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Delirium | 
 enlarge | Artist: Cirque Du Soleil
Label: Cirque Du Soleil
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy New: $10.89
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 98381
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 10004
UPC: 874751000448
EAN: 0874751000448
ASIN: B000G2YD1O
Release Date: July 25, 2006
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Shipping: International shipping available
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| Tracks:
| • | Cold Flame | | • | Slipping Away | | • | Someone | | • | Too High | | • | Walk on Water | | • | Alone | | • | Climb | | • | La Nova Alegria | | • | Lifeline | | • | Bridge of Sorrow | | • | One Love | | • | Let Me Fall | | • | Time to Go | | • | Time Flies | | • | Sans toi |
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Amazon.com
Delirium is Cirque du Soleil's idea of a greatest-hits package. Accompanying a show that's more music-driven than usual, the album is based on past Cirque songs--but unlike in Le Best Of, they're updated with new lyrics by Robbie Dillon and retooled by producer Francis Collard. The first song, "Cold Flame," is pretty typical, sounding both modern and traditional, a mix embodied by Elie Haroun's often Sting-like vocals. The most interesting tracks are the one that best embody Cirque's East-meets-West, everything-old-is-new-again ethos: "Too High," with its propulsive dance beat and Middle Eastern accents; "A Walk on Water" with its French-language rap; "La Nova Alegria," layering Brazilian-flavored guitars and a regular, pounding thump. Overall the more thoughtful songs, which often threaten to devolve into sap ("Let Me Fall"), don't work as well as the danciest ones ("One Love" is a real corker that sounds like it'd be a classic in European discotheques). Biggest missed opportunity: Britain's Nitin Sawhney contributes only a brief spoken interlude to "Lifeline." --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Album Description
The music of Cirque du Soleil as you have never heard it. Uplifting Pop/Rock melodies mixed with exciting electronica sounds. The album DELIRIUM delves into Cirque du Soleil's music catalogue to present a selection of pieces by Rene Dupere (KA, Alegria), Benoit Jutras (O, La Nouba) and Violaine Corradi (Varekai). The originals have been transformed by producer Francis Collard into new works that combine percussion with electronics and world music. The result is a striking pop sound, blending percussive rhythms with reincarnated Cirque du Soleil tunes and melodies. The words are primarily in English; Robbie Dillon, who contributed texts to the show ZUMANITY, wrote the new English lyrics. The voices in this eclectic mix include Brazilian Italo-Cuban Dessy Di Lauro and French-Canadian artist Jacynthe. About the Show: DELIRIUM is a music show currently touring arenas across North America, a spectacle of unprecedented proportions that pushes the limits of arena performance. It recounts an urban fable, recreating a larger-than-life universe where music, dance and theatre blend with gigantic projections on vast surfaces. Larger than life!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Great music July 23, 2007
I love Cirque, and when I saw Delirium I thought that it was an innovative concept. This CD has songs from other shows, but many now sung in English. This contains some of the best songs from all of the production shows.
Typical Cirque du Soleil CD July 3, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved the show and this CD is typical to the rest of the CD's of theirs in comparison to the show. A good compilation that doesn't match the flow of the show. I still enjoy the music very much and am very glad that I bought it. I can't wait for the next show to come to town!
 My goodness, has someone at Cirque gone mad?! June 16, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've seen four Cirque shows, own several of their CDs, have even been invited to one of their cast parties. I love this organization and typically love their music.
I'll not mince words: I haven't seen the Delirium show, but this music is an abomination. It reminds me of the stereotypical uncle-trying-to-be-hip, who manages only to cause others to cringe while horribly embarrassing himself in the process.
Where's the beauty? Where's the sense of wonder, the passion? Who on earth thought this'd be a good idea?!
When I first heard songs from this CD, I felt as if some music of the greats had been hastily recreated into muzak or mobile ringtones or whatever. There was a vague hint of the melodies of great Cirque songs, but no soul. No soul whatsoever.
Cirque folks, you should be ashamed to put out... stuff... like this. :(
Good Memories January 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD brought back great memories of the show we saw in Dallas in February 2006...it is also excellent driving music on long road trips to keep my husband focused--the beat is very intense on all tracks. Even though I do not particularly enjoy euro-techno otherwise, the arrangements on this CD are very enjoyable and I love the lyrics to a lot of the songs. While others might not like the new arrangement of Alegria, I for one thought the updated version was great--just for different purposes perhaps?
Good, but no great January 19, 2007
The Delirium cd of the Cirque du Soleil series has in many parts a very good time putting together the components that many fans are crazy for. Some of it is iffy, it is not traditional but it is cute and overall it was not a bad buy. It is great background music and shouldn't really be taken for anything more serious than that.
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