Octane (album)

Octane is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard, released on 25 January 2005. The first seven tracks form a complete piece of work, "A Flash Before My Eyes", that tells the story of a man involved in a car accident who relives his memories in the moments following the crash.^[1]

A special edition release contained a second disc which contained five new tracks, outtakes from "A Flash Before My Eyes" and a video documenting the making of the album.^[2]

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Classic Rock	^[4]
Rock Hard	^[5]

With Octane, the band continued on a similar path as Feel Euphoria with a shift from progressive rock to a more straight-ahead rock sound.^[6]^[7] As a result, Octane has received generally average reviews since its release.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Track listing

Octane
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Ballet of the Impact" I. "Prelude to the Past" II. "The Ultimate Quiet" III. "A Blizzard of My Memories"	Dave Meros, John Boegehold	5:34
2.	"I Wouldn't Let It Go"	Alan Morse, Boegehold	4:53
3.	"Surfing Down the Avalanche"	Nick D'Virgilio, Meros, Boegehold	3:43
4.	"She Is Everything" I. "Strange What You Remember" II. "Words of Forever"	Meros, Boegehold	6:46
5.	"Climbing Up That Hill"	Meros, Boegehold	3:31
6.	"Letting Go"	Ryo Okumoto	1:52
7.	"Of the Beauty of It All I. "If I Could Paint a Picture" II. "Into the Great Unknowable"	Meros, Boegehold	4:53
8.	"NWC"	D'Virgilio	4:16
9.	"There Was a Time"	Morse, Boegehold	4:58
10.	"The Planet's Hum"	D'Virgilio, Morse, Stan Ausmus	4:42
11.	"Watching the Tide"	D'Virgilio	5:07
12.	"As Long as We Ride"	D'Virgilio, Morse, Boegehold	5:34
Total length:			55:49

Special Edition Bonus Disc
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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
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
9.	"The Formulation of Octane" (Video)

Sources:^[8]

Personnel

Spock's Beard

Nick D'Virgilio – lead vocals, drums, percussion, loops, electric guitar and acoustic guitar
Alan Morse – guitar, theremin, saw, backing vocals
Ryo Okumoto – keyboards
Dave Meros – bass

Additional musicians

Eric Gorfain – violin
Daphne Chen – violin
Leah Katz – viola
Richard Dodd – cello
Gina Ballina – French horn
Johnnie Corno – French horn
Ramón Flores – trumpet

Additional credits

Stan Ausmus – songwriting
John Boegehold – songwriting, string and horn arrangement
Rich Mouser – mixing
Jay Frigoletto – mastering
Thomas Ewerhard – artwork

References

^ "Octane". Spock's Beard. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
^ "SPOCK'S BEARD - High Octane Update". Bravewords. 29 November 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b Jurek, Thom. "Octane - Spock's Beard". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b Ling, Dave (February 2005). "Spock's Beard 'Octane'". Classic Rock. Vol. 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 91.
^ ^a ^b Rensen, Michael. "Rock Hard". Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^ "Sea of Tranquility Review". Retrieved 20 April 2022.
^ "Metalreviews Review". Retrieved 20 April 2022.
^ Octane (booklet). Spock's Beard. InsideOut Music. 2005. IOMCD 198.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

v t e Spock's Beard
Alan Morse Dave Meros Ryo Okumoto Ted Leonard Neal Morse Nick D'Virgilio John Ballard Jimmy Keegan
Studio albums	The Light Beware of Darkness The Kindness of Strangers Day for Night V Snow Feel Euphoria Octane Spock's Beard X Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep The Oblivion Particle Noise Floor
Compilation albums	From the Vault The First Twenty Years
Live albums	Official Live Bootleg/The Beard Is out There There and Here Gluttons for Punishment Live Live at High Voltage Festival
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