Beware of Darkness

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Beware of Darkness takes us where The Light, Spock's Beard's ingenious debut outing left off. 'Beware of Darkness' opens this collection of gems with a mesmerizing swirl of keyboards and guitars. Neil Morse continues to develop as one of the best new progressive-rock composers in the field today. Just listen to 'The Doorway' and its majestic counterpoints, and you can't help but being amazed. Beware of Darkness is even more technically challenging than its processor, The Light, yet retains great melody and interesting lyrics. In the tradition of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes and Genesis, Spock's Beard offers some of the best progressive rock of the '90s. 'Beware Of Darkness' is their 1996 album on Radiant Records.

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Beware of Darkness

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OH MY....

Beware of Darkness
Spock's Beard
Manufacturer: Metal Blade
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001Z364Q
Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

Beware of Darkness
Thoughts
Doorway
Chatauqua
Walking on the Wind
Waste Away
Time Has Come
Doorway [Home Demo][*]
Beware of Darkness [Home Demo][*]

Customer Reviews:

OH MY...........2006-11-15

......that's what I was saying after this album ended. This is Spock's Beard's 2nd album and one of the best prog albums I've EVER HEARD. Simply amazing. Neal Morse and Co. are just hitting on all cylinders on this one. Their debut, The Light, was fantastic, but this is even better. The album starts off with the title track, a cover of the George Harrison song....it's a cover only lyrically...the music is awesome. It's followed by Thoughts, which is indeed a great song and *not* annoying as the previous reviewer so mistakenly stated. The highlights for me on this album are the epics The Doorway, Walking On the Wind, and the absolutely stunning album closer Time Has Come......16 1/2 minutes of prog mastery. Two shorter but excellent songs, the acoustic Chataqua and the rockin' Waste Away, round out the album.

This is, so far, the best Spock's Beard album I've heard and I can't wait to delve deeper into their catalog.....get this album and turn it up LOUD...you'll love it!

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An album for any prog fan
It's good
best album they did!
Excellent
Back to the Future

Beware of Darkness
Spock's Beard
Manufacturer: Metal Blade
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000AD93
Release Date: 1998-09-08

Tracks:

Beware Of Darkness
Thoughts
The Doorway
Chatauqua
Walking On The Wind
Waste Away
Time Has Come

Album Description

Beware of Darkness takes us where The Light, Spock's Beard's ingenious debut outing left off. 'Beware of Darkness' opens this collection of gems with a mesmerizing swirl of keyboards and guitars. Neil Morse continues to develop as one of the best new progressive-rock composers in the field today. Just listen to 'The Doorway' and its majestic counterpoints, and you can't help but being amazed. Beware of Darkness is even more technically challenging than its processor, The Light, yet retains great melody and interesting lyrics. In the tradition of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes and Genesis, Spock's Beard offers some of the best progressive rock of the '90s. 'Beware Of Darkness' is their 1996 album on Radiant Records.

Customer Reviews:

An album for any prog fan.......2007-01-06

Again, if you are a fan of Gentle Giant, Yes, Rush and that kind of music, Spock's beard is really a band you should know. This is their second album and it is, again, a great album, no weak moments in there.
Only very good music, complex, from the beggining to the end.

It's good.......2005-08-12

Spock's Beard is one of the best newer bands around and is my favorite newer band. I got this album right after i bought The Light. I thought The Light was great, but in my opinion, this album is even better. All the songs are good, but my favorites are Beware of Darkness, Thoughts, The Doorway, and Walking on the Wind.

best album they did!.......2005-02-19

Though, I am a newcomer to Spock's Beard. I believe this is the best cd I have ever heard. I own Snow, and I own don't try this at home. I thought that snow would be the most phenomenal thing ever made, yet this is better. Snow deserves a respectful 4 and don't try this at home deserves a 3.5. This is the best album by Spock's Beard! Sadness fill me when I found a band this good, with other lackluster albums.

Excellent .......2005-01-29

Most of this cd is 5 star progressive music. I find track 2 (Thoughts) to be annoying and way to much vocal but only 7 minutes long. But otherwise, this is one of SB's best and is highly recommended.

