The Dreamer – Joseph: Part One

The Dreamer – Joseph: Part One
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 11, 2023
September 15 (vinyl edition)
GenreProgressive rock, rock opera
Length65:01
LabelFrontiers
Radiant (vinyl edition)
Neal Morse chronology
Innocence & Danger (w/ The Neal Morse Band)
(2021)
The Dreamer – Joseph: Part One
(2023)
The Restoration – Joseph: Part Two
(2024)
Singles from The Dreamer – Joseph: Part One
  1. "Like a Wall"
    Released: June 19, 2023
  2. "Heaven in Charge of Hell"
    Released: July 13, 2023

The Dreamer – Joseph: Part One is the twelfth studio album by American progressive rock vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist Neal Morse, released on August 11, 2023, via Frontiers. The album features vocals by Ted Leonard (Spock's Beard, Pattern-Seeking Animals, Thought Chamber), Matt Smith (Theocracy) and Jake Livgren (Proto-kaw, Kansas) and guitarists Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, Flying Colors) and Eric Gillette (The Neal Morse Band).

It is a concept album about biblical figure Joseph, following his story until his unfair imprisonment. It was written starting in September 2022; by December, Morse thought he had too much material for the listeners to digest in one single release and asked the label to put it out in two parts.

The album was released on digital platforms and, on September 15, as a brick orange 2 LP vinyl limited edition, with the first 2/3 ordered copies being signed by him and 5 randomly selected copies getting a handwritten and signed copy of the lyrics to the track "Like a Wall".

Two singles were released from the album, each of them with an accompanying video: "Like a Wall", on June 19; and "Heaven in Charge of Hell", on July 13.