Karma (Kamelot album)

Karma

Studio album by Kamelot

Released

9 July 2001

Recorded

Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany) June 2000-January 2001

Genre

Power metal, Symphonic metal

Length

55:55

Label

Sanctuary

Producer

Sascha Paeth and Miro

Kamelot chronology

The Fourth Legacy
(1999)

Karma
(2001)

Epica
(2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Sputnikmusic	^[2]
The Metal Crypt	^[3]
Metal Storm	^[4]
Metal Temple	^[5]
Sea of Tranquility	^[6]
Amazon.com	^[7]

Karma is the fifth full-length album by power metal band Kamelot. It was released on July 9, 2001 through Noise Records (Germany) which is a part of Sanctuary Records.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Roy Khan and Thomas Youngblood.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Regalis apertura" (instrumental)	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

iTunes bonus track & US edition
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Ne pleure pas" (French version of "Don't You Cry")	4:14

Japanese edition
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Once and Future King"	4:29

Japanese and US edition bonus tracks were later included on 2007 compilation "Myths & Legends Of Kamelot".

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
German Albums Chart^[8]^[9]	85
Japanese Albums Chart^[10]	93
Japanese International Albums Chart^[11]	1

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. In the Japanese and iTunes versions of the album, the silence was shortened from six minutes and 46 seconds, to two minutes and 16 seconds, so that the bonus track could fit in.

Line-up

Album information

Produced and engineered by Sascha Paeth and Miro
Mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth at Pathway Studios, Germany
Management: KMI Entertainment
Cover art: Derek Gores
Photography: Kim Grillo.

Guest musicians

Keyboards and orchestral arrangements – Miro
Additional guitars – Sascha Paeth
Shakuhachi – Farouk Asjadi
Opera vocals on "Requiem for the Innocent" and "Fall From Grace" – Liv Nina Mosven
Choirs – Olaf Hayer, Cinzia Rizzo (backing vocals track 6), Robert Hunecke-Rizzo and Miro

Strings quartet

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

References

↑ "Allmusic review".
↑ "Sputnik music review review".
↑ "The Metal Crypt review".
↑ "Metal Storm review".
↑ "Metal Temple review".
↑ "Sea of Tranquility review".
↑ "Amazon.com review".
↑ "Kamelot - Karma". charts.de.
↑ "Kamelot Longplay". PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
↑ "キャメロット - カーマ". Oricon.co.jp. 2001-10-24.
↑ "キャメロット - カーマ". Oricon.co.jp. 2001-10-24.

External links

Official website

Kamelot

Tommy Karevik Thomas Youngblood Sean Tibbetts Casey Grillo Oliver Palotai Roy Khan Glenn Barry David Pavlicko Mark Vanderbilt Richard Warner

Studio albums	Eternity (1995) Dominion (1997) Siége Perilous (1998) The Fourth Legacy (1999) Karma (2001) Epica (2003) The Black Halo (2005) Ghost Opera (2007) Poetry for the Poisoned (2010) Silverthorn (2012) Haven (2015)

Compilation albums	Myths & Legends of Kamelot

Live albums	The Expedition One Cold Winter's Night

Reissues	Ghost Opera - The Second Coming Poetry For The Poisoned & Live From Wacken - Limited Tour Edition

Session & touring musicians	Mari Miro Sascha Paeth Simone Simons (Epica) Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) Alissa White Gluz (Arch Enemy) Amanda Somerville Charlotte Wessels (Delain) Troy Donockley (Nightwish)

Related	Discography

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