The Book of the Dead (album)

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The Book of the Dead
Ars Nova book of the dead.jpg
Studio album by
Released1998
Genre Progressive rock
Length44:13 (European), 45:09 (Japanese)
Label Flag of Europe.svg Musea
Flag of Japan.svg Made In Japan
Ars Nova chronology
The Six Singular Impressions
(1997)
The Book of the Dead
(1998)
Android Domina
(2001)
Japanese edition cover
Ars Nova Reu Nu Pert Em Hru.jpg

The Book of the Dead (Reu Nu Pert Em Hru) is a 1998 album by Ars Nova. It had slightly different [1] releases in the Japanese [2] and European [3] markets. It was generally well received. [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Prologue: Re" (1:35)
  2. "Ankh" (5:11)
  3. "Interlude 1:"
    1. Japanese: "Horus" (1:31)
    2. European: "Nut" (1:11)
  4. "The 42 Gods" (5:15)
  5. "Interlude 2: Anubis" (0:40)
  6. "Held of Iaru" (10:43)
  7. "Interlude 3:"
    1. Japanese : "Thoth" (1:27)
    2. European : "Sekhem" (1:03)
  8. "The Judgement of Osiris" (7:41)
  9. "Interlude 4:"
    1. Japanese : "Shu" (0:45)
    2. European : "Nephthys" (0:33)
  10. "Ani's Heart and Maat's Feather" (9:20)
  11. "Epilogue: Hapi" (1:01)

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References

  1. "Ars Nova Page". www.e-prog.net. Archived from the original on 2000-06-20.
  2. "Ars Nova 4th Album Cardboard Sleeve] Ars Nova CD Album". CDJapan.
  3. "The Book of the Dead". Amazon. 1998.
  4. "Ars Nova (JAP) - the Book of the Dead [Aka: Reu Nu Pert Em Hru], review by Cesar Inca".