Delerium
Delerium
Chimera [ENHANCED]
Delerium is easily one of my favorite groups. I have all their newer albums (Semantic Spaces, Karma, Poem, Odyssey: The Remix Collection) which I prefer to the gloomy darkwave of their melancholy archive days. And while their latest offering may not be their best, there's plenty of catchy tunes with beautiful female singing, making 'Chimera' (an imaginery monster made up of incongruous [out of place] parts) worth buying, whether a longtime fan or just a casual listener.
IMO this album is great but it definitely doesn't flow without faults. With every new record, the guys of Delerium (Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber) seem to stray further and further from their trademark sound. I guess you could say it's the evolution of their music growing with the ages but it doesn't seem to be working in their favor. I mean, why change something that's already good? A lot of people were let down with 'Poem' so if you were one of those disenchanted aficionados then you'll be even more disappointed with 'Chimera'. I think the success of their club hits "Innocente" and especially "Silence", which were both overly played and remixed by one too many DJs, may have gone to their heads, steering them in the wrong direction. Even with Leigh Nash of Sixpense None The Richer contributing her vocals to "Run For It" and "Orbit Of Me", they're still not likely to get any radio exposure but they're certainly guaranteed to lose a couple once-devoted followers. Why? Well, for one, there's hardly any haunting Gregorian chantings and the ethereal sirens are mostly overshadowed with pop and dance beats. It's pretty sad but "Eternal Odyssey" is the only song on here reminiscent of their Karma days. So with that said, I still think some of these negative reviewers are being a little harsh, exaggerating their unconstructive point. It may not be their greatest effort but it's definitely not bad. After a short absence to work on his solo project, Rhys Fulber returns (but for how long?), bringing with him his love of Middle Eastern music. It's also nice to see Kristy Thirsk come back with a soaring performance to close 'Chimera' with. It's songs like "Fallen", "Truly", "Eternal Odyssey", "After All" and "Returning" that make the merit of this purchase commendable. And like a lot of new releases coming out, this includes a bonus disc with a remix of "After All" by contest winner Andrew Sega and the amazing "Stopwatch Hearts" with Emily Haines, which reminds me of something you'd hear on Conjure One (ala "Center Of The Sun"). You can also view three of their music videos from your computer with the Quicktime player. On "Semantic Spaces" a man is wandering the desert sand dunes, and on "Silence" a man and a woman bind one of their hands with a rope, linking them together, running on a rocky seashore until they break free. "Aria" is the only video I really like though because it actually features all the Mediaeval Baebes.
(C) MoonGoddess (Ontario, CA USA)
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15 tracks in playlist, average track length: 5:19
Playlist length: 1 hour 19 minutes 54 seconds
Codec : MPEG 1.0 layer 3
Nominal bitrate: 320kbit (VBR)
Sampling rate : 44100Hz Stereo
Playlist files:
1. Delerium - Love [featuring Zoe Jonson] (4:03)
2. Delerium - After All [featuring Jael (of Lunik)] (4:51)
3. Delerium - Just a Dream [featuring Margaret Far] (5:27)
4. Delerium - Run for it [featuring Leigh Nash (of Sixpence None The Richer)] (4:35)
5. Delerium - Truly [featuring Nerina Pallet] (4:38)
6. Delerium - Serenity (7:20)
7. Delerium - Touched [featuring Rachel Fuller] (4:05)
8. Delerium - Forever After [featuring Sultana] (4:35)
9. Delerium - Fallen [featuring Rani] (3:50)
10. Delerium - Orbit of Me [featuring Leigh Nash (of Sixpence None The Richer)] (5:23)
11. Delerium - Magic [featuring Lulee Cruise] (4:35)
12. Delerium - Eternal Odyssey (9:46)
13. Delerium - Returning [featuring Kristy Thirsk] (5:11)
14. Delerium - Stopwatch Hearts [featuring Emily Haines] (4:10)
15. Delerium - Underwater (Rank 1 Remix) (7:25)
Release Date: June 24, 2003
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Chimera.rar: Invalid or corrupt authenticity information
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