Delerium - Poem

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Music Review: A Review on this immaculate record
Rating: 5 Stars

Coming down to the "Delerium case" which most reviews, reviewers and listeners focused on, we as the audience have to learn that subsequent changes, absences and stylistic alteration is possible to musicians in the course of their artistic career. I don't know any musician, group or singer-songwriter who has achieved to remain on the same musical line year after year, and did not change. Furthermore, I think this is not to be considered an achievement for a musician, if he/she's writing music candidly, has to reflect his/her emotions and thoughts, and these all are inevitably to change all the time. A musician is independent of all external effects and can't be forced to make required or wanted music without expressing him/herself the way he/she wants. I think listeners, even avid fans and die-hards have to allow the musicians to express themselves in the most free and effective way and allowing them consequent changes in musical style.

As a late fan of Delerium, I own the there Delerium albums "Semantic Spaces", "Karma" and "Poem" and can definately say that "Poem" is the best, despite the (I think) non-dissapointing lack of instrumental/ambient songs beside the three beautiful ambient songs ("Terra Firma", "Temptation" and "Amongst The Ruins"), the absenecs of the tremendously talented Rhys Fulber in etheral music and the angelic vocalist Kristy Thrisk and Delerium's stylistic alteration which most reviewers falsely consider "poppish".

Firstly, I don't see any necessity in classifying an album negatively by comparing it by early work of the particular artist with it's contemporaries and other similiar musicians. If the songs are written, composed and sung perfectly and match together and with the entire album, there's no need to put the album somewhere between others and criticize it's content (It's not a Britney Spears album, at least!) that way. The whole "Poem" mirrors how Bill Leeb, featuring artists like Leigh Nash of the Six Pence None The Richer, novelties in the world of music like Jenifer McLaren and every single musician like Sean Ashby and Ashwin Sood of the band of the highly esteemed Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, and other musical experts used their talent up to it's last drop in order to help Delerium create this musical magnum opus. If Delerium posseesses the potential and talent, then it's the biggest right of them to use it in the most artistically prolific and satisfying way. And because "Poem" is satisying with all it's musical content, why to criticize this great example of success in a negative way without regarding the artists' tremendous potential and skills and their restless and timeless work in order to deliver "great" music to us?!?.. I think that "Poem" is a product of one of the most hardly achieved successes in the world of records and music and therefore, it deserves the biggest praise from the deepest of our hearts..

And a last quick glance on the content of the album: There are 11 songs and 4 extra tracks on "Poem".

1) Terra Firma - successfuly composed, putting you right into the ambience of "Poem".

2) Innocente - The harp, piano, strings and guitars perfectly harmonize with Leigh Nash's lyrical and vocal performance.

3 Aria - features the Mediaeval Babaes. Alluring beat, beautiful song despite the incomprehensible lyrics.

4) Fallen Icons - mirrors Jenifer McLarens talent on vocals, on piano and in lyrical writing.

5) Underwater - features Rani Kamal. Has no similarities with "Silence" at all, as considered to do. Slow and lazy beat, but instruments are used greatly.

6) Myth - features vocals of the gorgeous Joanna Stevens. Nothing to say to it: One of the most beautiful songs in "Poem". Has to be a single .

7) Nature's Kingdom - features Kirsty Hawkshaw. The other most beautiful song on the CD. Beside the perfect vocals and lyrics, the piano, guitars and strings make Poem's music reach it's pinnacle.

8) Daylight - sung by Poem's sole male singer Matthew Sweet. Stunning lyrics, quick and passionate beat with beautiful composition of guitars, strings and the piano.

9) Temptation - the best instrumental song in Poem, and one of the best ambient Delerium songs. Musical pleasure of 8 long and wonderful minutes.

10) A Poem For Byzantium - another Joanna Stevens song, despairing yet not dull, sad and beautiful.

11) Amongst The Ruins - a 10-minute long ambient song - A bit boring but features melodious guitar solos and haunting vocals at some minutes.

Extra Tracks:

1) Silence (Airspace Mix) - best dance mix of Silence, maybe it would be better when the short edited version was included

2) Flowers Become Screens (Deepsky Mix) - good techno version of the perfect Leeb/Fulber/Thirsk song

3) Inner Sanctum - features Kristy Hawkshaw, beautiful song of 7.5 minutes, could be among the 11 songs

4) Nature's Kingdom II - features Jenifer McLaren's perfect singing

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