Testimony (Neal Morse album)

Testimony
Studio album by Neal Morse
Released	23 September 2003
Recorded	The Morse House, Nashville 2003
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	123:43 137:22 (for the Ltd. Edition)
Label	InsideOut Music
Producer	Rich Mouser
Neal Morse chronology
The Transatlantic Demos (2003) Testimony (2003) Testimony Live (2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
DPRP	(?)[2]
Tollbooth	(positive)[3]
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Testimony is a progressive rock concept album by Neal Morse. Released in 2003, this double-album is in five sections detailing the composer's life and conversion to Christianity.^[4] The album features performances from ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy and Kerry Livgren of Kansas,^[5] although the majority of instruments are played by Morse himself.

Footage from the writing and recording sessions for this album was released as a two hour long DVD titled Making of Testimony: Rough Edit in September 2007

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Neal Morse.

Disc One

Part 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Land of Beginning Again"	3:10
2.	"Overture No. 1"	5:58
3.	"California Nights"	5:46
4.	"Colder in the Sun"	6:20
5.	"Sleeping Jesus"	5:32
6.	"Interlude"	1:56
7.	"The Prince of the Power of the Air"	2:43
8.	"The Promise"	2:52
9.	"Wasted Life"	6:50
Total length:		41:08

Part 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Overture No. 2"	2:31
2.	"Break of Day"	6:55
3.	"Power in the Air"	5:03
4.	"Somber Days"	5:06
5.	"Long Story"	5:35
6.	"It's All I Can Do"	6:25
Total length:		31:38

Disc Two

Part 3
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Transformation"	3:00
2.	"Ready to Try"	4:48
3.	"Sing it High"	4:48
Total length:		12:06

Part 4
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Moving in my Heart"	3:06
2.	"I Am Willing"	6:28
3.	"In the Middle"	2:27
4.	"The Storm Before the Calm"	7:31
5.	"Oh, to Feel Him"	6:17
6.	"God's Theme"	2:31
Total length:		28:19

Part 5
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Overture No. 3"	1:05
2.	"Rejoice"	2:28
3.	"Oh Lord My God"	3:54
4.	"God's Theme 2"	2:10
5.	"The Land of Beginning Again"	0:54
Total length:		10:33

Disc Three (Limited Edition)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The fang... sings!"	0:18
2.	"Tuesday Afternoon/Find My Way Back Home""	13:21
Total length:		13:39

Personnel

• Neal Morse - producer, composer, guitars, synth, piano, organ, vocals
• Mike Portnoy - drums
• Kerry Livgren - guitar solo on "Long Story"
• Eric Brenton - violin, flute
• Chris Carmichael - violin, cello, strings
• David Henry - cello
• Jim Hoke - sax
• Neil Rosengarden - trumpet
• Katie Hagen - French horn
• Mark Leniger - sax
• Byron House - string bass
• Glenn Caruba - percussion
• Johnny Cox - pedal steel guitar
• Jerry Guidrox - guitar
• Pamela Ward, Aaron Marshall, Rick Altizer, Terry White, Gene Miller - backing vocals

Release details

• 2003, UK, Inside Out Music/Spv 6-93723-60412-1, Release Date 22 September 2003, CD
• 2003, UK, Inside Out Music/Spv 6-93723-00502-7, Release Date 29 September 2003, CD (Special Edition 3 CD set)
• 2003, USA, Radiant Records I491302, Release Date 22 September 2003, CD

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ DPRP review
3. ^ Tollbooth review
4. ^ "Allmusic: Testimony review". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r657888/review. Retrieved 1 July 2009. 
5. ^ "Neal Morse official website: Testimony". http://www.nealmorse.com/pages/discography.asp?n=testimony. Retrieved 1 July 2009.