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Extraordinary Ways
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0067003041720
Label: Nettwerk
Manufacturer: Nettwerk
MPN: 30417
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Nettwerk
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Studio: Nettwerk
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Editorial Review:
Serene singers and lush electronic textures and strings are often a prescription for smothering romanticism and overwrought pop-treacle. Rhys Fulber, the force behind Conjure One, succumbed to that with his other band, Delerium, on their last album, Chimera ." But Fulber's post-Delerium project, Conjure One, though using the same formula, has a darker, sometimes more foreboding edge. On their long awaited second CD, superstar singer Sinead O'Connor is gone in favor of a bevy of lesser known voices, but little else has changed. That's not bad although "Endless Dream" echoes "Center of the Sun" from the previous album perhaps a bit too closely with yearning lyrics rising to cathedral heights in a soul-haunted chorus. The vocal credit on the tune is Jane, but unless someone has perfected human cloning, it's actually the singer-songwriter Poe, a hold-over from the last CD. She has the kind of warm crystal clear alto that makes even the awkward lyrics of the title track sound like heavenly entreaties. Joanna Stevens eschews words all together when she powers through a Middle-Eastern derived wordless hymn on the ecstatic grooves of "Dying Light." Conjure One almost becomes a different project, --one that recalls the glistening electro-pop of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark-- when Rhys Fulber sings on "Beyond Being" and a cover of The Buzzcock's "I Believe". But singers Tiff Lacey and Chemda bring it back to the Conjure One sound. From the orchestral-electronica of "Pilgrimage" to the poignant intimacy of "One Word," Extraordinary Ways is an album that seduces easily. -- John Diliberto
With Conjure One being Rhys Fulber's (Frontline Assembly & Delerium) solo debut, he expands upon the promise of Karma with a rapturous blend of lush textures, hauntingly beautiful melodies and softly curved electrobeats. Nettwerk. 2005.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Extraordinarily good!
If you have enjoyed Delerium then you are pretty much guaranteed to like this album. I have always liked Delerium but my only complaint with their style is it's "relentlessly upbeat drowning in sugaryness." Yes, you will find Conjure One to be a bit faster and darker in some corners, which is a good thing - you can't enjoy the light without some darkness to define it, right? All the better to trance and dance too...
Extraordinary Ways has wonderful vocals, lush orchestrations (listen ... Read More
Rating:  - Beautiful and haunting
This album is fantastic. It's perfect for just about everything - reading, driving, eating dinner, just listening... The layers and textures used in the songs make this album really stand out. I liked Conjure One's debut album, but this one just blew me away.
Rating: - Poe is the genius, conjure one is filler.
The songs in which Poe participates are SO much better than the rest of the album that they are not even comparable. I feel bad for her that she has to team up with mediocre people just to get produced, but I am grateful that she gets the opportunity to put out some material and I am grateful to conjure one of that. Don't get me wrong, conjure one is not bad, but they just don't do anything of note by themselves.
Rating: - Conjure One's Re-invention by Rhys Fulber
This is Conjure One's sophomore album which again features the direction of Rhys Fulber (of Delerium & FLA). The 1st album featured Euro, Tribal and ambient beats, this album does not. Like Delerium, this side project under Rhys Fulber has gone more pop but with a slightly darker edge in many of the songs. It still retains 'untamed new age' rhythms. I have been a fan of Fulber and Leeb from the very beginning and enjoy listening to Delerium, other side projects and FLA. So when I found out Rhys ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointing
This album was boring and bland. I bought it because I very much liked Conjure One's first album (I thought it sounded similar to Balligomingo's Beneath the Surface- somewhat pop, but very melodic and soothing too), but this album wasn't nearly as good. 'Endless Dream' is the only good song, and maybe 'Extraordinary Way'. The rest aren't bad, but aren't interesting, either. I reserve this album for background music.
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