Guitar maniac and songwriter Neal Morse is no stranger to conceptual albums, having been the founder of Spock's Beard.
Morse decided to leave the band and pursue his own vision of uniting his faith with his music unabashedly and without subtlety.
He did this first on the double album Testimony in 2003, followed it up in 2005 with ?, and continues it on his most ambitious and perhaps most controversial project yet in Sola Scriptura.
With a rhythm section of bassist Randy George and drummer Mike Portnoy from tech-metal progenitors Dream Theater, Morse also enlisted the help of fellow guitar wizard Paul Gilbert on a few tracks, and employed strings, a French horn, and a chorus of backing vocalists to help him realize the project.
At the risk of oversimplifying, Morse has written a work based around Martin Luther's posting his thesis on the Wittenburg Door and bringing about the Reformation, the great schism where Protestantism was created.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heaven in My HeartNeal Morse | Neal Morse | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 2 | The Door | Neal Morse | Play | 29:13 | 66 MB | 201 MB |
| 3 | The Conflict | Neal Morse | Play | 25:00 | 57 MB | 167 MB |
| 4 | The Conclusion | Neal Morse | Play | 16:34 | 37 MB | 114 MB |
| 75 mins | 174 MB | |||||
| 75 mins | 517 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debbie Bresee | Vocals (Background) |
| 2 | Wade Browne | Vocals (Background) |
| 3 | Chris Carmichael | Viola, Violin, Violin (Electric) |
| 4 | Revonna Cooper | Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Thomas Ewerhard | Artwork, Design |
| 6 | Randy George | Bass |
| 7 | Paul Gilbert | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 8 | Jerry Guidroz | Engineer |
| 9 | Wil Henderson | Vocals |
| 10 | Ken Love | Mastering |
| 11 | Neal Morse | Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals |
| 12 | Richard Morse | Vocals (Background) |
| 13 | Rich Mouser | Mixing |
| 14 | Amy Pippin | Vocals (Background) |
| 15 | Joey Pippin | Vocals (Background) |
| 16 | Mike Portnoy | Drums |
| 17 | Rachel Rigdon | Violin |
| 18 | Michael Thurman | French Horn |
| 19 | Hannah Vanderpool | Cello |
| 20 | April Zachary | Vocals (Background) |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |