Karma (Kamelot album)

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Karma
Karma cover
Studio album by Kamelot
Released 19 February 2001
Recorded Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) December 2000-March 2001
Genre Symphonic metal
Power metal
Progressive metal
Length 55:47
Label Sanctuary
Producer Sascha Paeth and Miro
Professional reviews
Kamelot chronology
The Fourth Legacy
(2000)		 Karma
(2001)		 Epica
(2003)

Karma is the fifth full-length album by metal band Kamelot. It was released on February 19, 2001 through Sanctuary Records.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All lyrics and music by Khan & Youngblood and all arrangements by Kamelot; except where indicated.

  1. "Regalis Apertura" – 1:57 (Instrumental, music by Miro)
  2. "Forever" – 4:07
  3. "Wings of Despair" – 4:32
  4. "The Spell" – 4:20
  5. "Don't You Cry" – 4:18
  6. "Karma" – 5:12
  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" – 4:22
  11. "Elizabeth: II - Requiem for the Innocent" – 3:46
  12. "Elizabeth: III - Fall From Grace" – 4:15

American version contains a bonus track:

  • 13. "Ne Pleure Pas" – 4:14

Japanese version contains a bonus track:

  • 13. "Once and Future King" – 4:29

[edit] Notes

  • "Forever" is based on "Solveig's Song", written by Edward 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 a long pause of several minutes after "Fall From Grace" at the very end of the record. This is due to the fact that Karma was Kamelot's fifth studio album and they wanted its duration to be 55:55.

[edit] Line-up

[edit] Album info

[edit] Guest musicians

[edit] Strings quartet

  • Tobias Rempe – 1st violin
  • Corinna Guthmann – 2nd violin
  • Marie-Theres Stumpf – viola
  • Patrick Sepec – cello

[edit] External links

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