Octane (album)
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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]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Classic Rock | [4] |
| Rock Hard |    [5] |
Octane has received generally average reviews since its release.[3][4][5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "A Flash Before My Eyes: I. The Ballet of the Impact"
| Dave Meros, John Boegehold | 5:34 |
| 2. | "A Flash Before My Eyes: II. I Wouldn't Let It Go" | Alan Morse, Boegehold | 4:53 |
| 3. | "A Flash Before My Eyes: III. Surfing Down the Avalanche" | Nick D'Virgilio, Meros, Boegehold | 3:43 |
| 4. | "A Flash Before My Eyes: IV. She Is Everything"
| Meros, Boegehold | 6:46 |
| 5. | "A Flash Before My Eyes: V. Climbing Up That Hill" | Meros, Boegehold | 3:31 |
| 6. | "A Flash Before My Eyes: VI. Letting Go" | Ryo Okumoto | 1:52 |
| 7. | "A Flash Before My Eyes: VII. Of the Beauty of It All"
| 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 |
| No. | 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:[6]
Personnel
- 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
- ^ "Octane". Spock's Beard. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ "SPOCK'S BEARD - High Octane Update". Bravewords. 29 November 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Octane - Spock's Beard". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ a b Ling, Dave (February 2005). "Spock's Beard 'Octane'". Classic Rock. Vol. 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 91.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b Rensen, Michael. "Rock Hard". Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ Octane (booklet). Spock's Beard. InsideOut Music. 2005. IOMCD 198.
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