Tracklist front / back album covers
Spock's Beard - The Light
1. "The Light" 15:32
I. "The Dream"
II. "One Man" (Alan Morse, N. Morse)
III. "Garden People"
IV. "Looking 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" 12:07
3. "The Water" 23:10
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" 6:14
Total length: 57:03
Bonus track on reissues
5. "The Light (Home demo)" 15:18
Total length: 72:21
Spock's Beard Band Members / Musicians
Neal Morse - lead vocals, mellotron, hammond organ, all other keyboards, acoustic & electric guitar
Alan Morse - lead electric guitar, cello, mellotron, vocals
Dave Meros - bass, french horn
Nick D'Virgilio - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Molly Pasutti and Wanda Houston - background vocals on "The Water"
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. "The Light" has since become Spock's Beard's signature song. The album has since been remastered and re-released by Radiant Records. Spock's Beard is an American progressive rock band formed in Los Angeles.
The band was formed in 1992 by brothers Neal (lead vocals, keyboards) and Alan Morse (vocals, guitars), John Ballard (bass) and Nick D'Virgilio (drums). Ballard was replaced by Dave Meros before the release of their debut album, The Light (1995), and Ryo Okumoto (keyboards) joined soon after. Neal Morse left the band following the release of their sixth album, Snow (2002), and D'Virgilio took over as the band's frontman. In 2011, D'Virgilio also left and was replaced by Jimmy Keegan (drums) and Ted Leonard (lead vocals) from Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep (2013) onwards. To date, the band have released thirteen studio albums, and numerous live releases.
Spock's Beard Band Members / Musicians
Alan Morse – guitars, backing vocals (1992–present)
Dave Meros – bass, backing vocals (1993–present), keyboards (2011–present)
Ryo Okumoto – keyboards, backing vocals (1995–present)
Ted Leonard – lead vocals, guitar (2011–present)
John Boegehold – song co-writer (2003–present)
Stan Ausmus – song co-writer (2003–present)
Nick D'Virgilio – drums (1992–2011, live member: 2017–2018, studio member: 2017–present), backing vocals (1992–2002, 2017–present), lead vocals, guitar, keyboards (2002–2011)
Mike Thorne – drums (live member: 2018–present)
John Ballard – bass (1992–93)
Neal Morse – lead vocals, keyboards, guitar, synths (1992–2002; guest: 2008, 2011, 2014)
Jimmy Keegan – drums, backing vocals (2011–2016; live member: 2002–2011)
Spock's Beard Discography Full
The Light (1995)
Beware of Darkness (1996)
The Kindness of Strangers (1998)
Day for Night (1999)
V (2000)
Snow (2002)
Feel Euphoria (2003)
Octane (2005)
Spock's Beard (2006)
X (2010)
Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep (2013)
The Oblivion Particle (2015)
Noise Floor (2018)
