Snow (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Snow
Type = Album
Artist = Spock's Beard


Released = August, 2002

Recorded = Lawnmower And Garden Supply, Pasadena, CA
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 1:43:41
Label = InsideOut Music
Producer = Neal Morse and Spock's Beard
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4287gj4r46im link]
Last album = "V"
(2000)
This album = "Snow"
(2002)
Next album = "Feel Euphoria"
(2003)

"Snow" is the sixth studio album of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard, and the final album with main songwriter and vocalist Neal Morse. A double-CD concept album, "Snow" explores similar ground to classic concept albums like The Who's "Tommy" and "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" by Genesis. It was released in 2002 on InsideOut Music.

The CDs are done in the HDCD format.

Track listing

Disc one

# Made Alive/Overture – 5:32
# Stranger in a Strange Land – 4:29
# Long Time Suffering – 6:03
# Welcome to NYC – 3:32
# Love Beyond Words – 3:24
# The 39th Street Blues (I'm Sick) – 4:05
# Devil's Got My Throat – 7:17
# Open Wide the Flood Gates – 6:14
# Open the Gates Part 2 – 3:02
# Solitary Soul – 7:33
# Wind at My Back – 5:12

Disc two

# Second Overture – 3:47
# 4th of July – 3:11
# I'm the Guy – 4:48
# Reflection – 2:49
# Carie – 3:06
# Looking for Answers – 5:17
# Freak Boy – 2:12
# All Is Vanity – 4:35
# I'm Dying – 5:09
# Freak Boy Part 2 – 3:01
# Devil's Got My Throat Revisited – 1:55
# Snow's Night Out – 2:04
# Ladies and Gentlemen, Mister Ryo Okumoto on the Keyboards – 2:40
# I Will Go – 5:08
# Made Alive Again/Wind at My Back – 8:27

Disc three

The Special Limited Edition of this album contains a third disc, made of acoustic tracks, work-in-progress and covers (like "South Side Of The Sky", originally on the Yes album Fragile)
# South Side of the Sky (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire) - 9:11
# Good Don't Last/Open Wide the Flood Gates (Live Acoustic) - 11:26
# Working on Devil/Fiddly/Disco - 4:41
# Looking for Answers (Live Acoustic) - 4:59
# Stranger in a Strange Land Demo - 2:34
# 4 O'Clock - 0:24
# Working on Ryo's Solo - 7:42
# Lost Bass Solo - 2:01
# The Light (Live Acoustic) - 6:08
# Working on I Will Go - 2:10

The Line-up

Regular band

* Neal Morse - lead vocals, piano, all synth, acoustic guitar
* Ryo Okumoto - hammond and mellotron
* Dave Meros - bass, vocals, French horn
* Alan Morse - electric guitars, vocals
* Nick D'Virgilio - drums, percussion, vocals

Guest musicians

* Chris Charmichael - violin, viola and cello
* Jim Hoke - sax, clarinet and autoharp
* Neil Rosengarden - flugelhorn, trumpet
* Molly Pasutti - backing vocals on "Open the Gates Part 2"

External links

* [http://www.spocksbeard.com/ Official website]
* [http://spocksbeard.com/discography/snow.html Plot description from Official Spock's beard Website]
* [http://www.insideoutmusic.com/ InsideOut Music]