Octane

by Spock's Beard

Octane cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 January 2005
  • Label: InsideOut Music
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 55:50
  • Community rating: 3.3/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Gina Ballina, Leah Katz, Eric Gorfain, The Section Quartet, Ryo Okumoto, Johnnie Corno, Nick D'Virgilio, Dave Meros, Ramon Flores, Daphne Chen, Richard Dodd

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing their musical journey without founding frontman Neal Morse, the American progressive rock veterans deliver their eighth studio album. The first half features an ambitious, multi-part continuous suite entitled 'A Flash Before My Eyes', successfully blending their signature complex musicianship with accessible, melodic rock hooks.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive

Tracklist

  1. The Ballet Of The Impact: (I) Prelude To The Past. (II) The Ultimate Quiet. (III) A Blizzard Of My Memories. (5:34)
  2. I Wouldn't Let It Go (4:53)
  3. Surfing Down The Avalanche (3:43)
  4. She Is Everything: (I) Strange What You Remember. (II) Words Of Forever. (6:46)
  5. Climbing Up That Hill (3:31)
  6. Letting Go (1:52)
  7. Of The Beauty Of It All: (I) If I Could Paint A Picture. (II) Into The Great Unknowable. (4:53)
  8. NWC (4:16)
  9. There Was A Time (4:58)
  10. The Planet's Hum (4:42)
  11. Watching The Tide (5:07)
  12. As Long As We Ride (5:35)

Credits

  • John Boegehold - arranged by [string and horn], effects [ambience, sounds], voice, written-by
  • Thomas Ewerhard - artwork by
  • Dave Meros - bass, written-by
  • Alan Morse - guitar [six and twelve-string electric], acoustic guitar, theremin, saw, vocals, written-by
  • Ryo Okumoto - keyboards, written-by
  • Nick D'Virgilio - lead vocals, backing vocals, drums, percussion, loops, guitar [electric], acoustic guitar, written-by
  • Stan Ausmus - other [video editing], written-by
  • Molly Pasutti - voice

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