''Third Eye'' is the sole studio album by British band

Monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in Atmosphere of Earth, atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annu ...

Track listing

''Third Eye'' (original release)

#"Wings of the Dawn (Prem Kavita)" (Steve Coe, Martin Smith, Jhalib) – 3:56 #"

Tomorrow Never Knows "Tomorrow Never Knows" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released in August 1966 as the final track on their album ''Revolver'', although it was the firs ...

" (

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's ...

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John ...

) – 4:01 #"Third Eye and Tikka T.V." (Coe) – 2:53 #"Eyes" (Coe, Smith) – 3:41 #"Shakti (The Meaning of Within)" (Coe) – 4:04 #"

Ever So Lonely "Ever So Lonely" is the debut single by British band Monsoon with Sheila Chandra on vocals. The song was written by Steve Coe and was released in August 1981. The single became a 12 hit in the United Kingdom following a re-release in March 1982 ...

" (Coe) – 6:12 #"You Can't Take Me with You" (Coe, Smith) – 3:04 #"And I You" (Coe) – 3:28 #"Kashmir" (Coe, Smith) – 4:00 #"Watchers of the Night" (Coe, Smith) – 3:47

''Monsoon featuring Sheila Chandra''

In 1995, the album was re-released under the above title with the following extra tracks: #"Indian Princess" – 3:20 #"Sunset over the Ganges" – 3:16 #"Ever So Lonely (Hindi Version)" – 5:55 #"Wings of the Dawn (Prem Kavita) (Hindi Version)" – 4:02 #"Ever So Lonely (Ben Chapman Remix)" – 6:24 #"Ever So Lonely (Ben Chapman Instrumental Remix)" – 6:21

''Third Eye'' (deluxe reissue)

The album was released again in 2022, under its original title, with the additional tracks from the 1995 release and the following further additional tracks: #"Man Who Makes Time" #"With Your Love" #"Ever So Lonely (EP version 1981)" #"Mirror of your Mind" #"Shout 'til you're Heard" #"Ever So Lonely (Ben Chapman 7" Remix)" #"Ever So Lonely (Ben Chapman 7" Instrumental Remix)" #"Ever So Lonely (Capital Radio Session March 1982)" #"Sunset Over the Ganges (Capital Radio Session March 1982)" #"Shakti (The Meaning of Within) (Capital Radio Session March 1982)" #"Shout 'til you're Heard (Capital Radio Session March 1982)" #"Shakti (The Meaning of Within) (12" version)" #"Ever So Lonely (Dub version)" #"And I You (edit)" #"Wings of the Dawn (Prem Kavita) (7" version)" #"Tomorrow Never Knows (7" version)" #"Ever So Lonely (7" version)" #"Ever So Lonely (edit)"

Personnel

Sheila Chandra Sheila Savithri Elizabeth Chandra (born 14 March 1965) is a retired English pop singer of Indian descent. She began her career as an actress in the late 1970s before launching a music career in the early 1980s. Her career ended prematurely in 2 ...

– lead vocal, backing vocals *

Steve Coe Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen. Notable people A–D * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Abel (born 1970), New Zealand politician * Steve Adams (disambiguation), sev ...

– pianos,

celeste Celeste may refer to: Geography * Mount Celeste, unofficial name of a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada * Celeste, Texas, a rural city in North Texas ** Celeste High School, public high school located in the city of Celes ...

swarmandel The ''swarmandal'' ( ), ''surmandal'', or Indian harp is a plucked box zither, originating from India, similar to the qanun that is today most commonly used as an accompanying instrument for vocal Indian classical music. It is part of the cultu ...

gong A gongFrom Indonesian language, Indonesian and ; ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ; ; ; ; is a percussion instrument originating from Southeast Asia, and used widely in Southeast Asian and East Asian musical traditions. Gongs are made of metal and ...

, organ,

cabasa The cabasa, similar to the shekere, is a percussion instrument that is constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder. The cylinder is fixed to a long, wooden or plastic handle. The metal cabasa was created by Mar ...

, backing vocals *Martin Smith – 8-string bass guitar, 4-string bass guitar,

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

, tamboura, piano,

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in 19th-century India. Khusrau K ...

tabla A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...

ektara The ''ektara'' (, , , , , ; literally 'one-string', also called ''actara'', ''iktar'', ''ektar'', , ''yaktaro'', ''gopichand'', ''gopichant'', ''golki'' , ''gopijiantra'', ''tun tuna'') is a one-stringed musical instrument used in the traditio ...

