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Karma (Kamelot album)

{{short description|2001 studio album by Kamelot}}

{{More citations needed|date=January 2008}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Karma

| type = studio

| artist = Kamelot

| cover = kamelot karma.jpg

| alt =

| released = 9 July 2001

| recorded = December 2000 – March 2001{{Cite AV media notes|title=Karma|others=Kamelot|year=2001|page=12|type=booklet|publisher=Sanctuary}}

| venue =

| studio = Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany)

| genre = Symphonic power metal,{{cite web|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=617 |title=Metal Storm review}} progressive metal

| length = 55:55

| label = Sanctuary

| producer = Sascha Paeth and Miro

| prev_title = The Fourth Legacy

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Epica

| next_year = 2003

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1= Allmusic

|rev1score={{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r540579|pure_url=yes}} |title=Allmusic review}}

|rev2 = The Metal Crypt

|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=228 |title=The Metal Crypt review}}

|rev3 = Metal Storm

|rev3score = {{rating|9.5|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=617 |title=Metal Storm review}}

|rev4 = Metal Temple

|rev4score = {{rating|9|10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/k_2/kamelot_-_karma_cd.htm |title=Metal Temple review |access-date=2013-02-04 |archive-date=2016-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806112221/http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/k_2/kamelot_-_karma_cd.htm |url-status=dead }}

|rev5 = Sea of Tranquility

|rev5score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=30 |title=Sea of Tranquility review}}

}}

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

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood, except where noted

| title1 = Regalis Apertura

| writer1 = Miro

| note1 = instrumental

| length1 = 1:57

| title2 = Forever

| length2 = 4:07

| title3 = Wings of Despair

| length3 = 4:32

| title4 = The Spell

| length4 = 4:20

| title5 = Don't You Cry

| length5 = 4:18

| title6 = Karma

| length6 = 5:11

| title7 = The Light I Shine on You

| length7 = 4:15

| title8 = Temples of Gold

| length8 = 4:11

| title9 = Across the Highlands

| length9 = 3:46

| title10 = Elizabeth I: Mirror Mirror

| length10 = 4:23

| title11 = Elizabeth II: Requiem for the Innocent

| length11 = 3:46

| title12 = Elizabeth III: Fall from Grace

| note12 = silence after 4:14

| length12 = 11:00

|total_length = 55:55

}}

{{track listing

| headline = iTunes bonus track & US edition

| title13 = Ne pleure pas

| note13 = French version of "Don't You Cry"

| length13 = 4:14

|total_length = 60:09

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Japanese edition

| title13 = Once and Future King

| length13 = 4:29

|total_length = 60:24

}}

Personnel

All information from the album booklet.(2001). "Karma liner notes". In Karma [CD booklet]. Sanctuary Records.

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

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Chart (2001)

! Peak
position

German Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kamelot&titel=Karma&cat=a |title=Karma (German Charts) |publisher=finnishcharts.com |accessdate=2016-02-27}}

| style="text-align:center;"|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. The silence is kept intact even in versions of the album with bonus tracks.

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.kamelot.com/karma.htm}}

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Category:2001 albums

Category:Kamelot albums

Category:Sanctuary Records albums