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The Light is the 1995 debut release by popular American progressive rock
Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." The term "art rock" is often used interchangeably with "progressive rock", but while there are crossovers between the two genres, they are not identical....
 band, Spock's Beard
Spock's Beard

Spock's Beard is a progressive rock band formed in 1992 in Los Angeles, California by brothers Neal Morse and Alan Morse. Neal played keyboards and was the lead singer, as well as being the primary songwriter before leaving the band in 2002 to pursue a solo career....
. The album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 features two different covers—one for its domestic release, and one for its Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an release.

The album has since been remastered and re-released by Radiant Records
Radiant Records

Radiant Records was a record label founded by Neal Morse in 1998 in music. It is basically operating currently as a private label for his own releases and has released albums from his former band Spock's Beard....
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The Light is the 1995 debut release by popular American progressive rock
Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." The term "art rock" is often used interchangeably with "progressive rock", but while there are crossovers between the two genres, they are not identical....
 band, Spock's Beard
Spock's Beard

Spock's Beard is a progressive rock band formed in 1992 in Los Angeles, California by brothers Neal Morse and Alan Morse. Neal played keyboards and was the lead singer, as well as being the primary songwriter before leaving the band in 2002 to pursue a solo career....
. The album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 features two different covers—one for its domestic release, and one for its Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an release.

The album has since been remastered and re-released by Radiant Records
Radiant Records

Radiant Records was a record label founded by Neal Morse in 1998 in music. It is basically operating currently as a private label for his own releases and has released albums from his former band Spock's Beard....
.

Track listing

All songs written by Neal Morse
Neal Morse

Neal Morse is a prolific United States multi-instrumentalist and progressive rock composer based in Nashville, Tennessee....
 except where noted.
  1. "The Light" (Alan Morse
    Alan Morse

    Alan Morse is a guitarist for the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He is the brother of Neal Morse, who left the band in 2002. He has recorded with many artists including Chad & Jeremy, Spencer Davis, Neal Morse, and Ryo Okumoto....
    , Neal Morse) – 15:33
    • I. The Dream
    • II. One Man
    • III. Garden People
    • IV. Look Straight into the Light
    • V. The Man in the Mountain
    • VI. Señor Valasco's Mystic Voodoo Love Dance
    • VII. The Return of the Horrible Catfish Man
    • VIII. The Dream
  2. "Go the Way You Go" – 12:03
  3. "The Water" – 23:07
    • I. Introduction/The Water
    • II. When It All Goes to Hell
    • III. A Thief in the Night
    • IV. FU/I'm Sorry
    • V. The Water (Revisited)
    • VI. Runnin' the Race
    • VII. Reach for the Sky
  4. "On the Edge" – 6:11


The Band

  • Neal Morse
    Neal Morse

    Neal Morse is a prolific United States multi-instrumentalist and progressive rock composer based in Nashville, Tennessee....
     - lead vocals, keyboards
  • Alan Morse
    Alan Morse

    Alan Morse is a guitarist for the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He is the brother of Neal Morse, who left the band in 2002. He has recorded with many artists including Chad & Jeremy, Spencer Davis, Neal Morse, and Ryo Okumoto....
     - guitars, cello, vocals
  • Dave Meros
    Dave Meros

    Dave Meros , is an United States bass guitar player, best known as the bass player for progressive rock band Spock's Beard. Meros has also played with such artists as Gary Myrick, Bobby Kimball of Toto , Simon Phillips, Steve Lukather, Michael Landau, Glenn Hughes, Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders and Big Big Train....
     - bass
  • Nick D'Virgilio
    Nick D'Virgilio

    Nick D'Virgilio is an United States drummer, often referred to as NDV, perhaps best known as a member of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard....
     - drums, vocals
  • Molly Pasutti and Wanda Houston - background vocals
    Backing vocalist

    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. In some cases, a backing singer may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry....
     on "The Water"


Release details

  • 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)