Karma (Kamelot album)
2001 studio album by Kamelot
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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.
ReleasedJuly 9, 2001
RecordedDecember 2000 – March 2001[1]
| Karma | ||||
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| Released | July 9, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | December 2000 – March 2001[1] | |||
| Studios | Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) | |||
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| Length | 55:55 | |||
| Label | Sanctuary | |||
| Producers | Sascha Paeth and Miro | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Regalis Apertura" (instrumental) | Miro | 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 | |
| Total length: | 55:55 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Ne pleure pas" (French version of "Don't You Cry") | 4:14 |
| Total length: | 60:09 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Once and Future King" | 4:29 |
| Total length: | 60:24 | |
Personnel
All information from the album booklet.[4]
Kamelot
- Roy Khan – vocals
- Thomas Youngblood – guitars
- Glenn Barry – bass
- Casey Grillo – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Miro – keyboards, orchestrations, backing vocals
- Sascha Paeth – additional guitars
- 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
Production
- Miro – producer, mixing, mastering, engineering
- Sascha Paeth – producer, mixing, mastering, engineering
- Kim Grillo – photography
- Derek Gores – artwork
Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums Chart[5] | 85 |
Notes
- "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.