Octane (album)

Octane is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard, released on 25 January 2005. The first seven tracks form a complete piece of work, "A Flash Before My Eyes", that tells the story of a man involved in a car accident who relives his memories in the moments following the crash.

A special edition release contained a second disc which contained five new tracks, outtakes from "A Flash Before My Eyes" and a video documenting the making of the album.

Critical reception
With Octane, the band continued on a similar path as Feel Euphoria with a shift from progressive rock to a more straight-ahead rock sound. As a result, Octane has received generally average reviews since its release.

Track listing
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Personnel

 * Spock's Beard
 * Nick D'Virgilio – lead vocals, drums, percussion, loops, electric guitar and acoustic guitar
 * Alan Morse – guitar, theremin, saw, backing vocals
 * Ryo Okumoto – keyboards
 * Dave Meros – bass


 * Additional musicians
 * Eric Gorfain – violin
 * Daphne Chen – violin
 * Leah Katz – viola
 * Richard Dodd – cello
 * Gina Ballina – French horn
 * Johnnie Corno – French horn
 * Ramón Flores – trumpet


 * Additional credits
 * Stan Ausmus – songwriting
 * John Boegehold – songwriting, string and horn arrangement
 * Rich Mouser – mixing
 * Jay Frigoletto – mastering
 * Thomas Ewerhard – artwork