''Third Eye Open'' is a 1992 album by American funk/rock

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. Hardware consists of lead guitarist

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bassist

Bootsy Collins William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American bass guitarist and singer. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins established himself as one of the leading ...

, and drummer

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, formerly of the

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. The album was produced by

Bill Laswell William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, ...

and Salas, and was the first release to be part of Laswell's Black Arc Series, which includes '' Lord of the Harvest'' by Zillatron, ''

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'' by O.G. Funk, and ''Under the 6'' by Slave Master.

Album history

When the album was first released in Japan on the Polystar label, the band was called The Third Eye and the name of the album was "Hardware". When the album secured distribution in the U.S., it was found that another band had owned the name "The Third Eye". To avoid any further legal hassles, it was opted that the title of the album and the name of band would simply be switched, thus the name of the band would be Hardware and the title of the album became ''Third Eye Open''. The song "Leakin'" is a version of a track that appeared on Collins' 1988 album ''

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'', which featured Salas playing guitar. On this album, the song is credited to Salas, whereas the previous version is credited to Collins, George Clinton and Trey Stone.

Track listing

Personnel

– guitars, vocals *

– space bass, vocals *

– drums, fuzz bass, vocals * George Clinton, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper,

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– background vocals *David Friendly, Vince McClean, Matt Stein – digital bollocks {{Authority control Hardware (band) albums 1992 albums Albums produced by Bill Laswell Rykodisc albums