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Octane Studio album by Spock's Beard Released February 1, 2005 Recorded 2005 Genre Progressive rock Length 55:49 Label InsideOut Music Producer Spock's Beard Spock's Beard chronology Feel Euphoria
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Octane is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard. The first seven tracks form the multi-part epic "A Flash Before My Eyes". A Special Edition release contained a second disc of more music and a video.
Contents
Track listing
Disc One
- "A Flash Before My Eyes" – 31:12
- "The Ballet of the Impact" (Dave Meros, John Boegehold) – 5:34
- "Prelude to the Past"
- "The Ultimate Quiet"
- "A Blizzard of My Memories"
- "I Wouldn't Let It Go" (Alan Morse, Boegehold) – 4:53
- "Surfing Down the Avalanche" (Nick D'Virgilio, Meros, Boegehold) – 3:43
- "She Is Everything" (Meros, Boegehold) – 6:46
- "Strange What You Remember"
- "Words of Forever"
- "Climbing Up That Hill" (Meros, Boegehold) – 3:31
- "Letting Go" (Ryo Okumoto) – 1:52
- "Of the Beauty of It All" (Meros, Boegehold) – 4:53
- "If I Could Paint a Picture"
- "Into the Great Unknowable"
- "The Ballet of the Impact" (Dave Meros, John Boegehold) – 5:34
- "NWC" (D'Virgilio) – 4:16
- "There Was a Time" (Morse, Boegehold) – 4:58
- "The Planet's Hum" (D'Virgilio, Morse, Stan Ausmus) – 4:42
- "Watching the Tide" (D'Virgilio) – 5:07
- "As Long As We Ride" (D'Virgilio, Morse, Boegehold) – 5:34
Disc Two (Special Edition Bonus Disc)
- "When She's Gone" (D'Virgilio, Meros, Boegehold) – 5:41
- "Follow Me to Sleep" (D'Virgilio, Boegehold) – 5:39
- "Game Face" (D'Virgilio, Okumoto) – 4:10
- "Broken Promise Land" (Morse, Boegehold) – 4:45
- "Listening to the Sky" (Okumoto) – 3:08
Extras from "A Flash Before My Eyes" - "Someday I'll Be Found" (string quartet, Flash #2) – 1:04
- "I Was Never Lost" (background vocals, Flash #2) – 1:09
- "Paint Me a Picture" (pipe organ outtake from Flash) – 1:29
Video - "The Formulation of Octane"
Personnel
- Nick D'Virgilio – Lead vocals, drums, percussion, loops, electric guitar and acoustic guitar
- Alan Morse – guitars, theremin, saw, backing vocals
- Ryo Okumoto – keyboards
- Dave Meros – Bass Guitar
with
- Stan Ausmus – song co-writer
- John Boegehold – song co-writer
References
- ^ Jurek, Thom (2011 [last update]). "Octane - Spock's Beard | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r726824. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
Spock's Beard Alan Morse · Ryo Okumoto · Nick D'Virgilio · Dave Meros
Neal Morse · Jimmy KeeganStudio albums The Light · Beware of Darkness · The Kindness of Strangers · Day for Night · V · Snow · Feel Euphoria · Octane · Spock's Beard · XLive albums Official Live Bootleg/The Beard Is out There · From the Vault · Live at the Whisky and NEARfest · Don't Try This at Home · Nick 'n Neal live in Europe – Two Separate Gorillas · Don't Try This @ Home Either · There and Here · Gluttons for Punishment · Live · Live at High Voltage FestivalSingles "Skin" · "All On a Sunday"Video Spock's Beard Home Movie · Live at the Whisky · The Making of V · Don't Try This at Home · The Making of Snow · LiveRelated articles Associated acts Aeon Zen · Big Big TrainCategories:- 2005 albums
- Spock's Beard albums
- Inside Out Music albums
- "A Flash Before My Eyes" – 31:12
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