Live in 2005: Gluttons for Punishment [Live]

Live in 2005: Gluttons for Punishment [Live]

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. The Ballet Of The Impact

2. I Wouldn't Let You Go

3. Surfing Down The Avalanche

4. She Is Everything

5. Climbing Up That Hill

6. Letting Go

7. Of The Beauty Of It All

8. Harms Way

9. NWC

10. The Bottom Line

Disc: 2

1. At The End Of The Day

2. Ghosts Of Autumn

3. Gibberish

4. As Long As We Ride

5. The Light

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Presenting Spock's Beard and their first double live CD for Inside Out Music America: Live in 2005 - Gluttons for Punishment. Recorded during the European leg of the 2005 Octane tour, Nick D'Virgilio, Alan Morse, Dave Meros and Ryo Okumoto run through the gamut of songs from their impressive and legendary repertoire - from classics like the title track from the very first Spock's album, The Light, through to their newest studio release, Octane. Not to be missed! For fans of Spock's Beard and Progressive Rock in general.

Tracks:

The Ballet Of The Impact
I Wouldnt Let You Go
Surfing Down The Avalanche
She Is Everything
Climbing Up That Hill
Letting Go
Of The Beauty Of It All
Harms Way
NWC
The Bottom Line

Tracks:

At The End Of The Day
Ghosts Of Autumn
Gibberish
As Long As We Ride
The Light

Album Description

Presenting Spock's Beard and their first double live CD for Inside Out Music America: Live in 2005 - Gluttons for Punishment. Recorded during the European leg of the 2005 Octane tour, Nick D'Virgilio, Alan Morse, Dave Meros and Ryo Okumoto run through the gamut of songs from their impressive and legendary repertoire - from classics like the title track from the very first Spock's album, The Light, through to their newest studio release, Octane. Not to be missed! For fans of Spock's Beard and Progressive Rock in general.

Album Description

America's best progressive rock live band with their first double live CD. Recorded during the European part of the Octane Tour in March 2005. Nick D' Virgilio, Alan Morse, Dave Meros and Ryo Okumoto played a set of classics from the very first Spock's Beard album (The Light) to their recent release Octane. Iom. 2005.

Album Details

America´s Best Progressive Rock Live Band with their First Double Live CD. Recorded During the European Part of the 'octane-tour' March 2005. Nick D´virgilio, Alan Morse, Dave Meros and Ryo Okumoto Played a Set of Classics from the Very First Spock´s Beard Album (The Light) to their Resent Release 'octane'.

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding.......2006-05-05

Gotta admit this is one helluva live album.

I love the reviews that say "blah blah Neil" if you were a fan you would know its Neal ;-)

Yes Spock's 2.0 took some time getting used to afer all the years with NEAL at the helm. But I gotta admit my ears like what the boys are doing.

Good album.......2006-03-24

Spock's Beard has survived the exit of Neal Morse pretty well. But unlike Genesis, it has taken the remaining members a little time to get up to speed. The new songs are often really good and sometimes just ok. I do prefer them with Neal Morse more, as I think they are a little more one dimensional. So that's where I'm coming from.

So what do I think of the CD? I think they play really tight and the recording is a very good one. They wisely avoid playing all but a few of the older numbers.

If you're a fan you need this album.

I Admit, I'm A Glutton!.......2006-02-02

First off, I am not a big fan of "live" CD's (fan noise, poor production quality, etc.) This is the EXCEPTION. Excellent production combined with great performances by the Beard make this an essential buy! Both NEW Beard fans an the loyal "old timers" will be pleased by the selections performed. The entire "Flash Before My Eyes" suite opens disc 1 in GRAND fashion, not straying too far from the Octane version. Alan , Ryo, Dave, Nick and tour drummer Jimmy Keegan are all in great form! Most of the Octane CD matterial is performed on GFP to please the NEW fans. For the old, the Beard play such jewels as "Harm's Way", "The Light" and "At The End Of The Day" and pull them off quite well despite Neal's absence. The highlight of this CD is definately Jimmy Keegan's BRILLIANT drum work on "NWC". His solo contains the perfect mix of taste, flash, and passion. Jimmy is the perfect compliment to the rest of the crew...Nick D stepping up front does a fine job as the lead vocalist. Please don't be a "glutton for punishment"- buy this CD. At the end of the day, you'll be "fine".....

Spock's Beard's Seconds Out.......2006-01-14

I know Neal Morse has moved on and SB is attempting to move on without him but this recording only emphasizes just how much he is missed. It reminds me of the Genesis live recording "Second's Out". The music was good but they really missed Peter Gabriel and seemed to struggle finding their place without him. Which they eventually did.

In the case of this recording, the songs performed from their last two recordings come off much better than the older SB tunes. The old tunes just have a hole where Neal should be. Neal wrote those songs taking into consideration his own keyboard and guitar parts. The songs sound hollow without them. By contrast, the newer songs were writen for a four piece band and sound very good recorded live.I wish they would have performed "A Guy named Sid" and left off "The Light".

Granted, Ryo does an outstanding job playing all the keyboard parts but on songs like "Harms Way" and "At the End of the Day" the layering of multiple keyboards and guitars is really missing.I am a bit disappointed by his solo. It puts you to sleep. Granted, it is very nice but come on Ryo, it's not a recital!

I'm not all that happy with the mix either. The vocals sound flat and lifeless. They should have added a "sweetening" and reverb to give the vocals a more live sound. The kick drum is too pervasive and the keyboards sound thin, when they really need to fill them out to make up for Neal.

While not a real barn burner, I am not heaving this CD entirely.It is a good snapshot of where the band is now. I am hoping the band continues to produce and perhaps the next live CD will be able to say goodbye to the old SB all together.

Very good preformance.......2005-11-29

Spock's Beard. The mere name of the band will entice either shivers of awe, or angry spite. For only short years ago, they were at the top of the progressive rock genre. Then, the creative engine behind them - as well as vocalist, part-guitarist, and vocalist - Neal Morse decided to leave the band to persue his solo projects. As a side note, said projects are amazing pieces of music in their own right. But with Morse's absence, the Beard ventured into the rock cauldron and its essentially synth-laden rock, as opposed to progressive.

Back to here. Back to the Gluttons For Punishment. I must first get out of the way, I am, will be, and have been critical of the new Spock's Beard. I'm not even remotely a fan of Feeling Enphoria or Octane. That said, I always preferred what Morse wrote, and his very voice, over the current Spock's Beard.

That said, this is a very, very good live album. I can't comment too much on the material from Octane, but the old Beard tracks, and Ghost of Autumn, are very well done. Nick's voice does it some justice. The Light is very good - and, as with any live progressive recording, I enjoy the improv pieces thrown into the songs. It is those that truely separate a live concert to listening to the album woth a CD player. You don't want to know whats next. Needless to say, this album has that.

I'm not going to go through all the songs, because you shouldn't know when one of these unique add-ons occur, but if you're a fan of Spock's Beard, at all, I recommend you pick this album up. It'll never live up to Neal Morse's days, but it's certainly a fitting tribute to the glorious days of Spock's Beard.

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