Plates

A concept album in three acts, telling the story of the Book of Mormon.

33 songs · 4 acts

Act 1

The Departure

Jerusalem to the Promised Land

A family flees a doomed city, crosses an ocean, and fractures on arrival.

12 tracks · 12 released

The Historianthe historian, opening the record
3:57
The Rod and the Rivera father, recounting his vision
4:50
I Will Go and Doa young son in a sleeping city
4:37
The Compassa mother at the door of the tent
5:05
Timbersa builder at the shore
5:45
Bound for a Landa family in a storm
5:35
The Last Blessinga dying father, gathering his sons
5:39
The Vineyardthe Lord, walking his garden
4:58
All Day and Into the Nighta hunter in the forest
4:28
We Are Beggarsa commoner in the field
4:10
The Fire I Was Sent WithA prophet remembering his conversion
3:57
By the Forest's Edgea community by the water
4:29

Act 2

The Reign of Judges

War, Faith, and Collapse

Generations rise and fall under prophets, warriors, and dissenters.

10 tracks · 10 released

Children of the Faithfulthe historian, returning at the seam
4:13
Bring Them HomeAn aged king on his knees
5:39
Three Days in the Darkthe prodigal, after the angel
6:03
The King's ServantAmmon, late twenties, on fire with newly received truth
5:05
Into the Eartha warrior burying his sword
5:28
Show Me a Signthe doubter, before and after
5:04
We Walked Inthe second witness, testifying
4:55
Our God, Our Religion, Our Peacea soldier in the ranks
5:35
My Mother's Wordsone of the two thousand young warriors
4:05
Arrows in the Airthe outsider on the wall
5:13

Act 3

The Destruction

The Coming and the End

Christ appears, a civilization is reborn, and then it destroys itself.

9 tracks · 9 released

By the Wordan old woman, telling her grandchildren
4:58
The Secret Combinationthe recruiter, talking to a young man
4:07
Hear Ye Hima husband and wife together, alternating and harmonizing
4:54
He Knew Our Namesone of the twelve disciples called by Christ
5:28
No Contentiona grandparent, looking back
5:34
The Third Seamthe historian, mid-record
4:48
The Boy Who Saw It ComingYoung adult Mormon remembering boyhood
4:58
O Ye Fair OnesThe historian on the hill
5:15
Touch Them, LordMoroni, alone with the plates
4:00

Epilogue

Epilogue

The Record and the Reader

The plates are buried. The promise is sealed. The record reaches across centuries.

2 tracks · 2 released

The Hill in the MorningJoseph Smith, seventeen years old, September 22 1823
4:32
The Standard of TruthJoseph Smith, mid-thirties, 1842
1:18
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