One | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 2, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 2004 | |||
Studio | The Morse House, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 79:55 | |||
Label | Metal Blade Radiant Records | |||
Producer | Bill Evans and Neal Morse | |||
Neal Morse chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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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 album is based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
The band is Neal, Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), and Randy George (Ajalon) with guest Phil Keaggy.
Credits adapted from CD booklet.
All tracks are written by Neal Morse, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lyrics | Length |
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1. | "The Creation" I. "One Mind" II. "In a Perfect Light" III. "Where Are You?" IV. "Reaching From the Heart" |
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| 18:23 |
2. | "The Man's Gone" | 2:51 | ||
3. | "Author of Confusion" |
| 9:31 | |
4. | "The Separated Man 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" |
| 4:56 | |
6. | "Help Me/The Spirit and the Flesh" |
| 11:14 | |
7. | "Father of Forgiveness" | 5:47 | ||
8. | "Reunion I. "No Separation" II. "Grand Finale" III. "Make Us One" |
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| 9:11 |
Total length: | 79:52 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lyrics | Length |
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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) |
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| 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 |
This is the track list as described by Neal Morse with bonus tracks in their original place.[3]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Creation" | 18:22 |
2. | "The Man's Gone" | 2:50 |
3. | "Nothing to Believe" | 3:29 |
4. | "Author of Confusion" | 9:30 |
5. | "The Separated Man" | 17:58 |
6. | "Cradle to the Grave" | 4:55 |
7. | "Help Me/The Spirit and the Flesh" | 11:13 |
8. | "King Jesus" | 4:48 |
9. | "Father of Forgiveness" | 5:46 |
10. | "Reunion" | 9:11 |
Total length: | 88:02 |
In 2018, One was ranked number 3 all time in the Neal Morse discography behind Sola Scriptura and The Similitude of a Dream.[4]
Technical personnel