Every Open Eye

Every Open Eye is the second studio album by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches.

Every Open Eye
Studio album by Chvrches
Released	25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
Recorded	January–July 2015[1]
Studio	Alucard Studios (Glasgow, Scotland)
Genre	Synth-pop[2]
Length	42:02
Label	Virgin EMI Goodbye
Producer	Chvrches
Chvrches chronology
The Bones of What You Believe (2013) Every Open Eye (2015) Love Is Dead (2018)
Singles from Every Open Eye
"Leave a Trace" Released: 17 July 2015 "Never Ending Circles" Released: 12 August 2015 "Clearest Blue" Released: 10 September 2015 "Empty Threat" Released: 19 October 2015 "Bury It" Released: 10 June 2016 (remix)

The album contains singles like "Leave a Trace", "Clearest Blue", "Empty Threat" and "Bury It".

The album has been certified Silver by the BPI in the UK with sales of sixty thousand copies.

Accolades

Publication	Rank	List
AbsolutePunk	29	Top 30 Albums of 2015[3]
AllMusic	—	Best Pop Albums of 2015[4]
American Songwriter	12	Top 50 Albums of 2015[5]
Blare	40	The Top 50 Albums of 2015[6]
CraveOnline	18	The 20 Best Albums of 2015[7]
Diffuser	43	The 50 Best Albums of 2015[8]
Entertainment Weekly	26	The 40 Best Albums of 2015[9]
The Guardian	31	The Best Albums of 2015[10]
FasterLouder	48	The 50 Best Albums of 2015[11]
Mashable	15	The 30 Best Albums of 2015[12]
NME	6	NME's Albums Of The Year 2015[13]
Paste	16	The 50 Best Albums of 2015[14]
Pigeons & Planes	33	The 50 Best Albums of 2015[15]
Popjustice	10	The Top 33 Albums of 2015[16]
PopMatters	42	The 80 Best Albums of 2015[17]
Pretty Much Amazing	37	Best 50 Albums of 2015[18]
Q	28	The 50 Best Albums of 2015[19]
The Skinny	21	The 50 Best Albums of 2015[20]
Spin	43	The 50 Best Albums of 2015[21]
	7	The 25 Best Pop Albums of 2015[22]
Stereogum	33	The 50 Best Albums of 2015[23]
Treble	25	The 50 Best Albums of 2015[24]
Under the Radar	9	Top 100 Albums of 2015[25]
Variance	20	The 50 Best Albums of 2015[26]

Commercial performance

Every Open Eye went to number four on the UK Albums Chart, selling 15,844 copies in its first week.^[27] In the United States, the album went to number eight on the Billboard 200 with 38,000 album units in its first week of release. Also, it went to number one on both the Top Rock Albums and the Alternative Albums charts.^[28]

Track listing

All tracks are written and produced by Chvrches.

Every Open Eye standard edition track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Never Ending Circles"	3:06
2.	"Leave a Trace"	3:57
3.	"Keep You on My Side"	4:25
4.	"Make Them Gold"	3:51
5.	"Clearest Blue"	3:53
6.	"High Enough to Carry You Over"	3:39
7.	"Empty Threat"	4:04
8.	"Down Side of Me"	5:10
9.	"Playing Dead"	3:35
10.	"Bury It"	3:08
11.	"Afterglow"	3:14
Total length:		42:02

Special/deluxe edition bonus tracks[29]
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Get Away"	4:40
13.	"Follow You"	3:54
14.	"Bow Down"	4:38
Total length:		55:14

German edition bonus track[30]
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Up in Arms"	5:08
Total length:		47:10

German limited deluxe edition bonus tracks[31]
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Up in Arms"	5:08
13.	"Get Away"	4:40
14.	"Follow You"	3:54
15.	"Bow Down"	4:38
Total length:		60:22

Target exclusive edition bonus tracks[32]
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Up in Arms"	5:08
13.	"Get Away"	4:40
14.	"Follow You"	3:54
15.	"Bow Down"	4:38
16.	"Leave a Trace" (Live at Pitchfork Music Festival)	3:57
17.	"Clearest Blue" (Live at Pitchfork Music Festival)	5:20
Total length:		69:39

Japanese edition bonus tracks[33]
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Get Away"	4:40
13.	"Follow You"	3:54
14.	"Bow Down"	4:38
15.	"Leave a Trace" (Four Tet Remix)	6:49
Total length:		62:03

Extended edition bonus tracks[34]
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Get Away"	4:40
13.	"Follow You"	3:54
14.	"Bow Down"	4:38
15.	"Warning Call" (Theme From Mirror's Edge Catalyst)	4:32
16.	"Bury It" (featuring Hayley Williams)	3:08
17.	"Leave a Trace" (Four Tet Remix)	6:49
18.	"Empty Threat" (Big Wild Remix)	3:28
19.	"Clearest Blue" (Gryffin Remix)	4:19
Total length:		82:38

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Every Open Eye.^[1]

• Chvrches – production (all tracks); mixing (track 11)
• David Simpson – recording engineering
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (tracks 1–10)
• Geoff Swan – mixing assistance
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Danny Clinch – band photography
• Jez Tozer – cover photography
• Amy Burrows – design, art direction

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[35] 3 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[36] 24 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[37] 20 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[38] 38 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[39] 11 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[40] 33 French Albums (SNEP)[41] 142 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[42] 20 Irish Albums (IRMA)[43] 4 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[44] 53 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[45] 10 Scottish Albums (OCC)[46] 1 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[47] 40 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[48] 57 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[49] 40 UK Albums (OCC)[50] 4 US Billboard 200[51] 8 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[52] 1 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[53] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Position US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[54] 64

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[55]	Gold	100,000
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone