Karma (Kamelot album)
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| Studio album by Kamelot | ||||
| Released | 9 July 2001 | |||
| Recorded | Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) June 2000-January 2001 | |||
| Genre | Power metal, Symphonic metal | |||
| Length | 55:55 | |||
| Label | Sanctuary | |||
| Producer | Sascha Paeth and Miro | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Sputnikmusic | [2] |
| The Metal Crypt | [3] |
| Metal Storm |   [4] |
| Metal Temple |  [5] |
| Sea of Tranquility |  [6] |
| Amazon.com | [7] |
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.
Contents
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Regalis apertura" (instrumental) | 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 |
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Total length:
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55:55 | |
| iTunes bonus track & US edition | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 13. | "Ne pleure pas" (French version of "Don't You Cry") | 4:14 |
| Japanese edition | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 13. | "Once and Future King" | 4:29 |
Japanese and US edition bonus tracks were later included on 2007 compilation "Myths & Legends Of Kamelot".
Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| German Albums Chart[8] | 85 |
Notes
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- "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.
Line-up
Album information
- Produced and engineered by Sascha Paeth and Miro
- Mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth at Pathway Studios, Germany
- Management: KMI Entertainment
- Cover art: Derek Gores
- Photography: Kim Grillo.
Guest musicians
- Keyboards and orchestral arrangements – Miro
- Additional guitars – Sascha Paeth
- Shakuhachi – Farouk Asjadi
- Opera vocals on "Requiem for the Innocent" and "Fall From Grace" – Liv Nina Mosven
- Choirs – Olaf Hayer, Cinzia Rizzo (backing vocals track 6), Robert Hunecke-Rizzo and Miro
Strings quartet
- Tobias Rempe – 1st violin
- Corinna Guthmann – 2nd violin
- Marie-Theres Stumpf – viola
- Patrick Sepec – cello
References
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