Karma (Kamelot album)
Karma is the fifth full-length album by power metal band Kamelot. It was released on July 9, 2001 through Noise Records (Germany) which is a part of Sanctuary Records.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 9 July 2001 | |||
| Recorded | December 2000 – March 2001[1] | |||
| Studio | Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) | |||
| Genre | Power metal, symphonic metal | |||
| Length | 55:55 | |||
| Label | Sanctuary | |||
| Producer | Sascha Paeth and Miro | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Metal Crypt | [3] |
| Metal Storm |  [4] |
| Metal Temple | [5] |
| Sea of Tranquility | [6] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Regalis Apertura" (instrumental) | Miro | 1:57 |
| 2. | "Forever" | 4:07 | |
| 3. | "Wings of Despair" | 4:32 | |
| 4. | "The Spell" | 4:20 | |
| 5. | "Don't You Cry" | 4:18 | |
| 6. | "Karma" | 5:11 | |
| 7. | "The Light I Shine on You" | 4:15 | |
| 8. | "Temples of Gold" | 4:11 | |
| 9. | "Across the Highlands" | 3:46 | |
| 10. | "Elizabeth I: Mirror Mirror" | 4:23 | |
| 11. | "Elizabeth II: Requiem for the Innocent" | 3:46 | |
| 12. | "Elizabeth III: Fall from Grace" (silence after 4:14) | 11:00 | |
| Total length: | 55:55 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Ne pleure pas" (French version of "Don't You Cry") | 4:14 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Once and Future King" | 4:29 |
Personnel
All information from the album booklet.[7]
Kamelot
Additional musicians
- Miro – keyboards, orchestrations, backing vocals, producer, mixing, mastering, engineering
- Sascha Paeth – additional guitars, producer, mixing, mastering, engineering
- Farouk Asjadi – Shakuhachi
- Liv Nina Mosven – vocals on "Requiem for the Innocent" and "Fall from Grace"
- Olaf Hayer – choir vocals
- Cinzia Rizzo – choir vocals, backing vocals on "Karma"
- Robert Hunecke-Rizzo – choir vocals
Strings quartet
Production
- Kim Grillo – photography
- Derek Gores – artwork
Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums Chart[8] | 85 |
Notes
- "Forever" is based on "Solveig's Song", written by Edvard Grieg for his Peer Gynt Suites.
- "Don't You Cry" is dedicated to Thomas Youngblood Sr., who died when his son was very young.
- "Ne Pleure Pas" is essentially the same song as "Don't You Cry", only sung in French.
- The trilogy of songs that close the album on the normal edition, "Elizabeth" I, II & III, are based on the story of Elizabeth Bathory.
- There is silence from the end of "Fall From Grace" to 11:00. This is because Karma was Kamelot's fifth studio album and they wanted its duration to be 55:55. In the Japanese and iTunes versions of the album, the silence was shortened from six minutes and 46 seconds, to two minutes and 16 seconds, so that the bonus track could fit in.
References
- Karma (booklet). Kamelot. Sanctuary. 2001. p. 12.CS1 maint: others (link)
- "Allmusic review".
- "The Metal Crypt review".
- "Metal Storm review".
- "Metal Temple review".
- "Sea of Tranquility review".
- (2001). "Karma liner notes". In Karma [CD booklet]. Sanctuary Records.
- "Karma (German Charts)". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
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