Snow (album)

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Snow
Studio album by 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
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Spock's Beard chronology
V (2000) Snow (2002) 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.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 1.3 Disc three 2 The Line-up 2.1 Regular band 2.2 Guest musicians 3 External links

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

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

[edit] Disc two

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

[edit] 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)

1. South Side of the Sky (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire) - 9:11
2. Good Don't Last/Open Wide the Flood Gates (Live Acoustic) - 11:26
3. Working on Devil/Fiddly/Disco - 4:41
4. Looking for Answers (Live Acoustic) - 4:59
5. Stranger in a Strange Land Demo - 2:34
6. 4 O'Clock - 0:24
7. Working on Ryo's Solo - 7:42
8. Lost Bass Solo - 2:01
9. The Light (Live Acoustic) - 6:08
10. Working on I Will Go - 2:10

[edit] The Line-up

[edit] 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

[edit] 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"

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Plot description from Official Spock's beard Website
• InsideOut Music

v • d • e Spock's Beard Alan Morse · Ryo Okumoto · Nick D'Virgilio · Dave Meros Former members Neal Morse Touring members Jimmy Keegan Studio albums The Light · Beware of Darkness · The Kindness of Strangers · Day for Night · V · Snow · Feel Euphoria · Octane · Spock's Beard Live albums Official Live Bootleg/The Beard is Out There · From the Vault · Live at the Whisky and NEARfest · Don't Try This at Home · Nick 'n Neal live in Europe - Two Separate Gorillas · Don't Try This @ Home Either · There and Here · Gluttons for Punishment Singles "Skin" · "All On a Sunday" Video Spock's Beard Home Movie · Live at the Whisky · The Making of V · Don't Try This at Home · The Making of Snow