Kingdom of Comfort

Delirious? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sparrow / Emd
• ASIN: B00142RWWW
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,084 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great release from a severly overlooked band (4.5), April 3, 2008

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N. Pierce (Southern Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kingdom of Comfort (Audio CD)

"Kingdom Of Comfort" is a very deceptive title for this record. It is anything but comfortable. The subject matter is hot off the grittle: How can we be comfortable with our affluent lifestyles while millions of people suffer in abject poverty? Not exactly easy listening. But it's what Delirious needed to say. And they say it with muscle and grace in equal measures. There's blistering rock (some of these songs are easily the heaviest rockers in their entire catalog i.e. "Give What You've Got," "Stare The Monster Down" and "Break The Silence"),a tense and moody title track that seethes with discontent, a latin groove in "Eagle Rider," and the arena rock that has been their bread and butter ("Wonder", "God Is Smiling.") And as always there is hope and grace ("Love Will Find A Way" and "We Give You Praise.") The per-album U2 comparisons will continue as much of KOC draws from the nervous, yet youthful energy of that Irish band's first three or four records. Perhaps overshadowed by the U2 influence are the Muse and Radiohead influences that have popped up over the last couple records. Martin Smith just keeps improving vocally with each new batch of songs, and between Mission Bell and KOC(and I'm not kidding here) he has at least reached if not surpassed Bono in quality and expression. He should be on everyone's list of top vocalists. Really. The rest of the band continues to craft top-notch songs. Stu G. and co. are much more vitriolic and visceral this time than on the leisurely paced and blissfully textured Mission Bell. This is not a bad thing considering the album's theme. The worship thread is still in tact, but buried beneath a layer of honest questions about social justice and everyday realities. Kingdom of Comfort is a contender to be remembered as the D:boys' best record. It is not an easy listen, but it is very rewarding. It will challenge you to your core. It will force you to get off the couch. It is a call to action; a violent slap in the face to Christian complacency and mediocrity. Just what the doctor ordered.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delirious? has a Heart after God's Heart!, April 7, 2008

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Life's Treasures, Is LIFE Itself! "Melissa Ha... (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kingdom of Comfort (Audio CD)

I have not heard much music from Delirious? until this year really. Alot of it is because I don't have a radio in my house or my car nor do I have TV programing such as cable or satelite. However, I wanted to give my mother a gift to take her to a Joyce Meyer Conference and Delirious was the band that brought the presence of God through the worship at the Winston Salem, NC Joyce Meyer conference 2008. I fell in love with their heart for God's heart! They really truely are after God's own heart and they are so very humble. I loved how they did not make it all about them but all about God. They sung many of the songs from their new album at the conference and I fell in love with their songs but one that really tocuhed me was "We Give You Praise". I absolutely love their songs and I will be a FAN for LIFE! I am purcahsing this New CD and I will be purchasing their other CD's previous to this one! Praise the Lord we have people that LOVE GOD for WHO HE IS and is willing to SEEK HIM and HIS DESIRES FOR THE KINGDOM!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uplifting!, September 19, 2008

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Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kingdom of Comfort (Audio CD)

UK Christian Rock band Delirious? are my favourite Gospel act, well until dc Talk come back (and that looks like it will be a loooong time!).

"Kingdom of comfort" finds their edgy U2/Radiohead sound amped up to the max; highly melodic rockers with enough sonic flourishes to give them individuality.

The opening title track opens deceptively downbeat and acoustic before kicking into high gear, with lyrics requesting salvation from the trappings of worldliness. The cheery "God is smiling" sounds very much like what Coldplay would do, highly melodic with driving guitars.

Lyrically, they tackle weighty topics on some songs; The upbeat "Stare the monster down" talks about a bout with cancer ("Eighteen weeks of chemo/Six doses of hell/A family bucket of pills a day/To make my father well"), while the sombre and atmospheric ballad "All God's children" was inspired by meeting prostitutes and their children during a visit to India.

The gently pulsing and chiming U2-esque "Love will find a way" is truly beautiful with lovely harmonies. The tender piano ballad "We give you praise" is a song of praise and worship to God. It starts off gentle, building to an exultant climax. "How sweet the name" is an almost hymnal piano ballad with a rocky coda featuring distorted vocals. The ballad "My soul sings" (laden with electronic flourishes) closes the CD in a worshipful choir mood.

My absolute favourite song is "Eagle rider", a simply awesome faintly Latin tinged Rocker with jangly guitars and metaphorical imagery about a flight on the wings of the Holy Spirit. Truly awesome!

It's always interesting to see Delirious? constantly pushing themselves outside of their comfort zone, lyrically and musically.