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ALBUM: Poem [Limited] Lyrics
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Delerium
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Poem [Limited] Reviews
Worth the wait
Sometimes I am leary of buying an album on its' release day, and for good reason. For the tenth Delerium album, I didn't know what to expect. I was more than pleasantly surprised, and impressed with the content of "Poem." Once again Delerium have produced an album that continues to define pop electronic music first commercially successful through the group "Enigma." Blending electronic sampling, chant, and vocal artistry; "Poem" gives the listener a ride through the astrally produced artistry of Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber. Samples from Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance)and the Baka Forest Pygmies, grace tracks on this album; along with vocal perfomances from Matthew Sweet, Midiaeval Babes, and Johanna Stevens of the Solar Twins. Other vocal performances are from Kristy Hawkshaw, Rani Kamal and Leigh Nash. Especially notable are the two tracks with Johanna Stevens: "Myth," and "A Poem for Byzantium." Matthew Sweet's performance on "Daylight," is wonderful; and quite a surprise. Kristy Hawkshaw's track "Nature's Poem" is beautifully arranged and reminiscent of "Wisdom" of their last album "Karma." Although it may be reminiscent on some levels with "Karma," and "Semantic Spaces," the album has substance and stands on its' own as a collective work worthy of recognition. Three years was definitely enough time to wait for this album.
Beautiful but empty
I never heard of Delerium before I saw this album, so I can't compare this to their other albums. But this is a very nicely made, slightly vapid album in the tradition of Enigma, Dead Can Dance, Deep Forest and Mediaeval Baebes, with some late Cocteau Twins and some ambient beats thrown into the mix. Good background music for the most part. Standout tracks are Aria, Daylight, the Silence remix and the Flowers Become Screens version. The last two are only found on the bonus disc, so I'd say it's well worth getting the special edition. By the way, the very first sound on the album is a sampled water drum from Union Jack's excellent trance-ambient album "There Will Be No Armageddon". People who loved "Poem" may want to check that one out.
Very nice
Delirium are great and this album is very good. I loved karma and I agree with the reviewer that said that Karma was an exploration of Shadow energies and that Poem seems to be more Heaven like. That sums it up in a nutshell. Poem is a very heavenly set of track sang by heavenly voices. The singing on this CD is incredible and during some tracks i had goosebumps. While you listening to it i felt expanded and uplifted. It is a CD that speaks to the Heart Chakra. I really enjoyed it.
For only one...
The only reason that I gave Poem 5 stars is because of only one track. That being "Terra Firma." I had never heard of Delerium until a friend of mine bought the soundtrack for "Tomb Raider." When I heard Terra Firma" I knew that I had to find what mastermind made this song. When I found the album, I was like okay, I'll give this a go. However to my dismay, it was not the album that I thought it was going to be. It appears that that music Bill Leeb once created died about 10 years ago. Now don't get me wrong, the singers in this album are magnificent, but I want something more of once was, when people made music for the music and not for money.
It is no
Delerium is one of my favorite techno acts. I am a big fan of Bill Leeb's work as a composer. "Karma" was what got me into Delerium but it wasn't until "Poem" that really made me dig deeper into Bill's work. I find it rather humorous that some people don't dig the different sound on "Poem" and had expectations that "Poem" would be "Karma" and "Semantic Spaces" part two. I can't help but wonder if those people have listened to Delerium's earlier music when they were signed to Hypnotic Records, a sub-division of Cleopatra Records (a goth/industrial record). Delerium's work on Hypnotic was different than before "Karma". There was no angelic vocals from Kristy Thirsk or Sarah McLachlan. The change of sound beginning with "Poem" is no more different than when "Karma" shifted Delerium's ambient sound to more of an ambient/pop sound. Frankly I love "Poem" because the music is more interesting and doesn't lull me to sleep so easily at the office like "Karma" and "Semantic Spaces". I absolutely adore "A Poem for Byzantium". Joanna Stevens is one of my favorite vocalists and this song really showcases her talents as a singer and lyricist. Although I can't stand Sixpence None the Richer, I loved "Innocente" with SNTR's Leigh Nash. The song sends chills down my spine. My other favorite songs on this album is "Daylight" (w/Matthew Sweet) and "Aria" (w/Mediaeval Baebes). My only flaw with this version of "Poem" is the inclusion of that horrid "Silence". That song has been so played out and is on every freaking chill out compilation that I despise that song now. I can so live without hearing "Silence" ever again in this lifetime.
Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber have been perfecting their Enigma-esque form of pseudospirtual, vaguely gothic dance pop since they began collaborating in the mid-1980s. Whether working as Delerium, or under their better-known name Front Line Assembly (among others), their music, which is airy and laden with reverb, usually features guest contributions from a rolling ensemble of female vocalists. Occasionally, the formula yields a worthy hit, like "Silence," the twosome's transcendent collaboration with Sarah McLachlan on
Karma
(1997). On this effort, a guest turn from Matthew Sweet livens up "Daylight," and The Mediaeval Baebes (fronted by ex-Miranda Sex Garden vocalist Katharine Blake) lend their silky pipes to the lovely "Aria." Too often, however, the unvarying tempos, synthesizer washes, and predictable minor chord progressions become numbingly repetitive, only sporadically coming together to create something distinctive. Diehards of the genre will enjoy it, but others may be better advised to check out the band's earlier work or to explore the similar but often more inventive music of bands like Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil, and Vas. This limited edition contains a second CD of remixes, including the track "Silence."
--Matthew Cooke
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