Karma (Kamelot album)

Karma
Studio album by
Kamelot
Released9 July 2001
RecordedDecember 2000 – March 2001[1]
StudioGate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany)
GenreSymphonic power metal,[2] progressive metal[3]
Length55:55
LabelSanctuary
ProducerSascha Paeth and Miro
Kamelot chronology
The Fourth Legacy
(1999) 		Karma
(2001) 		Epica
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Metal Crypt[4]
Metal Storm[5]
Metal Temple[6]
Sea of Tranquility[7]

Karma is the fifth studio album by American power metal band Kamelot. It was released on July 9, 2001 through Noise Records which is a part of Sanctuary Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Regalis Apertura" (instrumental)Miro1:57
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
iTunes bonus track & US edition
No.TitleLength
13."Ne pleure pas" (French version of "Don't You Cry")4:14
Total length:60:09
Japanese edition
No.TitleLength
13."Once and Future King"4:29
Total length:60:24

Personnel

All information from the album booklet.[8]

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

  • Tobias Rempe – violin
  • Corinna Guthmann – violin
  • Marie-Theres Stumpf – viola
  • Patrick Sepec – cello

Production

  • Kim Grillo – photography
  • Derek Gores – artwork

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
German Albums Chart[9] 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. The silence is kept intact even in versions of the album with bonus tracks.

References

  1. ^ Karma (booklet). Kamelot. Sanctuary. 2001. p. 12.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "Metal Storm review".
  3. ^ a b "Allmusic review".
  4. ^ "The Metal Crypt review".
  5. ^ "Metal Storm review".
  6. ^ "Metal Temple review".
  7. ^ "Sea of Tranquility review".
  8. ^ (2001). "Karma liner notes". In Karma [CD booklet]. Sanctuary Records.
  9. ^ "Karma (German Charts)". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.