Octane (album)

2005 studio album by Spock's Beard

Octane

Studio album by

Spock's Beard

Released| January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
Recorded| 2004
Genre| Progressive rock
Length| 55:49
Label| InsideOut
Producer| Spock's Beard
Spock's Beard chronology
| Feel Euphoria
(2003)  | Octane
(2005)  | Gluttons for Punishment
(2005)

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Octane is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard, released on 25 January 2005. The first seven tracks form a complete piece of work, "A Flash Before My Eyes", that tells the story of a man involved in a car accident who relives his memories in the moments following the crash.[1]

A special edition release contained a second disc which contained five new tracks, outtakes from "A Flash Before My Eyes" and a video documenting the making of the album.[2]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]
Classic Rock| [4]
Rock Hard| [5]

With Octane, the band continued on a similar path as Feel Euphoria with a shift from progressive rock to a more straight-ahead rock sound.[6][7] As a result, Octane has received generally average reviews since its release.[3][4][5]

## Track listing

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OctaneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "The Ballet of the Impact"

I. "Prelude to the Past"
II. "The Ultimate Quiet"
III. "A Blizzard of My Memories"
| Dave Meros, John Boegehold| 5:34
2.| "I Wouldn't Let It Go"| Alan Morse, Boegehold| 4:53
3.| "Surfing Down the Avalanche"| Nick D'Virgilio, Meros, Boegehold| 3:43
4.| "She Is Everything"     I. "Strange What You Remember"
II. "Words of Forever"
| Meros, Boegehold| 6:46
5.| "Climbing Up That Hill"| Meros, Boegehold| 3:31
6.| "Letting Go"| Ryo Okumoto| 1:52
7.| "Of the Beauty of It All     I. "If I Could Paint a Picture"
II. "Into the Great Unknowable"
| Meros, Boegehold| 4:53
8.| "NWC"| D'Virgilio| 4:16
9.| "There Was a Time"| Morse, Boegehold| 4:58
10.| "The Planet's Hum"| D'Virgilio, Morse, Stan Ausmus| 4:42
11.| "Watching the Tide"| D'Virgilio| 5:07
12.| "As Long as We Ride"| D'Virgilio, Morse, Boegehold| 5:34
Total length:| 55:49

Special Edition Bonus DiscNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "When She's Gone"| D'Virgilio, Meros, Boegehold| 5:41
2.| "Follow Me to Sleep"| D'Virgilio, Boegehold| 5:39
3.| "Game Face"| D'Virgilio, Okumoto| 4:10
4.| "Broken Promise Land"| Morse, Boegehold| 4:45
5.| "Listening to the Sky"| Okumoto| 3:08
6.| "Someday I'll Be Found" (String quartet, Flash #2)|  | 1:04
7.| "I Was Never Lost" (Background vocals, Flash #2)|  | 1:09
8.| "Paint Me a Picture" (Pipe organ outtake from Flash)|  | 1:29
9.| "The Formulation of Octane" (Video)|  |

Sources:[8]

## Personnel

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Spock's Beard

* Nick D'Virgilio – lead vocals, drums, percussion, loops, electric guitar and acoustic guitar
* Alan Morse – guitar, theremin, saw, backing vocals
* Ryo Okumoto – keyboards
* Dave Meros – bass

Additional musicians

* Eric Gorfain – violin
* Daphne Chen – violin
* Leah Katz – viola
* Richard Dodd – cello
* Gina Ballina – French horn
* Johnnie Corno – French horn
* Ramón Flores – trumpet

Additional credits

* Stan Ausmus – songwriting
* John Boegehold – songwriting, string and horn arrangement
* Rich Mouser – mixing
* Jay Frigoletto – mastering
* Thomas Ewerhard – artwork

## References

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1. ^ "Octane". Spock's Beard. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
2. ^ "SPOCK'S BEARD - High Octane Update". Bravewords. November 29, 2004. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
3. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Octane - Spock's Beard". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
4. ^ a b Ling, Dave (February 2005). "Spock's Beard 'Octane'". Classic Rock. Vol. 76\. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 91.
5. ^ a b Rensen, Michael. "Rock Hard". Retrieved May 20, 2013.
6. ^ "Sea of Tranquility Review". Retrieved April 20, 2022.
7. ^ "Metalreviews Review". Retrieved April 20, 2022.
8. ^ Octane (booklet). Spock's Beard. InsideOut Music. 2005. IOMCD 198.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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Spock's Beard

* Alan Morse
* Dave Meros
* Ryo Okumoto
* Ted Leonard

* Neal Morse
* Nick D'Virgilio
* John Ballard
* Jimmy Keegan

Studio albums|

* The Light
* Beware of Darkness
* The Kindness of Strangers
* Day for Night
* V
* Snow
* Feel Euphoria
* Octane
* Spock's Beard
* X
* Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
* The Oblivion Particle
* Noise Floor

Compilation albums|

* From the Vault
* The First Twenty Years

Live albums|

* Official Live Bootleg/The Beard Is out There
* There and Here
* Gluttons for Punishment
* Live
* Live at High Voltage Festival

Related articles|

* Discography
* Big Big Train
* Transatlantic
* Enchant
* Pattern-Seeking Animals

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