Spock's Beard - The Oblivion Particle (2015)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Spock's Beard - The Oblivion Particle
1. "Tides of Time" 7:45
2. "Minion" 6:53
3. "Hell's Not Enough" 6:23
4. "Bennett Built a Time Machine" 6:52
5. "Get Out While You Can" 4:55
6. "A Better Way to Fly" 8:57
7. "The Center Line" 7:05
8. "To Be Free Again" 10:24
9. "Disappear" 6:36
Total length: 65:50
Spock's Beard Band Members / Musicians
Ted Leonard - lead vocals, guitars, additional tracks and overdubs recording
Alan Morse - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, autoharp, backing vocals, producing, additional tracks and overdubs recording
Ryo Okumoto - organ, mellotron, piano, synths, clavinet, vocoder, additional tracks and overdubs recording
Dave Meros - bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Iron Man",[6] additional tracks and overdubs recording
Jimmy Keegan - drums/percussion, timpani, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Bennett Built a Time Machine"
David Ragsdale - violin on "Disappear"
Nick D'Virgilio - drums on "Iron Man"
John Boegehold - concept, producing, Candid Studio photos
Rich Mouser - producing, engineering, mixing, mastering
Jeff Fox - second engineering
Jeff Silverman - Alan's studio engineering
John Morse - Alan's studio engineering
Jimmy Branly - Jimmy's percussion engineering
Thomas Ewerhard - cover artwork, graphic design
Alex Solca - band photography
Stan Ausmus - Candid Studio photos
The Oblivion Particle is the 12th studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard. It was released on August 21, 2015. It was the last album with drummer Jimmy Keegan, who left the band in October 2016 for personal reasons. This album also features Nick D'Virgilio, who returned to the band in February 2017. Only 3 songs on the album feature writing credits to the band members themselves, with the rest being credited to longtime collaborators Stan Ausmus and John Boegehold.