Gluttons for Punishment

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Gluttons for Punishment
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Live album by Spock's Beard
Released 2005
Recorded March 18/20/21, 2005 in Germany and Switzerland
Genre Progressive rock
Length118:33
Label InsideOut Music
Producer Spock's Beard
Spock's Beard chronology
Octane
(2005) Octane2005		Gluttons for Punishment
(2005)		 Spock's Beard
(2006) Spock's Beard2006
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Gluttons for Punishment, released in 2005, is a double live album by the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. It was recorded during the band's Octane tour on March 18, 2005, at Colos-Saal in Aschaffenburg, Germany; March 20 at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland; and March 21 at Substage in Karlsruhe, Germany. It is the first live album released by Spock's Beard since the departure of the former frontman Neal Morse.

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Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Intro" – 1:20
  2. "The Ballet of the Impact" – 5:50
  3. "I Wouldn't Let It Go" – 4:47
  4. "Surfing Down the Avalanche" – 3:53
  5. "She Is Everything" – 7:06
  6. "Climbing Up That Hill" – 3:34
  7. "Letting Go" – 1:20
  8. "Of the Beauty of It All" – 4:56
  9. "Harm's Way" – 11:17
  10. "NWC" – 9:58

Tracks 1-8 are played in sequence and form A Flash Before My Eyes.

Disc two

  1. "At the End of the Day" – 16:33
  2. "The Bottom Line" – 7:40
  3. "Ryo's Solo" – 5:57
  4. "Ghosts of Autumn" – 6:49
  5. "As Long As We Ride" – 8:26
  6. "The Light" – 19:07

Personnel

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Nicholas D'Virgilio often referred to as NDV, is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist musician, best known as a member of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He was also one of two drummers chosen to replace Phil Collins in Genesis on the Calling All Stations album. He has also done session work with many artists including Tears for Fears and Mystery, and is an official member of Big Big Train.

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