V (Spock's Beard album)

V
Studio album by Spock's Beard
Released	August, 2000
Recorded	Lawnmower and Garden Supply, Pasadena, California
Genre	Progressive rock Progressive metal
Length	62:59
Label	InsideOutMusic
Producer	Spock's Beard Neal Morse
Spock's Beard chronology
Day for Night (1999) V (2000) There & Here (2001)

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V is the fifth studio album of progressive rock band Spock's Beard.

The release of V also produced a CD single, this time promoting the track All on a Sunday. The track itself was re-recorded in 2001 and is slightly different from the album track. Also on the single is an unreleased song called The Truth, and the music video for All on a Sunday.

This album is available as a limited edition as well, which contains a 32-page booklet that includes an interview with the band and a personal fact-sheet on all the band members, as well as a multimedia track showing the band in the studio.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Similarities to Symphony X's "V" 4 References

Track listing

All songs written by Neal Morse except where noted.

1. "At the End of the Day" – 16:28
2. "Revelation" (Nick D'Virgilio, Alan Morse, Neal Morse, Ryo Okumoto) – 6:05
3. "Thoughts (Part II)" (Neal Morse, Alan Morse) – 4:39
4. "All On A Sunday" – 4:04
5. "Goodbye to Yesterday" – 4:39
6. "The Great Nothing" – 27:02
   • I. "From Nowhere"
   • II. "One Note"
   • III. "Come Up Breathing"
   • IV. "Submerged"
   • V. "Missed Your Calling"
   • VI. "The Great Nothing"

Personnel

• Neal Morse - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, synth
• Alan Morse - electric guitar, cello, vocals
• Nick D'Virgilio - drums, percussion, vocals
• Dave Meros - bass, french horn, vocals
• Ryo Okumoto - hammond organ, mellotron

Additional personnel

• Katie Hagen - french horn
• Chris Carmichael - violin, viola, cello
• Kathy Ann Lord - english horn
• Joey Pippin - trumpet

Similarities to Symphony X's "V"

There is some remarkable similarity with the cover of this album and the cover of Symphony X's album V: The New Mythology Suite. The latter is also the fifth album of the respective band and was released later in the same year. Both bands perform progressive music and both are signed to InsideOut Music. Also, both albums are nearly as long (their lengths differ by 11 seconds). Both bands have said that these similarities are a complete coincidence.

References

Spock's Beard Alan Morse · Dave Meros · Ryo Okumoto · Jimmy Keegan · Ted Leonard Neal Morse · Nick D'Virgilio Studio albums The Light · Beware of Darkness · The Kindness of Strangers · Day for Night · V · Snow · Feel Euphoria · Octane · Spock's Beard · X 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 · Live · Live at High Voltage Festival 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 · Live Related articles Spock's Beard discography Associated acts Aeon Zen · Big Big Train