One (Neal Morse album)

One

Studio album by Neal Morse

Released

November 2, 2004

Recorded

The Morse House, Nashville, Tennessee 2004

Genre

Progressive rock

Length

79:55
39:14 (Bonus disc)

Label

InsideOut Music

Producer

Bill Evans and Neal Morse

Neal Morse chronology

Testimony Live (DVD)
(2004)

One
(2004)

God Won't Give Up
(2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Tollbooth	(Extremely positive)^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]

One is a Christian progressive rock concept album by multi-instrumentalist Neal Morse and his fourth studio album. Released in 2004, this was released as both a single-CD album and a special edition double-CD with deleted tracks and cover songs.

The band is Neal, Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater), and Randy George (Ajalon) with guest Phil Keaggy.

Track listing

Regular release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Parts	Length
1.	"The Creation"	Randy George, Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy	* I. "One Mind" II. "In a Perfect Light" III. "Where Are You?" IV. "Reaching From the Heart"	18:23
2.	"The Man's Gone"	Neal Morse		2:51
3.	"Author of Confusion"	Randy George, Neal Morse		9:31
4.	"The Separated Man"	Neal Morse	* I. "I'm in a Cage" II. "I Am the Man" III. "The Man's Gone (Reprise)" IV. "Something Within Me Remembers"	17:59
5.	"Cradle to the Grave"	Randy George, Neal Morse		4:56
6.	"Help Me/The Spirit and the Flesh"	Randy George, Neal Morse		11:14
7.	"Father of Forgiveness"	Neal Morse		5:47
8.	"Reunion"	Randy George, Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy	* I. "No Separation" II. "Grand Finale" III. "Make Us One"	9:11
Total length:				79:52

Bonus CD (special edition)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Back to the Garden"	4:26
2.	"Nothing to Believe"	3:29
3.	"Cradle to the Grave (Neal's vocal)"	4:55
4.	"King Jesus"	4:48
5.	"What Is Life?" (George Harrison)	4:28
6.	"Where the Streets Have No Name" (U2)	5:46
7.	"Day After Day" (Badfinger)	3:25
8.	"Chris Carmichael's Aria"	1:07
9.	"I'm Free/Sparks" (The Who)	6:36
Total length:		39:14

Restored track list

Three tracks on the bonus CD were cut from the album and another bonus track was recorded but not part of the original sequence. This is the track list with those three tracks put into their location in the story.^[3]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Creation"	18:22
2.	"Back to the Garden"	4:26
3.	"The Man's Gone"	2:50
4.	"Nothing to Believe"	3:29
5.	"Author of Confusion"	9:30
6.	"The Separated Man"	17:58
7.	"Cradle to the Grave"	4:55
8.	"Help Me/The Spirit and the Flesh"	11:13
9.	"Father of Forgiveness"	5:46
10.	"King Jesus"	4:48
11.	"Reunion"	9:11

Personnel

Neal Morse – lead vocals, Keyboards, Guitars
Mike Portnoy – drums
Randy George – bass guitar

Additional musicians and special guests

Phil Keaggy – Electric guitar solo in "The Creation" at 8:25, Acoustic guitar solo in "The Man's Gone (Reprise)", 2nd Lead Vocals on Cradle to the Grave.
Chris Carmichael – Violin, Viola, and Background Vocals
Gene Miller – Additional Vocals
Rick Altizer – Additional Vocals
Michael Thurman – French Horn
Rachel Rigdon – Violin
Hannah Vanderpool – Cello
Dave Jacques – String Bass
Jim Hoke – Saxophone
Neil Rosengarden – Trumpet
Bill Huber – Trombone
Glenn Caruba – Percussion
Aaron Marshall – Background Vocals
Missy Hale – Background Vocals

Release details

2004, UK, Inside Out Music/Spv ?, Release Date 8 November 2004, CD
2004, UK, Inside Out Music/Spv 6-93723-01182-0, Release Date 8 November 2004, CD (Special Edition 2-CD set)
2004, USA, Radiant Records/Metal Blade ?, Release Date 2 November 2004, CD

References

↑ "A Review of The Phantom Tollbooth". tollbooth.org. 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
↑ "One - Neal Morse". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
↑ "Neal Morse 2004: One Under Construction", Inner Circle DVD July 2012, Radiant Records

Neal Morse

Solo

Studio albums	Neal Morse It's Not Too Late Testimony One ? God Won't Give Up Songs from the Highway Sola Scriptura Lifeline Testimony 2 Momentum

Worship Sessions	Lead Me Lord Send the Fire Secret Place The River Mighty to Save Songs from November

Live albums	? Live So Many Roads: Live in Europe Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles Live Momentum Morsefest 2014

Video albums	Testimony Live Sola Scriptura and Beyond Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles Live Momentum Morsefest 2014

Compilation albums	Transatlantic Demos Sing It High: A Collection of Singles

The Neal Morse Band

Studio albums	The Grand Experiment The Similitude of a Dream

Live albums	Alive Again

Video albums	Alive Again

Morse Portnoy George

Studio albums	Cover to Cover Cover 2 Cover

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