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Kingdom of Comfort

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"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.

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!

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.

I was sad to learn that one of my favorite alternative rock worship bands Delirious? announced shortly after releasing the amazing Kingdom of Comfort, that they were taking a break from music to spend more time with family and work on other projects. From 1997's debut Cutting Edge until now, Delirious? has consistently delivered that genuine Brit-Rock sound blended with unashamed preaching of the Gospel and is truly the original Christian version of U2, Radiohead and Coldplay and you can hear all 3 British influences on this amazing (last?) album, which is top 10 of 2008 in my opinion.

From the opening notes of the title track Kingdom of Comfort, I knew I was in for a musical journey with challenging lyrics. This album listens like 2 mini-albums in my opinion. The first five songs including the excellent single Love Will Find A Way and ending with Eagle Rider all have that alt. rock style and then the album becomes more of a praise and worship album starting with my favorite song We Give You Praise paired with the amazing worship song How Sweet The Name which I can imagine singing in church soon like former classics Majesty (Here I Am), My Glorious and I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever. The album builds from there to the powerful closing song My Soul Sings and the excellent radio mix of We Give You Praise.

This well may be the landmark album of the legendary career of one of the most influential bands in Christian music!

Let me first state that Delirious is my favorite band (with David Crowder Band coming in a close second). So I had very LARGE expectations with this album and I can proudly say that this is my favorite album of 2008 so far (even better than Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" and Leeland's "The Opposite Way"). Delirious brings their signature sounds with Kingdom of Comfort (great guitar sounds, passionate vocals, and thumping bass and rhythm). And in my opinion, this is their BEST album to date. The D-Boys bring songs that are both catchy, thought-provoking, and action oriented. It is an album where the music and the lyrics are at the top of their game.

My favorite songs are: God is Smiling, Love Will Find A Way, We Give You Praise, Kingdom Of Comfort, Wonder, and How Sweet The Name...although I could probably add Break The Silence and Give What You Got to that list, too. And that shows you how many great songs are on this one disc.

I just saw Delirious live the other night (in Virginia) and they were amazing. It was almost two hours worth of song after song after song that was amazing. What a bunch of talented individuals who had a smile on their face the whole night. And it says a lot that when it was over, I could think of at least a dozen songs that they DID NOT play that I wished they had. That's how great they are. Buy this CD IMMEDIATELY and you will not be disappointed. These guys are still putting out quality music that gets better and better each disc (whereas some groups seem to be on the decline).

Overall I like the album. Some of the songs are a little less inspiring, but others I can peg as one of my favorites.

This is one of the best Delirious albums as a whole that I have owned in a few years. I have every Delirious album to date and they continue to progress through their style of English rock music. Each album has it's own unite and cutting edge sound.

The sound of Kingdom of Comfort sounds very much like a mix of U2, Coldplay and contemporary American alternative rock. The music is very tight sounding, the rhythm is on beat while the bass is really rocking and the Stu G's guitar sounds are rival to Coldplay's. Martin Smith's vocals sometimes are parallel to Bono's of U2. This is especially true with the song, "Love Will Find a Way" that sounds like the bridge of U2's "One"--love is a temple, love a higher law, love is a temple, love is the temple...

Delirious' songwriting is also making a new ground footing on today's society. They are taking on issues
where other Christian bands should ask questions and also answer through God's Word. While most Christian bands are still meddling with primary church worship songs, which is great in their own right, in heaven we are worshiping with the same song, however worship music can also pose questions that we Christians are dealing with
in today's sociey.

I am very "picky" about Christian music and I LOVE this CD. Planning to purchase another from them.

This CD exceeded my expectations!!! As a fan of the older Delirious? songs, I didn't think that "Kingdom of Comfort" would rate high on my list of favorites (however, it quickly traveled towards the top of the list). It delivers a strong message, set to diverse styles of music.

Love the music! Love the lyrics! Love the vocals! What more can I say?