The Light is the 1995 debut album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard. The album features two different covers—one for its domestic release, and one for its European release.[3] "The Light" has since become Spock's Beard's signature song. The album has since been remastered and re-released by Radiant Records.
In 1991, Morse left the Los Angeles music club life and moved to Nashville, TN. Morse took a motivational weekend course and realized that "I got into music because I loved it and I wanted to do big pieces." Two weeks later, Morse wrote The Light, Go the Way You Go, and The Water. Morse then invited his brother Alan Morse to play along on the demos. The Morse brothers later met drummer Nick D'Virgilio at a bar open jam night and was invited to join the band along with Dave Meros.[4]
The title track, The Light, also signals the birth of the "Neal Morse epic", a signature of his longform songwriting that remains to this day.[4]
Track listingedit
All songs written by Neal Morse except where noted.
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)
Referencesedit
^Jurek, Thom (2011). "The Light - Spock's Beard | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
^Rensen, Michael. "Rock Hard". issue 115. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^Jan-Jaap de Haan. "Counting Out Time: Spock's Beard - The Light". DPRP. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ ab"Spock's Beard debut 'The Light' in Jan of 1995". Retrieved 13 April 2022.
^"Spock's Beard Albums Ranked". Retrieved 13 April 2022.
^"Top 50 Modern Prog Songs 1990-2015". Retrieved 13 April 2022.
December 04, 2023
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