"Wistful" is a word you'll see associated with the kind of trance DJ Tiësto trades in.
The word would have been best saved for his 2004 album, Just Be.
A better album to watch lava lamps slowly flow than for frantically twirling glowsticks, Just Be is as moody as the black-and-white photographs throughout the booklet, until a couple mindless tracks screw it all up.
With whispers about a crazy dream from vocalist Aqualung, "UR" is the centerpiece of the album and one of the best honest-to-goodness "songs" Tiësto has ever come up with.
The album is heavy with lyrics, but they're usually minimal -- more three- or four-word impressions of things than actual narrative.
Collaborator BT gives Tiësto an electro kick in the pants on "Love Comes Again," one of the few dancefloor possibilities on the album.
The title track is the other but for the first time the lyrics are weak and a nauseating "you can do it!" attempt at being empowering.
Ending the album with a pumped-up, garish, and gimmicky version of Barber's "Adagio for Strings" -- a slightly clever idea William Orbit had years ago -- is strike number two.
The two bummers of the album are placed conveniently at the end, so get out early and you've got a better and deeper DJ Tiësto album than usual.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forever TodayGeert Huinink, Tiësto | Tiësto | Play | 12:01 | 27 MB | 80 MB |
| 2 | Love Comes AgainTiësto | Tiësto, BT | Play | 08:11 | 18 MB | 61 MB |
| 3 | TrafficTiësto | Tiësto | Play | 05:29 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 4 | Sweet MiseryJon Ingoldsby, Jo Lloyd, Dan Muckala, Tiësto | Tiësto | Play | 07:35 | 17 MB | 50 MB |
| 5 | NyanaTiësto | Tiësto | Play | 06:46 | 15 MB | 43 MB |
| 6 | URMatt Hales, Michael Scherchen, Naomi Striemer, Tiësto | Tiësto, Aqualung | Play | 06:01 | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| 7 | Walking on CloudsJosh Gabriel, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Tiësto | Tiësto, Kirsty Hawkshaw | Play | 07:29 | 17 MB | 52 MB |
| 8 | A Tear in the OpenGeert Huinink, Tiësto | Tiësto | Play | 09:24 | 21 MB | 52 MB |
| 9 | Just BeKirsty Hawkshaw, Tiësto, Judie Tzuke, James Wiltshire | Tiësto, Kirsty Hawkshaw | Play | 08:46 | 20 MB | 63 MB |
| 10 | Adagio for StringsSamuel Barber | Tiësto | Play | 07:23 | 16 MB | 50 MB |
| 79 mins | 181 MB | |||||
| 79 mins | 528 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aqualung | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 2 | Samuel Barber | Composer |
| 3 | Barney Broomer | Mastering |
| 4 | BT | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 5 | Mike Clark | Sound Design |
| 6 | Josh Gabriel | Additional Personnel, Composer |
| 7 | Matt Hales | Composer |
| 8 | Kirsty Hawkshaw | Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 9 | Geert Huinink | Composer |
| 10 | Jon Ingoldsby | Composer |
| 11 | Jo Lloyd | Composer |
| 12 | Joanne Lloyd | Vocals |
| 13 | Dan Muckala | Composer |
| 14 | D.J. Waakop Reyers | Producer |
| 15 | Michael Scherchen | Composer |
| 16 | Naomi Striemer | Composer |
| 17 | Tiësto | Arranger, Audio Production, Composer, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 18 | Judie Tzuke | Composer |
| 19 | Tijs Verwest | Producer |
| 20 | James Wiltshire | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |