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• Artist: Delerium
• Album: Chimera
• Label: Nettwerk
• Year of Release: 2003
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2003-10-17

Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb are back for another dose of Delerium. Chimera marks their umpteenth album as Delerium, their first being back in 1988 with Faces, Forms and Illusions. A lot has happened since then including commercial success for Delerium. Rhys left to carry out his private project, Conjure One, on Delerium's last album, Poem, but has returned for Chimera. Chimera carries on that feel that Leeb and Fulber achieved with Sarah McLachlin adding a few more female vocalists to the mix. You can tell that Chimera is an album focused on gaining another top 40 hit like the did with "Silence". There are a few tracks on here that may punch through with most of the album being fairly accessible. Julee Cruise is the voice du jour on a track called "Magic" as well as returning vocalists Leigh Nash and Kristy Thirsk. While Chimera is accessible, it loses some of it's charm with many of the tracks sounding similar. Chimera is best with small doses rather than the full meal deal. Some of the more interesting tracks end up on the bonus disc. There is a track called "Stopwatch Hearts (featuring Emily Haines)" as well as "After All" remixed by Andrew Sega. Fans of the Sarah McLachlin era Delerium will more than enjoy Chimera. Fans of their older material hoping for a return to those days should stay away, this is to new-ageish for the likes of you.

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