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Audio Mixer: Daniel Gildenlow.
Recording information: Fascination Street; Five Legged Monkey Studios; Kloster Kyrka; Lokomotivet; Punch & Pie Studios; The Bassment.
Photographers: Daniel Gildenlow; Lars Ardarve; Kristoffer Gildenlow.
Reader: Alex Morgan .
Pain of Salvation: Fredrik Hermansson (grand piano, harpsichord, percussion, sampler); Kristoff Gildenlow (bass instrument, double bass, fretless bass, percussion, sound effects, background vocals); Johan Hallgren (congas, background vocals); Johan Langell (cowbells, djembe); Daniel Gildenlow (tom tom).
Personnel: Daniel Gildenlow (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandola, cymbals, percussion, programming, sampler, sound effects); Johan Hallgren (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion); Camilla Apvidsson (violin); Magnus Lanning (cello); Kristoffer Gildenlow (double bass, fretless bass, percussion); Johan Langell (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Pain Of Salvation Be Songs Be Music Review Average Rating: (3.9 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Unbelievable
I can use just very great words. Masterpiece. Genious. Mindblowing. This album has its place among the great musical works like Beethoven's symphonies... Daniel Gildenlöw wrote the most difficult and complex album I've ever heard, both musically and conceptionally. Do we think enough about God? Our World? Our precious kind? Life? death? Simple words, aren't they? Are they really that simple? People who hate this album don't or/and don't want to understand it. By the way, the music 'alone' is just fascinating, after - and especially then - 10th listening, there are so many little, sophisticated patterns in this deep musical river... beautiful piano, british-irish folk song feeling, gospel, musical, typical crazy PoS-rythmic changes, simply amaznig... and in Iter Impius, Daniel sings the stars from the sky... He's got marvellous throut, we've known it for long but in that song he's written on of the best melody in the band's story.
Only if you've got 76 minutes to concentrate only one thing. One that contains millions of others.
Submitted by akerfeldtt (Győr, Hungary)
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 Ambitious Effort Comes up Short
By looking at the various reviews, you get the idea that this is an uneven performance. Some of this release is deserving of 5 stars, but too much of it deserves only one.
I agree with the reviewer that mentions skipping over songs - that is exactly what I find myself doing. This CD is Daniel Gildenlow's concept album of explaining where we fit in the history of evolution; no small task! Unfortunately, we end up with a very uneven mix of alternately boring (slow-paced, confusing background sounds, narration), and excellent (classic POS) pieces strung together randomly.
Daniel explains in his liner notes that putting this concept album together over the last several years left him exhausted - but it leaves the listener the same way. You find yourself really fighting to stay with the musical concept, and ultimately, skipping tracks.
They need to get back to "Perfect Element" and "Remedy Lane", two of the greatest discs "progressive rock" has ever seen.
Submitted by ricknlsn (Lakeville, MA, USA) 
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Amazing
I'm pretty new to Pain Of Salvation. Only discovered them a few weeks ago, but I have to say. This album is amazing. It has been spinning in my MD for 2 weeks straight. Go buy it...Now. Go!...
Submitted by Josh (Newfoundland, Canada)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Good, but disappointing
I love POS, but I don't love skipping over songs, which is what I find myself doing everytime I listen to this album. The good songs are great, and I love them, but there's just too much talking. I recommend Remedy Lane, The Perfect Element pt.1, or One Hour by the Concrete Lake over this by far, if you're looking to get into the band. Which is a brilliant idea, cause overall, they're awesome.
Submitted by cdous (Philadelphia, PA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Great Concept, Great Music
This is yet another phenomenal concept piece by Swedish mastermind Daniel Gildenlow. With the ideas of 'what is life?' and 'what is our purpose here?' as a backbone, PoS have created a dynamic soundcape which will appeal any open musical mind. In my opinion, one of the things that make this album different from previous PoS albums is the keyboard work, especially because of the use of acoustic piano. With some touches of humor, dozens of sound clips and fake interviews, PoS takes you once again to a musical journey, creating different and contrasting musical moods along the way. Old PoS fans should grab this jewel right away, but if you're a newcomer, I suggest you start first with wither The Perfect Element, pt. 1 or Remedy Lane, which BTW I STILL cannot decide on which is better. What is certain, however, is that the latest album is not any worse than either. The concept of Be is very ambitious and thought provoking though, as opposed to the concepts of the aforementioned albums, which have a much more autobiographical touch. I highly recommend this new masterpiece!
Submitted by emene14 (Orlando, FL, USA)
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