, backing vocals with *Dari Mankoo – sitar *Clem Alford – sitar *Jhalib – tabla, Indian percussion Guest musicians *Dinesh – tabla *

Preston Heyman Preston Heyman is a British record producer, drummer and percussionist. He is credited on the Kate Bush album '' Never for Ever''. Not too long afterwards, he was recruited to be the drummer for Atomic Rooster's reformation, and appeared on th ...

–

ghatam The ''ghaṭam'' (Sanskrit: घटm ''ghaṭ''; Kannada: ಘಟ ''ghaṭa''; Tamil: கடம் ''ghatam''; Telugu: ఘటం ''ghataṃ''; Malayalam: ഘടം ''ghataṃ'') is a percussion instrument used in various repertoires across the ...

gamelan Gamelan (; ; , ; ) is the traditional musical ensemble, ensemble music of the Javanese people, Javanese, Sundanese people, Sundanese, and Balinese people, Balinese peoples of Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussion instrument, per ...

, timbali, gong,

cowbell A cowbell (or cow bell) is a bell (instrument), bell worn around the neck of free-roaming livestock so herders can keep track of an animal via the sound of the bell when the animal is grazing out of view in hilly landscapes or vast plains. ...

rototom The rototom is a shell-less drum developed by Al Payson and Michael Colgrass that is able to change pitch by rotating its drumhead around a threaded metal ring. Unlike many types of drums, rototoms are designed to have a variable definite pi ...

tom-toms A tom drum (also known as a tom-tom) is a cylindrical drum with no snares, named from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala language. It was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century. Most toms range in size between in diameter, thoug ...

wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder ...

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, thoug ...

s, cabasa,

fire extinguisher A fire extinguisher is a handheld active fire protection device usually filled with a dry or wet chemical used to extinguish or control small fires, often in emergencies. It is not intended for use on an out-of-control fire, such as one which ha ...

Bill Nelson Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician, attorney, and former astronaut who served from 2001 to 2019 as a United States Senate, United States senator from Florida and from 2021 to 2025 as the Administrator ...

– electric guitars *Paul James –

shenai Shenoy is a surname from coastal Karnataka and Goa in India. It is found among Hindus of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community following Smartha Sampradaya of Kavale Matha or Madhva Sampradaya of either Gokarna Matha or Kashi Matha. T ...

, pipes,

recorder Recorder or The Recorder may refer to: Newspapers * ''Indianapolis Recorder'', a weekly newspaper * ''The Recorder'' (Massachusetts newspaper), a daily newspaper published in Greenfield, Massachusetts, US * ''The Recorder'' (Port Pirie), a newsp ...

s *Cliff Stapleton –

hurdy-gurdy The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-turned crank, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin (or nyckelharpa) bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar ...

on "Kashmir" *Richard Bragg –

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

*Norman Bragg – mandolin *Deepak Khazanchi –

santoor The Indian santoor instrument is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer, and a variation of the Iranian santur. The instrument is generally made of walnut wood and has 25 bridges. Each bridge has 4 strings, making for a total of 100 strings. It ...

*Chris Hunter – flute *Punita Gupta – sitar on "Tomorrow Never Knows" *

Dave Balfe David Balfe (born 1958) is an English musician and record company executive, most notable for playing keyboards with the Teardrop Explodes, founding the Zoo and Food independent record labels, signing Blur and for being the subject of their ...

– synthesizer * Merrick – drums

Recording

Recorded at

Rockfield Studios Rockfield Studios is a residential recording studio located in the Wye Valley just outside the village of Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales. It was founded in 1963 by brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward. Recording studios Rockfield is a two-stu ...

, Wales
Additional recording and mixing at

Sarm Studios Sarm Studios is an independent recording studio in London. Originally founded in east London in 1973, the studio's original location was renamed Sarm East Studios in 1982 when Jill Sinclair and Trevor Horn purchased Basing Street Studios from Is ...

, London * Hugh Jones and Steve Coe – producer * Hugh Jones – engineer * Stuart Bruce – assistant engineer (Sarm Studios) * Julian Mendelsohn – assistant engineer (Sarm Studios)

Release history

References

*Liner notes to ''Third Eye'' (Great Expectations PIPCD 001)
Monsoon at www.discogs.com
1983 debut albums Monsoon (band) albums Mercury Records albums Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios {{1980s-pop-rock-album-stub