Be by Pain of Salvation

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Animae partus 1:48 6,990
2 Deus nova 3:17 36,603
3 Imago 5:09 7,785
4 Pluvius aestivus 4:59 29,680
5 Lilium cruentus 5:26 7,428
6 Nauticus 4:57 6,643
7 Dea Pecuniae 10:07 11,849
8 Vocari dei 3:49 36,263
9 Diffidentia 7:35 6,891
10 Nihil morari 6:20 24,696
11 Laterticius valette 2:27 844
12 Omni 2:36 22,198
13 Iter impius 6:19 27,682
14 Martius/Nauticus II 6:39 6,779
15 Animae partus II 4:07 19,411

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About this album

inside out (2006) Released: 8 Sep 2006 15 tracks (75:35)
Pain of Salvation - BE
(Recorded: various places, Sweden, February-July 2004; Released: September, 2004)

“BE” is Pain of Salvation’s fifth studio album, released by InsideOutMusic in September 2004. It is a concept album focusing 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. This is the last album to feature Kristoffer Gildenlöw on bass. The album is the first Pain of Salvation album to be divided into more than three chapters.

The band performed it live as a rock opera. It was released as “BE” (Original Stage Production).

Outline
“BE” attempts to explore the many facets of human 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 characters that appear and disappear throughout the story are as follows:
* Animae: Animae is the album’s representation of God, or a Godhead.
* Nauticus: Nauticus is the name of a fictional space probe that is, according to the album, the most intelligent space probe ever to be created. In reference to the marine ‘neighborhood’, Nauticus ‘drifts’ throughout space, searching for answers to save Earth from itself.
* Imago: Imago is the image of humanity in its most natural form. Combined, Imago is the reflection of Animae.

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  • Braymz

    Should have been a book or something. Definitely not music. Or at least not a Pain Of Salvation album.

    last week
  • Dyomaeth

    Probably the most pretentious album in existence.

    9 days ago
  • Mercenarion

    Pretentious wankery.

    last month
  • jump29

    Greatst album! "Deus Nova" cool song!

    February 2012
  • AkselJ

    I recall the first time listening through this. The entire time, I felt like a movie was playing inside my head. And man, that was the best movie I had ever seen. This is a masterpiece. Incredible.

    December 2011
  • maidenmetal1

    M.A.S.T.E.R.P.I.E.C.E. (Maximum Artistic, So Transcendent, Elegant, Rocking, Phenomenally Interesting, Extremely Creative Experience)

    November 2011
  • hiroki_666

    Breathtaking!

    October 2011
  • lter__Impius

    Hi there. The huge differences in number of listeners are mainly tagging's fault.

    June 2011
  • Thornspire

    Why do so few people listen to the entire thing?

    June 2011
  • Alice_in_pains

    huh?

    June 2011
  • Mastah_Ev

    i cant describe how much this album dissapointed me - great storyline, bad way to tell it

    June 2011
  • ShortSonata

    Mindblowingly good. I can't describe or explain how much I love this album.

    May 2011
  • Armandotrue

    Surely, BE is the definition of a masterpiece.

    March 2011
  • immolation

    i don't know if this kind of concept is too big bite for any human on a planet,even daniel gildenlow.however,he made a masterpiece.

    February 2011
  • osherz5

    Genius

    February 2011
  • Vandrare

    What can I say? This album destroyed any notion of "there is no such thing as the best album I've ever heard". If I can even call it an album, I think it's beyond that.

    December 2010
  • EmilianoCM

    Awesome Album!!!

    December 2010
  • Balturs

    It's a pity that sooo awesome and outstanding album has so many listens with wrong album title. The official website states: "The album title is supposed to be written with caps within quotation marks," so the correct title for this album is "BE" (not just Be). Pity, pity, pity... But, anyway, I'm not even surprised because music is that what matters. The album is gorgeous and is one of its kind. Truly undescribable experience. Can listen to it for eternity at loss for words in each and every spin. Wow!...

    December 2010
  • Instrumedley

    I agree Nauticus is SOOO annoying hahah but this is definitely the best album ever of my life. I mean...among all the albums and bands I like, BE is the #1

    October 2010
  • OutlawMango

    I love this album so much. Only Nauticus(drifting) is always annoying to here. Lilium Cruentus/Nihil Morari and Martius (Nauticus) are the best songs :)

    October 2010
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