Karma (Kamelot album)

Karma
Studio album by Kamelot
Released	9 July 2001
Recorded	December 2000 – March 2001 [1]
Studio	Gate Studio (Wolfsburg, Germany)
Genre	Symphonic power metal, [2] progressive metal [3]
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	[3]
The Metal Crypt	[4]
Metal Storm	[2]
Metal Temple	[5]
Sea of Tranquility	[6]

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

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

iTunes bonus track & US edition

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Ne pleure pas" (French version of "Don't You Cry")	4:14
Total length:		60:09

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Once and Future King"	4:29
Total length:		60:24

Personnel

All information from the album booklet. ^[7]

Kamelot

• Roy Khan – vocals
• Thomas Youngblood – guitars
• Glenn Barry – bass
• Casey Grillo – drums, percussion

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

Chart (2001)	Peak position
German Albums Chart [8]	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.

References

1. Karma (booklet). Kamelot. Sanctuary. 2001. p. 12.
2. "Metal Storm review".
3. "Allmusic review".
4. "The Metal Crypt review".
5. "Metal Temple review". Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
6. "Sea of Tranquility review".
7. (2001). "Karma liner notes". In Karma [CD booklet]. Sanctuary Records.
8. "Karma (German Charts)". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved February 27, 2016.

External links

• Official website