015}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''NME''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="nmereview">{{cite web|last=Mackay|first=Emily|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/chvrches/16257|title=Chvrches – 'Every Open Eye'|work=NME|publisher=Time Inc. UK|date=16 September 2015}}</ref>
| rev6 = Pitchfork Media
| rev6score = 7.7/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Ian|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21104-every-open-eye/|title=Chvrches: Every Open Eye|work=Pitchfork Media|date=28 September 2015}}</ref>
| rev7 = PopMatters
| rev7score = 7/10<ref name="popmattersreview">{{cite web|last=Fitzgerald|first=Colin|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/chvrches-every-open-eye/|title=CHVRCHES: Every Open Eye|work=PopMatters|date=22 September 2015}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''Rolling Stone''
| rev8Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Dolan 2015">{{cite web|last1=Dolan|first1=Jon|title=Every Open Eye|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/chvrches-every-open-eye-20151001|website=Rolling Stone|date=1 October 2015}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''Slant Magazine''
| rev9Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="slantreview">{{cite web|last=Rainis|first=James|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/chvrches-every-open-eye|title=Chvrches: Every Open Eye|work=Slant Magazine|date=24 September 2015}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''Spin''
| rev10score = 7/10<ref name="spinreview">{{cite web|last=Weber|first=Theon|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/09/review-chvrches-every-open-eye/|title=Review: CHVRCHES Explore the Pleasures and Limitations of Synth-Pop on 'Every Open Eye'|work=Spin|publisher=SpinMedia|date=24 September 2015}}</ref>
}}
''Every Open Eye'' has received very positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a "weighted average" rating out of 100 from selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a Metascore of 77/100, based on 30 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."<ref name="MC" />
''Billboard's'' Carl Wilson's four out of five star review claims: "the sound is cleaner -- there are fewer of the stop-start hitches and processed-vocal effects from ''Bones'' -- the beats are more resounding, and the choruses often even more explosive."<ref name="billboardreview" /> Emily Mackay of the ''NME'' praised the album, calling it "a record like a deep gulp of cold air on a clear, bright morning after."<ref name="nmereview" /> Heather Phares of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars, writing, "even if ''Every Open Eye'' is cheerier-sounding than ''The Bones of What You Believe'', its emotions are just as complex."<ref name="allmusicreview" />
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = Standard edition
| title1 = Never Ending Circles
| length1 = 3:06
| title2 = Leave a Trace
| length2 = 3:57
| title3 = Keep You on My Side
| length3 = 4:25
| title4 = Make Them Gold
| length4 = 3:51
| title5 = Clearest Blue
| length5 = 3:53
| title6 = High Enough to Carry You Over
| length6 = 3:39
| title7 = Empty Threat
| length7 = 4:04
| title8 = Down Side of Me
| length8 = 5:10
| title9 = Playing Dead
| length9 = 3:35
| title10 = Bury It
| length10 = 3:08
| title11 = Afterglow
| length11 = 3:14
| total_length = 42:02
}}
{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Special/Deluxe edition<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/every-open-eye-special-edition/id1018529884 |title=Chvrches - Every Open Eye - Special Edition (iTunes)}}</ref>
| title12 = Get Away
| length12 = 4:40
| title13 = Follow You
| length13 = 3:54
| title14 = Bow Down
| length14 = 4:38
| total_length = 55:14
}}
{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = German Amazon edition<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.de/Every-Open-Eye-Chvrches/dp/B011PZT1NU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442673510&sr=8-1 |title=Chvrches - Every Open Eye - German Amazon Edition}}</ref>
| title12 = Up in Arms
| length12 = 5:08
| total_length = 47:10
}}
{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = German Amazon limited deluxe edition<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.de/Every-Open-Eye-Limited-Deluxe/dp/B011PZSY1A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1442673510&sr=8-2 |title=Chvrches - Every Open Eye - German Amazon Limited Deluxe Edition}}</ref>
| title12 = Up in Arms
| length12 = 5:08
| title13 = Get Away
| length13 = 4:40
| title14 = Follow You
| length14 = 3:54
| title15 = Bow Down
| length15 = 4:38
| total_length = 60:22
}}
{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Target exclusive edition<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.target.com/p/chvrches-every-open-eye-target-exclusive/-/A-50026164#prodSlot=medium_1_2&term=chvrches |title=Chvrches - Every Open Eye - Target Exclusive}}</ref>
| title12 = Up in Arms
| length12 = 5:08
| title13 = Get Away
| length13 = 4:40
| title14 = Follow You
| length14 = 3:54
| title15 = Bow Down
| length15 = 4:38
| title16 = Leave a Trace
| note16 = Live at [[Pitchfork Music Festival]]
| length16 = 3:57
| title17 = Clearest Blue
| note17 = Live at Pitchfork Music Festival
| length17 = 5:20
| total_length = 69:39
}}
{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Japanese edition<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/HSE-60222 |title=CD Japan : Every Open Eye Chvrches CD Album}}</ref>
| title12 = Get Away
| length12 = 4:40
| title13 = Follow You
| length13 = 3:54
| title14 = Bow Down
| length14 = 4:38
| title15 = Leave a Trace
| note15 = [[Four Tet]] Remix
| length15 = 6:49
| total_length = 62:03
}}
==Personnel==
Credits adapted from AllMusic.<ref name="allmusic-album-credits">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/every-open-eye-mw0002861832/credits | title=Chvrches - Every Open Eye album credits | publisher=AllMusic}}</ref>
* Amy Burrows — art direction, design
* Chvrches — composition, mixing, performance, production
* Danny Clinch — band photography
* Bob Ludwig — mastering
* David Simpson — engineer
* Mark "Spike" Stent — mixing
* Geoff Swan — mixing assistant
* Jez Tozer — cover photo
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Chvrches}}
[[Category:2015 albums]]
[[Category:Chvrches albums]]
[[Category:Virgin Records albums]]