Karma (Delerium album)

Karma is the ninth studio album by Canadian industrial/electronic music group Delerium.

Karma
Studio album by Delerium
Released	April 22, 1997
Recorded	Various locations
Genre	Electronic, worldbeat, ambient
Length	72:48
Label	Nettwerk
Producer	Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber
Delerium chronology
Spheres 2 (1994) Karma (1997) Poem (2000)
Singles from Karma
"Euphoria (Firefly)" Released: April 22, 1997 "Duende" Released: September 23, 1997 "Silence" Released: June 14, 1999 "Heaven's Earth" Released: December 10, 1999

Guest musicians on the album include Sarah McLachlan ("Silence"), Lisa Gerrard ("Forgotten Worlds"), Kristy Thirsk ("Enchanted", "Lamentation", "Wisdom", "'Til The End Of Time"), Jacqui Hunt ("Euphoria (Firefly)"), Greg Reely, and Camille Henderson ("Duende").

The album took around a year to record and assemble.[1] Gregorian chants were recorded especially for the project; according to Bill Leeb, it was less expensive to hire a 30-piece choir, rent a West-Vancouver church, move the equipment and record the chants live than to pay for the rights to sample existing recordings.[1] The duo's collaboration with McLachlan, "Silence", became the band's biggest hit single. The song "Window To Your Soul" is featured in season four of Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode 13 "The I In Team."

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Ennui	8.5/10[3]
Outburn	Favourable[4]
RPM	Favourable[5]
Satan Stole My Teddybear	Favourable [6]
Sputnikmusic	[7]

According to John Chedsey of Satan Stole My Teddybear, the electronic sounds on Karma are "airy, slightly cosmic and soothing", the vocals are light and soaring, and the album is "a very pleasant, unobtrusive listen".[6] Octavia of magazine Outburn called the album "an impressive combination of technological manipulation and human touch that will bring you a moody and complex energy."[4]

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Enchanted" (feat. Kristy Thirsk) – 8:30
2. "Duende" (feat. Camille Henderson) – 5:22
3. "Twilight" – 6:05
4. "Silence" (feat. Sarah McLachlan) – 6:33
5. "Forgotten Worlds" (feat. Lisa Gerrard) – 7:32
6. "Lamentation" (feat. Kristy Thirsk) – 8:33
7. "Euphoria (Firefly)" (feat. Jacqui Hunt) – 5:27
8. "Remembrance" – 7:28
9. "Wisdom" (feat. Kristy Thirsk) – 4:48
10. "Koran" – 10:04 (replaced with "Window to Your Soul" – 9:25 - due to sample clearance issues)
11. "'Til the End of Time" (feat. Kristy Thirsk)– 4:36

The track "Till the End of Time" contains a sample of Tori Amos' "Caught a Lite Sneeze".

Disc two (US release)

1. "Heaven's Earth" (feat. Kristy Thirsk) - 8:11
2. "Window To Your Soul" - 9:55

(Enhanced CD with pictures and videos as well as the CD audio tracks)

Disc two (Australian release)

1. "Silence (Sanctuary Mix)" (feat. Sarah McLachlan) – 11:12
2. "Euphoria (Firefly) (Rabbit in the Moon's Divine Gothic Disco Mix)" (feat. Jacqui Hunt) – 9:16
3. "Flowers Become Screens (Frequency Modulation Mix)" (feat. Kristy Thirsk) – 7:57
4. "Incantation (12" Mix Edit)" (feat. Kristy Thirsk) – 8:55
5. "Duende (Bleak Desolation mix)" (feat. Camille Henderson) – 7:54
6. "Heaven's Earth" (feat. Kristy Thirsk) – 8:09

References

1. Hofmann, Pieter (May 26, 1997). "In a Sacred State of Mind: Delerium's Bill Leeb". Drop-D Magazine. Retrieved June 17, 2006.
2. Bush, John. Delerium: Karma at AllMusic. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
3. Mercer, Matt (1997). "Delerium: Karma". Ennui. Vol. 2 no. 2. Kent, Ohio. p. 22.
4. Octavia (1997). "Delerium – Karma". Outburn. No. 4. Los Angeles. p. 33.
5. Gudino, Rod (May 19, 1997). "Delerium Karma". RPM. Vol. 65 no. 11. Toronto: RPM Music Publications. p. 8. ISSN 0315-5994. OCLC 1080361200.
6. Chedsey, John (October 2003). "Satan Stole My Teddybear music reviews - Delerium". Satan Stole My Teddybear. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
7. Stagno, Mike (August 12, 2008). "Delerium - Karma". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved June 16, 2011.