The Kindness of Strangers (Spock's Beard album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Kindness of Strangers
Type = Album
Artist = Spock's Beard


Released = January, 1998
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 56:32
Label = Radiant Records / Giant Electric Pea
Producer = Neal Morse and Spock's Beard
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:agw67ue0o0j0 link]
Last album = "Official Live Bootleg/The Beard is Out There"
(1996)
This album = "The Kindness of Strangers"
(1998)
Next album = "Day for Night"
(1999) |

"The Kindness of Strangers" is the third studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard.

Track listing

# "The Good Don't Last" – 10:04
#* Introduction
#* The Good Don't Last
#* The Radiant Is
# "In The Mouth Of Madness" – 4:46
# "Cakewalk On Easy Street" – 5:01
# "June" – 5:30
# "Strange World" – 4:20
# "Harm's Way" – 11:06
# "Flow" – 15:48
#* True Believer
#* A Constant Flow of Sound
#* Into the Source
# "The Good Don't Last" (Radio Edit) – 3:24 [Special Edition bonus track]
# "In The Mouth Of Madness" (Radio Edit) – 3:57 [Special Edition bonus track]
# "Cakewalk On Easy Street" (Radio Edit) – 4:01 [Special Edition bonus track]
# "June" (Home Demo) – 5:31 [Special Edition bonus track]
# "Strange World" (Home Demo) – 4:35 [Special Edition bonus track]

Personnel

*Neal Morse - lead vocals, piano, synthesizer, acoustic guitar
*Alan Morse - Electric guitar, cello, mellotron, vocals
*Dave Meros - Bass guitar, vocals
*Nick D'Virgilio - drums, percussion, vocals
*Ryo Okumoto - Hammond organ, mellotron

Trivia

All songs are credited to Neal Morse except "Flow" is co-credited to one Tony Ray. Explains Morse, "When I was 16 I didn't think I could write lyrics. So this friend of mine (that I haven't seen since I was 17) gave me some poetry, some of which is still in "Flow". I used about half of the original. Specifically the beginning of the 'True Believer" section and "Into The Source".