Back to the Future.......2004-10-03

From the opening riffs of this CD, this forty-something ex-prog-rocker was transported back to the golden age of rock, when you were allowed to use more than three chords and didn't have to sing about what a pain life is. True, Spock's Beard is derivative--a single chord progression echoes Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, and Jethro Tull--but that's the whole idea. They breathe fresh new life into a dying genre. And such virtuosity! Rarely has a group of such talented musicians come together on such a complex project. With new sound technology and the ability to expand tracks to CD-length, they are in some ways able to improve on the old prog gods. Yes, I miss Jon Anderson's voice and Peter Gabriel's lyrics - but this is a pretty first step back to the future.

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Beware of Critics
OH MY....,
The Beard's Best
Second album from top American prog rockers.

Beware of Darkness
Spock's Beard
Manufacturer: Inside Out Germany
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001IMKTK
Release Date: 2004-09-13

Tracks:

Beware of Darkness
Thoughts
Doorway
Chatauqua
Walking on the Wind
Waste Away
Time Has Come
Doorway [Home Demo][*]
Beware of Darkness [Home Demo][*]

Customer Reviews:

Beware of Critics.......2007-03-05

How anyone can berate this album bewilders me. The songs are great, the arrangements flawless, the execution peerless. They even perform the miracle of making a George Harrison song interesting! And anyone who can do that deserves universal plaudits, surely...

OH MY...., .......2006-11-20

The Beard's Best.......2006-05-20

This is in my opinion the best recording by Spock's Beard. All of the songs are terrific. Neil and the band are at the top of their game throughout. However, "Doorway" and the phenomenal version of George Harrison's "Beware of Darkness", which alone is worth the price, are the highlights. I'm normally not a fan of covers of songs written by members of the Beatles but this is one of the exceptions. This recording is a must have for lovers of great music, nevermind the labels like prog, etc. This is just great, great music.

Second album from top American prog rockers........2004-03-30

Spock's Beards first album, "The Light" was always going to be a hard act to follow. That album was a bold first statement from these American prog rockers. It's four tracks, three over 12 minutes in length, mixed the classic prog sounds of Yes and Genesis with the bands own already well developed style. That album firmly established the band from the outset. This second album didn't try to repeat the formula but included shorter as well as the lengthier pieces. Although not as audacious as that first album, Neal Morse's songwriting never fails to impress with strong melodic ideas. This is more of a full band effort, with keyboardist Ryo Okumoto now fully integrated. They effortlessly tackle the vocally and instrumentally complex "Thoughts", the first in a series of Gentle Giant inspired pieces. The lengthy "The Doorway" is classic Spocks' Beard, beautifully developed over it's 11 minutes plus. Particularly pleasing is the almost radio friendly "Waste Away" with it's very catchy chorus. This remastered release is part of InsideOut's re-issue of the first three albums and comes handsomely packaged. The booklet includes insightful notes on each track by Neal Morse and a couple of demo versions are included for completeness. Easily recommended to anyone interested in progressive rock.

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Fiendish Japanese

Beware of Darkness
Balzac
Manufacturer: Disk Union
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007IGAL
Release Date: 2003-02-10

Tracks:

Beware Of Darkness
Yami No Mukou No SuBete Wo (Remix Extra Digital Horror Versi
The Black Light Shines In 99
The Silence Of Crows (Previously Unreleased Version)
The Pain (Is All Around)
Out Of The Blue
In Your Face
The Silence Of Crows
DiaBolos
13 Ghosts
Day The Earth Caught Fire

Album Description

Japanese EP for Japanese punk act compared to The Misfits. Includes 6 bonus live (2002) tracks 'Out Of The Blue', 'In Your Face', 'The Silence Of Crows', 'Dia Bolos', '13 Ghosts' & 'Day The Earth Caught Fire'. 11 tracks total. Phalanx. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Fiendish Japanese.......2004-08-19

Except for the unintelligable vocals (which prompted the 4 star rating instead of a 5) these guys are about as close to the Misfits I've ever heard any band get. The only other quibble I have about this album is that the mix is heavy on the drums, especially the cymbals, which tends to make hearing the other instruments a little difficult. Otherwise this is a must-have for any serious Misfits fan.