title: Feel Euphoria
text: Feel Euphoria is the seventh studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard released on July 8, 2003. It was the first album the band recorded following the departure of vocalist/songwriter Neal Morse, also the first full-length album to feature drummer Nick D'Virgilio as lead vocalist. It marked the beginning of a more band-oriented era of songwriting, as before Neal Morse had written the bulk of the band's material, now all of the remaining band members wrote for the band, including bass player Dave Meros, who picked up his first songwriting credit in the history of the band (other than full-group credits) on the song "Ghosts of Autumn".
  
  Tracks 7 through 12 comprise the suite "A Guy Named Sid".
  
  Track listing
  
  Special edition bonus tracks
   "Moth of Many Flames" (Morse, Boegehold) – 2:49
   "From the Messenger" (Okumoto) – 7:25
  
  Critical reception
  With the departure of Morse, a change in sound was noted by many critics. Sea of Tranquility reported, "Two, maybe three, tracks are almost unrecognizable as Spock's Beard songs", and Sputnik Music said Morse's departure drastically affected the band's sound due to new way of writing music for the group. Proggnosis reported, "this cd should almost be addressed as an entirely different band, with the same name of course."
  
  Personnel
  Nick D'Virgilio – lead vocals, drums, acoustic & some electric guitars, percussion, loops
  Alan Morse – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
  Ryo Okumoto – keyboards
  Dave Meros – basses
  
  Additional personnel
  Stan Ausmus - songwriting
  John Boegehold – songwriting, synths and "backward stuff" on "East of Eden, West of Memphis"
  Gina Ballina – french horn
  Claire Pasquale - trumpet & piccolo trumpet
  Steve Velez – cello
  J'Anna Jacoby – violin on "Carry On"
  
  Production
  Arranged & produced by Spock's Beard
  Recorded, engineered & mixed by Richard Mouser
  Mastered by Jay Frigoletto
  
  References
  
  2003 albums
  Spock's Beard albums
  Inside Out Music albums