Octane (album)

Octane is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard, released in 2005. The first seven tracks form the multi-part epic "A Flash Before My Eyes".

A Special Edition release contained a second disc with more music and a video.

Track listing

Disc One

1. "A Flash Before My Eyes" – 31:12
   • "The Ballet of the Impact" (Dave Meros, John Boegehold) – 5:34
     1. "Prelude to the Past"
     2. "The Ultimate Quiet"
     3. "A Blizzard of My Memories"
   • "I Wouldn't Let It Go" (Alan Morse, Boegehold) – 4:53
   • "Surfing Down the Avalanche" (Nick D'Virgilio, Meros, Boegehold) – 3:43
   • "She Is Everything" (Meros, Boegehold) – 6:46
     1. "Strange What You Remember"
     2. "Words of Forever"
   • "Climbing Up That Hill" (Meros, Boegehold) – 3:31
   • "Letting Go" (Ryo Okumoto) – 1:52
   • "Of the Beauty of It All" (Meros, Boegehold) – 4:53
     1. "If I Could Paint a Picture"
     2. "Into the Great Unknowable"
2. "NWC" (D'Virgilio) – 4:16
3. "There Was a Time" (Morse, Boegehold) – 4:58
4. "The Planet's Hum" (D'Virgilio, Morse, Stan Ausmus) – 4:42
5. "Watching the Tide" (D'Virgilio) – 5:07
6. "As Long As We Ride" (D'Virgilio, Morse, Boegehold) – 5:34

Disc Two (Special Edition Bonus Disc)

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
   
   Extras from "A Flash Before My Eyes"
   
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
   
   Video
   
9. "The Formulation of Octane"

Personnel

• Nick D'Virgilio – Lead vocals, drums, percussion, loops, electric guitar and acoustic guitar
• Alan Morse – guitars, theremin, saw, backing vocals
• Ryo Okumoto – keyboards
• Dave Meros – Bass Guitar

Additional personnel

• Stan Ausmus – song co-writer
• John Boegehold – song co-writer

References