Spock’s Beard (album)

Spock's Beard er det selvtitulerte, niende studioalbumet til det amerikanske progrock-bandet Spock's Beard.

Spock's Beard
Format		CD
Artist, band		Spock's Beard
Utgitt		21. november 2006
Innspilt		2006
Sjanger		Progressiv rock
Lengde		77:15
Språk		Engelsk
Plateselskap		InsideOut
Produsent(er)		Rich Mouser, Spock's Beard
Plass i kronologi
Octane (2005) Spock's Beard

Bakgrunnen for navnet

Den 21. september 2006 la bassist Dave Meros ut en tentativ låtrekkefølge på bandets nettsted, og ga samtidig følgende grunn for et selvtitulert album:

«As you probably know by now, we're calling our 9th studio release simply Spock's Beard. No big heavy reasoning behind that, really, it just seemed like a cool thing to do. (Of course, you are more than welcome to help us invent some heavy philosophical or hidden meaning so we'll have something interesting to say in interviews...)

There are a few cool song titles that could have become the CD title (see below) but we've done that a lot before. Then there is the obvious "SB9" and it's variations, or the clever play on words thing, like nein or asinine or something like that.

But, in the end, we decided to just not name it at all. We saved all of our energy for the CD itself. It's going to be one big, fat CD filled to the brim with close to 78 minutes of material.»

Sporliste

1. «On a Perfect Day» – 7:47
2. «Skeletons at the Feast» (instrumental) – 6:33
3. «Is This Love» – 2:51
4. «All That's Left» – 4:45
5. «With Your Kiss» – 11:46
6. «Sometimes They Stay, Sometimes They Go» – 4:31
7. «The Slow Crash Landing Man» – 5:47
8. «Wherever You Stand» – 5:09
9. «Hereafter» – 5:01
10. «As Far as the Mind Can See – Part 1 – Dreaming in the Age of Answers» – 04:49
11. «As Far as the Mind Can See – Part 2 – Here's a Man» – 03:28
12. «As Far as the Mind Can See – Part 3 – They Know We Know» – 03:18
13. «As Far as the Mind Can See – Part 4 – Stream of Unconsciousness» – 05:23
14. «Rearranged» – 6:07

Musikere

• Nick D'Virgilio – vokal, trommer, perkusjon
• Alan Morse – gitar
• Ryo Okumoto – keyboard
• Dave Meros – bass

Eksterne lenker

• (en) Spock's Beard på Discogs
• (en) Spock's Beard på MusicBrainz