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| Rock Hard |    [2] |
Feel Euphoria is the seventh studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard. It was the first album the band recorded following the departure of vocalist/songwriter Neal Morse, also the first full-length album to featured the drummer Nick D'Virgilio as lead vocalist. It marked the beginning of a more band-oriented era of songwriting, as before Neal Morse had written the bulk of the band's material, now all of the remaining band members wrote for the band, including bass player Dave Meros, who picked up his first songwriting credit in the history of the band (other than full-group credits) on the song "Ghosts of Autumn".
Tracks 7 through 12 comprise the suite "A Guy Named Sid".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Onomatopoeia" | Nick D'Virgilio, Alan Morse, John Boegehold | 5:16 |
| 2. | "The Bottom Line" | D'Virgilio, Stan Ausmus | 7:33 |
| 3. | "Feel Euphoria" | D'Virgilio, Ryo Okumoto | 7:20 |
| 4. | "Shining Star" | D'Virgilio | 4:04 |
| 5. | "East of Eden, West of Memphis" | Morse, Boegehold | 7:05 |
| 6. | "Ghosts of Autumn" | Dave Meros, Boegehold | 6:55 |
| 7. | "A Guy Named Sid: Intro" | D'Virgilio | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Same Old Story" | D'Virgilio | 4:25 |
| 9. | "You Don't Know" | D'Virgilio | 3:11 |
| 10. | "Judge" | D'Virgilio | 3:20 |
| 11. | "Sid's Boys Choir" | D'Virgilio | 1:09 |
| 12. | "Change" | D'Virgilio | 5:18 |
| 13. | "Carry On" | Morse, Ausmus, Boegehold | 5:17 |
| Total length: | 63:53 | ||
- Special edition bonus tracks
- "Moth of Many Flames" (Morse, Boegehold) – 2:49
- "From the Messenger" (Okumoto) – 7:25
Personnel
- Nick D'Virgilio – lead vocals, drums, acoustic & some electric guitars, percussion, loops[3]
- Alan Morse – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
- Ryo Okumoto – keyboards
- Dave Meros – basses
- Additional personnel
- Stan Ausmus - songwriting
- John Boegehold – songwriting, synths and "backward stuff" on "East of Eden, West of Memphis"
- Gina Ballina – french horn
- Claire Pasquale - trumpet & piccolo trumpet
- Steve Velez – cello
- J'Anna Jacoby – violin on "Carry On"
Production
- Arranged & produced by Spock's Beard
- Recorded, engineered & mixed by Richard Mouser
- Mastered by Jay Frigoletto
References
- ^ Couture, François (2011). "Feel Euphoria - Spock's Beard | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ Rensen, Michael. "Rock Hard". issue 194. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ http://www.spocksbeard.com/discography/feeleuphoria.html