Karma

Delerium | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 1997)
• Original Release Date: April 22, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nettwerk Records
• ASIN: B000005DCB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (185 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,454 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #9 in Music > Alternative Rock > Indie & Lo-Fi > Ambient Pop
  • #11 in Music > Dance & DJ > Techno > General AAS
  • #13 in Music > Dance & DJ > Techno > General

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

62 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spellbinding vocals over surrealistic soundscapes, January 1, 2000

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Sean Kelly "Consultant" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Karma (Audio CD)

Wow! Wow! I can't hear this CD enough!

I started listening to Delerium through the side-door: I'm no fan of Front Line Assembly or much of Leeb and Fulber's other work produced under various names, including Delerium.

Then a friend leant me the awe-inspiring Semantic Spaces. Shortly, I got ahold of Karma. And it's been stuck in my Rio player for six months now, and I've no plans to remove it any time soon.

It's hard to write about something that sounds so beautiful: words don't do it justice. But imagine ethnic beats, electronic sophistication, angelic lamentations, and ethereal landscapes, and you might get an idea of what this album sounds like. If you're at all a fan of Semantic Spaces, or Enigma's early work, you'll definitely enjoy Karma.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Euphoric, Dreamlike, Mysterious, February 28, 2000

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B-Track "B-Track" (West Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Karma (Audio CD)

I listened to this CD in a booth at the CD store, and was instantly blown away. The tracks "Enchanted" and "Silence" really got into my soul, with different sounds from world music, an awesome beat, wonderfully blended female voices. "Silence" esp. was haunting, incorporating a beautiful chant/requiem at the beginning. Since I've had the CD, I've listened to it often. It seems I have a new favorite off the CD every week. Right now it is the final track, "Til the End of Time." Extremely haunting and dreamy, I have never heard a female voice so beautiful or so well-mixed since I heard the track "Szerelem" off the English Patient soundtrack -- one of my favorite albums. Pay attention to the beautiful names of the songs themselves -- "Enchanted," "Twilight," "Euphoria" etc. They really say a lot about the mood and ambiance of this amazing album.

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My first delerium, my favorite delerium, August 5, 2002

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michael (CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Karma (Audio CD)

This was my first delerium cd, and it served as an excellent introduction to new-era delerium. I like all the other cds of the duo, but this is still my favourite. it is probably the most tribal album of theirs, and it is vocal without being a cheap poppish attempt to make money. It has quite a variatey of styles, ranging from ethereal trance/new age (twilight) to ambient/dance pop (but not forced) songs like euphoria (firefly) and silence. the details are below.

1:enchanted- I LOVE kristy thirsks voice! it is so sexy, when she comes in with her oohs and aahs. this song is tribal, ambient, poppish, and a little ethereal. So angelic.

2:deunde- When I first got this album this was my favorite song. it has a great powerful beat, some sampled chants, and a great vocal job by camille. It almost makes you feel like you are in the aboriginal outback, but it is still pop influenced.

3:twilight- an ethereal tranceey instrumental track with some chants. very pretty and inspiring.

4:silence- outstanding song. it has monks in the bigenning but after about 1:30 sarah mclachlan comes in, and starts singing. piano is interlaced through parts of the chorus and there is a nice piano solo at the end.

5:forgotten worlds- very otherworldly, you can see why they put the title there. the song takes you to a long forgotten temple and awakens it and brings you inside. it only starts out dark, then it begins to glow. Chanting in this one too.

6:lamenation- definitley tribal, especially during the first three minutes or so. then it gets really pretty. too bad it has such a long introduction. a little weak, could have been on semantic spaces.

7:euphoria (firefly)- two slightly slow instrumental somgs make way for a dancey pop song. this was the first single from the album. it is catchy and danceable. if you heared and liked other poppish songs like silence or deunde you'd probably like this.

8:remembrance- one of my friends claims to have heared this on the radio, but I never knew it was a single. (or is it?) this starts out with some woodwinds, but about 1:00 in this song comes to life with chanting monks and then gets spacey and synthesized after about three minutes, and then the chanting comes laced in with the spacey sounds. very interesting.

9:wisdom- a short song, but still welcome. yay, more thirsk! This song is a little like enchanted, but less tribal sounding.

10:window to your soul- this is not at all even hinted with pop. it is a piece of mood music, very relaxing, and inspiring. and even though it's around 10 minutes, it dosent drag on. it keeps you listening. it starts out dark, but dont skip it, after about two minutes you will be on your way to a very peaceful place. this song has chimes, synthesizers (of course) and chanting. REALLY pretty.

11:til the end of time- this is probably the weakest song on the cd. it is a lot like wisdom, but slower. vocals, too.

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You need this in your collection! there is a little something for everybody, but you will probably end up liking it all. :)