Just Be

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Just Be
Just Be cover
Studio album by Tiësto
Released Flag of the Netherlands 6 April 2004
Flag of the United States 15 May 2004
Flag of the United Kingdom 17 May 2004
Flag of France 1 June 2004
Flag of Canada 2 January 2006
Flag of Japan 16 April 2004
Flag of the Republic of China 20 April 2004
Flag of Romania 24 May 2004
Flag of Australia 7 June 2004
Flag of Spain 20 May 2004
Recorded 2004
Genre Trance
Length 78:47
Label Black Hole Recordings
Producer Tiësto
Professional reviews
Tiësto chronology
In My Memory
(2001)
Just Be
(2004)
Parade of the Athletes
(2004)
Singles from Just Be
  1. "Traffic"
  2. "Love Comes Again"
  3. "Just Be"
  4. "Adagio for Strings"
  5. "UR / A Tear In The Open"

Just Be is Tiësto's second artist album, released on 6 April 2004 in the Netherlands and 15 May 2004 in the USA (see 2004 in music). The album features BT, Kirsty Hawkshaw, and Aqualung on vocals. There is also a remake of Samuel Barbers Adagio for Strings. The album's singles were Love Comes Again, Traffic, Just Be (the title track), and Adagio for Strings. The track Sweet Misery was originally written for Evanescence but it did not meet the deadline for the release of their album. [1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Just Be
# Title Lyrics Length
1. "Forever Today"     11:59
2. "Love Comes Again"   BT 8:06
3. "Traffic"     5:24
4. "Sweet Misery"   Joanne Lloyd 7:29
5. "Nyana"     6:42
6. "UR"   Matt Hales 5:56
7. "Walking On Clouds"   Kirsty Hawkshaw 7:23
8. "A Tear In The Open"     9:22
9. "Just Be"   Kirsty Hawkshaw 8:39
10. "Adagio for Strings"     7:23


[edit] Credits

[edit] Style

The album begins with "Forever Today" which is composed of soft sounds of strings which includes a strong bassline later in the song. It's second track is Tiësto and Brian Transeau's bets work, the second single from the album "Love Comes Again". The song uses latin percussion sounds which are followed by BT's funky vocals. The third track is the uplifting "Traffic". Then he introduces his first work with Joanne Lloyd, titled "Sweet Misery", it is a chill out track with dark vocals and flowing synth lines, it is an unexpected break from the usually expected sounds of Tiësto. He continues by performing the title track of his previous album compilation "Nyana".

Tiësto's first down tempo track in the album, "UR" features vocals of Matt Hales from Aqualung and was remixed by Junkie XL and released as a single with "A Tear In The Open" as its B-side. Another down tempo track in which Tiësto collaborated along half of Gabriel & Dresden, Josh Gabriel in "Walking on Clouds" and Kirsty Hawkshaw's vocals, the song was also released as an instrumental version. "A Tear In The Open" is played in track eight and was composed by Tiësto, Geert Huinink and Daniël Stewart. The title track "Just Be" features Hawkshaw again and became a successful song as it was included in Gabriel & Dresden's "Nip / Tuck: Original TV Soundtrack". Then the best track on the album, "Adagio for Strings" begins with a hard pounding bassline which builds up until the heavenly melodic breakdown rises. The soft and charming sounds of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" has been featured in movies such as Platoon and on William Orbit's "Pieces in a Modern Style" album a couple of years back and is the perfect track to be covered by Tiesto. [3]

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[edit] Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Netherlands Album Chart 1
Belgium Album Chart 2
Germany Album Chart 51
UK Album Chart 54
Billboard Top Heatseekers [4] 11
Billboard Top Heatseekers (Middle Atlantic) [5] 4
Billboard Top Heatseekers (Pacific) [6] 7
Billboard Top Heatseekers (Mountain) [7] 10
Billboard Top Heatseekers (South Atlantic) [8] 9
Billboard Top Heatseekers (Northeast) [9] 9
Billboard Top Electronic Albums [10] 3

[edit] Releases

Region [11] Date [12] Label [13] Format [14] Catalog [15]
Netherlands May 14, 2004 Magik Muzik CD, Album Magik Muzik CD 03
June 19, 2007 4 x Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Album Magik Muzik LP 07
June, 2004 4 x Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Album, Colored, Transparent Magik Muzik LP 03
United Kingdom May 17, 2004 Nebula CD, Album NEBCD9010
May 14, 2004 2 x Vinyl, 12" NEBT 9010
2 x Vinyl, 12" NEBTX 9010
United States June 1, 2004 Nettwerk America CD, Album 0 6700 30364 2 9
4 x Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition 0 6700 30378 1 5
Taiwan April 20, 2004 Avex Asia Ltd. 2 x CD, Album AVTCD-95757
2 x CD, Album AVICD60322/3
Spain May 20, 2004 Vale Music CD, Album VLCD 297-1
Japan April 16, 2004 Superb Tracks 2 x CD, Album, Copy Protected AVCD-17457/B
Switzerland June, 2004 Sirup CD, Album MV-SIR903562
Romania May 14, 2004 NRG!A CD, Album 3570-2
Australia June 7, 2004 Bang On! CD, Album BANGCD034
Germany and Europe 2004 Kontor Records CD, Limited Edition Kontor379
CD, Limited Edition, DVD Kontor379
Edel Records (Germany) CD, Album 0154992 KON
Poland Magic Records CD, Album 982013-2
Russia Dance Planet Ltd. CD, Album, Enhanced, Dance Planet Edition DPCD025-04
Germany (only) Kontor Records, Black Hole Recordings CD, Enhanced, DVD, DVD-Video, PAL none, Black Hole DVD 02/1

[edit] See also

Just Be: Remixed

[edit] References