''The Great Leap'' is the fifth album released by composer

Phideaux Xavier Phideaux Xavier (born Scott Riggs; January 14, 1963) is an American television director, and composer of modern technological music that he describes as 'psychedelic progressive gothic rock', who grew up near New York City but now lives in Los ...

. In August 2005, while putting the finishing touches on ''

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'', Xavier returned to the studio to record the first two parts of a projected "Trilogy" of albums dealing with "Big Brother" authoritarianism and

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. ''The Great Leap'' is part one of that trilogy, while part two, '' Doomsday Afternoon'', released a year later. The album features shorter songs and is a return to the simpler song structures of ''

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''.

Tracks

#"Wake Up" (04:03) #"You and Me Against a World of Pain" (05:35) #"The Waiting" (03:33) #"Abducted" (06:10) #"Rainboy" (06:15) #"I Was Thinking" (04:24) #"Long and Lonely Way" (04:18) #"They Hunt You Down" (03:54) #"Tannis Root" (04:52) #"One Star" (05:14) #"Last" (05:50) Phideaux Xavier albums 2006 albums {{2006-rock-album-stub