Octane (album)

Octane
Studio album by Spock's Beard
Released	25 January, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	55:49
Label	InsideOut Music
Producer	Spock's Beard
Spock's Beard chronology
Feel Euphoria (2003) Octane (2005) Gluttons for Punishment (2005)

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]

Reception

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

Octane has received generally average reviews since its release.^[3][4][5]

Track listing

Octane
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Flash Before My Eyes: I. The Ballet of the Impact" "Prelude to the Past" "The Ultimate Quiet" "A Blizzard of My Memories"	Dave Meros, John Boegehold	5:34
2.	"A Flash Before My Eyes: II. I Wouldn't Let It Go"	Alan Morse, Boegehold	4:53
3.	"A Flash Before My Eyes: III. Surfing Down the Avalanche"	Nick D'Virgilio, Meros, Boegehold	3:43
4.	"A Flash Before My Eyes: IV. She Is Everything" "Strange What You Remember" "Words of Forever"	Meros, Boegehold	6:46
5.	"A Flash Before My Eyes: V. Climbing Up That Hill"	Meros, Boegehold	3:31
6.	"A Flash Before My Eyes: VI. Letting Go"	Ryo Okumoto	1:52
7.	"A Flash Before My Eyes: VII. Of the Beauty of It All" "If I Could Paint a Picture" "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

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:^[6]

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

1. "Octane". Spock's Beard. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
2. "SPOCK'S BEARD - High Octane Update". Bravewords. 29 November 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
3. Jurek, Thom. "Octane - Spock's Beard". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
4. Ling, Dave (February 2005). "Spock's Beard 'Octane'". Classic Rock 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 91.
5. Rensen, Michael. "Rock Hard". Retrieved 20 May 2013.
6. Octane (booklet). Spock's Beard. InsideOut Music. 2005. IOMCD 198.