Testimony (Neal Morse album)

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Testimony
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Studio album by
Released22 September 2003
RecordedThe Morse House, Nashville 2003
Genre Progressive rock
Length123:43
137:22 (for the Ltd. Edition)
Label Metal Blade
Radiant Records
Producer Rich Mouser
Neal Morse chronology
The Transatlantic Demos
(2003)
Testimony
(2003)
Testimony Live
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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DPRP(?) [2]
Tollbooth(positive) [3]

Testimony is the third studio album, and the first concept album, by Neal Morse. Released in 2003, this double record is in five sections detailing the composer's life and conversion to Christianity. [4] The album features performances from Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy and Kerry Livgren of Kansas, [5] although the majority of instruments are played by Morse himself.

Contents

Footage from the writing and recording sessions for this album was released as a two-hour-long DVD titled Making of Testimony: Rough Edit in September 2007.

The story was also expanded upon and released in book form in 2011 titled, Testimony. [6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Neal Morse.

Disc One

Part 1
No.TitleLength
1."The Land of Beginning Again"3:10
2."Overture No. 1"5:58
3."California Nights"5:46
4."Colder in the Sun"6:20
5."Sleeping Jesus"5:32
6."Interlude"1:56
7."The Prince of the Power of the Air"2:43
8."The Promise"2:52
9."Wasted Life"6:50
Total length:41:08
Part 2
No.TitleLength
1."Overture No. 2"2:31
2."Break of Day"6:55
3."Power in the Air"5:03
4."Somber Days"5:06
5."Long Story"5:35
6."It's All I Can Do"6:25
Total length:31:38

Disc Two

Part 3
No.TitleLength
1."Transformation"3:00
2."Ready to Try"4:17
3."Sing it High"4:48
Total length:12:06
Part 4
No.TitleLength
1."Moving in My Heart"3:06
2."I Am Willing"6:28
3."In the Middle"2:27
4."The Storm Before the Calm"7:31
5."Oh, to Feel Him"6:17
6."God's Theme"2:31
Total length:28:19
Part 5
No.TitleLength
1."Overture No. 3"1:05
2."Rejoice"2:28
3."Oh Lord My God"3:54
4."God's Theme 2"2:10
5."The Land of Beginning Again"0:54
Total length:10:33

Disc Three (Limited Edition)

No.TitleLength
1."The fang... sings!"0:18
2."Tuesday Afternoon/Find My Way Back Home""13:21
Total length:13:39

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. DPRP review
  3. Tollbooth review
  4. "Allmusic: Testimony review" . Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  5. "Neal Morse official website: Testimony" . Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  6. "Testimony book" . Retrieved 11 April 2022.