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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
- "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
- "Go the Way You Go" – 12:03
- "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
- "On the Edge" – 6:11
- "The Light (Home Demo)" – 15:18 [Special Edition bonus track on 2004 re-release]
[edit] Personnel
- Neal Morse - Lead vocals, mellotron, Hammond organ, keyboards, acoustic guitar
- Alan Morse - Electric guitar, cello, mellotron, vocals
- Dave Meros - Bass, french horn
- Nick D'Virgilio - Drums, percussion, vocals
- Molly Pasutti and Wanda Houston - Background Vocals on "The Water"
[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)
