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Be (Album) | align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|BE | | lign="center" colspan="3"|Album cover | | lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Album by Pain of Salvation | | lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|September, 2004 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|various places, Sweden, February-July 2001 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Progressive Metal | | lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|73 min 50 s | | lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|InsideOutMusic | | lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Daniel Gildenlw | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews | | lign="left" valign="top"|reviewer | valign="top"|rating | valign="top"|url | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Pain of Salvation Chronology | align="top"|
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| BE is Pain of Salvation's fifth studio album, released by InsideOut Music in September 2004. It is a concept album focussing on the existence of God and humankind. Along with the band it features a nine part orchestra, The Orchestra of Eternity, which features prominently throughout the album. Outline BE explores the many facets of our existence. It begins with the narration of Animae, someone or something who/that has existed for as long as he/she/it can remember and contemplates the nature of his/her/its existence and then begins a journey of understanding with the words: "I will call myself GOD and I will spend the rest of forever trying to figure out who I am". The story continues from there. The sound and style is somewhat more varied that previous Pain of Salvation albums, but at the same time, calling upon those previous albums as influences. The album includes: narrative passages; a folk-like song; a gospel-prayer-like song; a church-hymn-like song; progressive metal songs; a classical piano/strings piece; a conversation with a radio in the background; news readings; and even a song that would not be out of place in a Broadway musical. Another song consists entirely of voice messages to be left on "God's answering machine". To approach this song, the band asks the subscribers of their newsletter to call a certain phone number and say what ever they would want to say to God. In writing BE, Daniel Gildenlw used a plethora of resources for information, insights and inspiration. These can be viewed at the "BE" home page, and are intended as "points of departure" for the listener to continue their "own journey through "BE". One does not need to believe or not believe in God/Gods to listen to and (attempt to) understand the album. It is not professing the existence of a certain God or Gods. It is a work of fiction through which we are to attempt to understand in order to understand ourselves and our existence with. Track listing Prologue - 01. Animae Partus ("I am")
I. Animae Partus - All in the Image of
- 02. Deus Nova
- 03. Imago
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- (Homines Partus)
- 04. Pluvius Aestivus
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- Of Summer Rain (Homines Fabula Initium)
II. Machinassiah - Of Gods & Slaves
- 05. Lilium Cruentus (Deus Nova)
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- On the Loss of Innocence
- 06. Nauticus (drifting)
- 07. Dea Pecuniae
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- I. Mr. Money
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- II. Permanere
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- III. I Raise My Glass
III. Machinageddon - Nemo Idoneus Aderat Qui Responderet
- 08. Vocari Dei
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- Sordes Aetas - Mess Age
- 09. Diffidentia (Breaching the Core)
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- Exitus - Drifting II
- 10. Nihil Morari
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- (Homines Fabula Finis)
IV. Machinauticus - Of the Ones With no Hope
- 11. Latericius Valete
- 12. Omni
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- Permanere?
- 13. Iter Impius
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- Martigena, son of Mars
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- (Obitus Diutinus)
- 14. Martius/Nauticus II
V. Deus Nova Mobile - ...and a God is Born
- 15. Animae Partus II
Concept, research, original stories, lyrics, narrations and texts by Daniel Gildenlw. All music by Daniel Gildenlw, except "Iter Impius" by Fredrik Hermansson. All orchestral arrangements by Daniel Gildenlw, except "Imago" by Jan Levander and Daniel Gildenlw. News casts, fake interview and other "snipplets" written by Kim Howatt, Jim Howatt and Daniel Gildenlw. Personnel Band: - Daniel Gildenlw - vocals, choirs, voices, harmony vocals; electric and acoustic guitar; mandola; Chinese archo; percussion on toms, roto-toms, mandola (body), eggs, floors, broken cymbals and what-have-you; samplers and programming.
- Fredrik Hermansson - grand piano, harpsichord and keyboards; percussion on large toms; no vocals whatsoever.
- Johan Hallgren - electric and acoustic guitars; harmony vocals; percussion on congas.
- Johan Langell - drums; backing vocals; percussion on djembe and cow bell.
- Kristoffer Gildenlw - fretted and fretless basses; double bass; harmony vocals; percussion on congas.
The Orchestra of Eternity: - Mihai Cucu - 1st violin
- Camilla Arvidsson - 2nd violin
- Kristina Ekman - viola
- Magnus Lanning - cello
- sa Karlberg - flute
- Anette Kumlin - oboe
- Nils-ke Pettersson - clarinet
- Dries van den Poel - bass clarinet
- Sven-Oloe Juvas - tuba
Guest Musicians: - Mats Stenlund - church organ
- Cecilia Ringkvist - vocals
Other: - Donald Morgan - narration
- Donald K. Morgan - narration
- Alex R. Morgan - narration
- Kim Howatt - news reading, Cindy (Sandra!)
- Jim Howatt - news reading
- Jackie Crotinger - news reading
- Ross Crotinger - news reading
- Tom Kleich - Mr. Money on radio
- Blair Wilson - interviewer on radio, Miss Mediocraty
- Gaby Howatt - Miss Mediocraty
- Molly Fahey - "There's room for all God's creatures..."
- Various people from around the world - voice messages to God
Visual: - Lars Ardavre - photography
- Per Hillblom
- Kim Howatt - photography
- Jim Howatt - photography
- Kristoffer Gildenlw - photography
- Daniel Gildenlw - photography, artwork, logotypes
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