Snow is a 2-CD album released by Spock's Beard in
September 2002. It has 26 songs which follow the life of
a man named Snow, so called because he is albino. This is
a concept not unlike that of The Who's Tommy. The
lyrics are "spoken" by different characters and the
wonderful artwork in the liner notes (there's a lot of them)
give great images of the story.
Track list and rough outline of the story:
Disc 1
- Made Alive/Overture — Snow is born
- Stranger in a Strange Land — "shunned as he grew",
Snow sets out into the world alone at seventeen
- Long Time Suffering — Snow loves his new world
- Welcome to New York City — a pimp named "The Knight" greets Snow
and shows him his wares
- Love Beyond Words — Snow acts as The Knight's psychiatrist, he
sees Snow as a savior
- The 39th Street Blues — a prostitute complains to Snow and The
Knight about her life, Snow offers her salvation
- Devil's Got My Throat — a drug addict goes to Snow for help,
word of his healing ability spread
- Open Wide the Flood Gates — Snow preaches love in Central Park
- Open the Gates part 2 — Snow preaches some more and gains followers
- Solitary Soul — "The Homeless" tells their story to Snow, they are
invited to join him
- Wind at my Back — The Homeless praise Snow, he is their savior
Disc 2
- Second Overture
- 4th of July — the narrator's hints at things to come
- I'm the Guy — Snow's ego takes control
- Reflection — Snow makes the cover of Time - he is labelled
"the albino priest"
- Carie — Snow falls in love with Carie, he forgets his new life in
order to chase after her
- Looking for Answers — Snow wonders why Carie doesn't respond
- Freak Boy — Carie's response
- All is Vanity — Snow enters depression
- I'm Dying — Snow loses hope
- Freak Boy (part 2) — Carie's words sink in
- Devil's Got My Throat (Revisited) — Snow joins The Addict for a
night out
- Snow's Night Out
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Ryo Okumoto on the Keyboards
- I Will Go — Snow finds salvation in God
- Made Alive Again/Wind at my Back — Snow thanks his Savior in the
same manner in which his followers thanked him