Snow (album)
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Snow |
Type = [[Album]] |
Artist = [[Spock's Beard]] |
Cover = Spocks Beard Snow.jpg |
Released = August, 2002 |
Recorded = [[Lawnmower And Garden Supply]], [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[California|CA]] |
Genre = [[Progressive rock]] |
Length = 1:43:41 |
Label = [[InsideOut Music]]|
Producer = [[Neal Morse]] and [[Spock's Beard]] |
Reviews =
*[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4287gj4r46im link] |
Last album = '''''[[V (Spock's Beard album)|V]]'''''<br> (2000) |
This album = '''''Snow'''''<br>(2002) |
Next album = '''''[[Feel Euphoria]]'''''<br>(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 album|double-CD]] [[concept album]], ''Snow'' explores similar ground to classic concept albums like [[The Who]]'s ''[[Tommy (rock opera)|Tommy]]'' and ''[[The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway]]'' by [[Genesis (band)|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 (Band)|Yes]] album [[Fragile (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]] - [[Singer|lead vocals]], piano, all synth, [[acoustic guitar]]
* [[Ryo Okumoto]] - hammond and mellotron
* [[Dave Meros]] - bass, vocals, French horn
* [[Alan Morse]] - [[electric guitar]]s, vocals
* [[Nick D'Virgilio]] - drums, percussion, vocals
===Guest musicians===
* [[Chris Carmichael (musician)|Chris Charmichael]] - violin, viola and cello
* [[Jim Hoke]] - sax, clarinet and autoharp
* [[Neil Rosengarden]] - flugelhorn, trumpet
* [[Molly Pasutti]] - [[Backing vocalist|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]
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