The Light

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The Light
The Light cover
Studio album by Spock's Beard
Released 1995
Recorded  ?
Genre Progressive Rock
Length 55:21
Label Metal Blade
Producer(s) Spock's Beard and Neal Morse
Professional reviews
Spock's Beard chronology
- The Light
(1995)
Beware of Darkness
(1996)


The Light is the 1995 debut release by popular American prog-rock band, Spock's Beard. The album features two different covers—one for its domestic release, and one for its European release.

The album has since been remastered and re-released by Radiant Records.

[edit] Track listing

  1. The Light – 15:33
    • I: The Dream
    • II: One Man
    • III: Garden People
    • IV: Looking Straight into the Light
    • V: The Man in the Mountain
    • VI: Senor Valasco's Mystic Voodoo Love Dance
    • VII: The Return of the Horrible Catfish Man
    • VIII: The Dream
  2. Go the Way You Go – 12:03
  3. The Water – 23:07
    • I: Introduction / The Water
    • II: When It All Goes to Hell
    • III: A Thief in the Night
    • IV: FU/I'm Sorry
    • V: The Water (revisited)
    • VI: Runnin' the Race
    • VII: Reach for the Sky
  4. On the Edge – 6:11
  5. Light [Home Demo] – 15:18 [Special Edition bonus track]

[edit] Personnel

Special edition album cover
Special edition album cover

[edit] Release details

  • 1998, USA, Metal Blade ?, Release Date 8 September 1998, CD
  • 2001, USA, Giant Electric Pea GEPCD1017, Release Date 30 July 2001, CD
  • 2004, UK, SPV Records SPV08528200, Release Date 22 March 2004, CD
  • 2004, UK, SPV Records SPV08728208, Release Date 17 May 2004, CD (Cover artwork special edition)
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