Feel Euphoria
{{Infobox album
| name = Feel Euphoria
| type = Album
| artist = Spock's Beard
| cover = SpocksBeardFeelEuphoria.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 8, 2003
| recorded = 2003
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Progressive rock
| length = 63:53 (74:04 with bonus tracks)
| label = InsideOut Music
| producer = Spock's Beard
| prev_title = Snow
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Octane
| next_year = 2005
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r648233 |title=Feel Euphoria - Spock's Beard | AllMusic |first=François |last=Couture |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=23 August 2011}}
| rev2 = Rock Hard
| rev2score = {{Rating|8.5|10}}{{cite web|last=Rensen|first=Michael|title=Rock Hard|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=15122|work=issue 194|accessdate=20 May 2013}}
| rev3 = Sputnik Music
| rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |title=Sputnik Music Review |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/31571/Spocks-Beard-Feel-Euphoria/ |access-date=20 April 2022}}
}}
Feel Euphoria is the seventh studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard released on July 8, 2003. It was the first album the band recorded following the departure of vocalist/songwriter Neal Morse, also the first full-length album to feature 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
{{Track listing
| total_length = 63:53
| title1 = Onomatopoeia
| writer1 = Nick D'Virgilio, Alan Morse, John Boegehold
| length1 = 5:16
| title2 = The Bottom Line
| writer2 = D'Virgilio, Stan Ausmus
| length2 = 7:33
| title3 = Feel Euphoria
| writer3 = D'Virgilio, Ryo Okumoto
| length3 = 7:20
| title4 = Shining Star
| length4 = 4:04
| writer4 = D'Virgilio
| title5 = East of Eden, West of Memphis
| writer5 = Morse, Boegehold
| length5 = 7:05
| title6 = Ghosts of Autumn
| writer6 = Dave Meros, Boegehold
| length6 = 6:55
| title7 = A Guy Named Sid: Intro
| writer7 = D'Virgilio
| length7 = 3:00
| title8 = Same Old Story
| writer8 = D'Virgilio
| length8 = 4:25
| title9 = You Don't Know
| writer9 = D'Virgilio
| length9 = 3:11
| title10 = Judge
| writer10 = D'Virgilio
| length10 = 3:20
| title11 = Sid's Boys Choir
| writer11 = D'Virgilio
| length11 = 1:09
| title12 = Change
| writer12 = D'Virgilio
| length12 = 5:18
| title13 = Carry On
| writer13 = Morse, Ausmus, Boegehold
| length13 = 5:17
}}
;Special edition bonus tracks
- "Moth of Many Flames" (Morse, Boegehold) – 2:49
- "From the Messenger" (Okumoto) – 7:25
Critical reception
With the departure of Morse, a change in sound was noted by many critics. Sea of Tranquility reported, "Two, maybe three, tracks are almost unrecognizable as Spock's Beard songs",{{cite web |title=Sea of Tr |url=https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=785 |access-date=20 April 2022}} and Sputnik Music said Morse's departure drastically affected the band's sound due to new way of writing music for the group.{{cite web |title=Sputnik Music Review |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/31571/Spocks-Beard-Feel-Euphoria/ |access-date=20 April 2022}} Proggnosis reported, "this cd should almost be addressed as an entirely different band, with the same name of course."{{cite web |title=Proggnosis Review |url=https://www.proggnosis.com/Release/7947 |access-date=20 April 2022}}
Personnel
- Nick D'Virgilio – lead vocals, drums, acoustic & some electric guitars, percussion, loops{{Cite web|url=http://www.spocksbeard.com/discography/feeleuphoria.html|title = Spock's Beard}}
- 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
References
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