Delirious
In 1992 producer/engineer Martin Smith
(vocals and guitars) teamed up with studio owner Tim Jupp
(keyboards) and graphic designer Stew Smith (drums) to provide
the music for a local event aimed at joining the dots between
church and young people. The blend of Smith’s open hearted
lyrics with the rest of the band’s home grown delivery made
immediate sense to those who saw it first hand. Within four years the band were full time – joined by Stu G on guitars and Jon Thatcher on bass – and within five they were releasing singles and albums into the UK charts. Their early Cutting Edge recordings had shaped the way people thought of worship music; the tracks released from 1997’s King Of Fools edited the way in which the mainstream music industry thought about Christian bands.
At the same time the North American market was getting ready to embrace the band. Sparrow signed them and kicked off with the release of their Cutting Edge back catalogue, which eventually went gold. With that under their belts the market then got to sample King Of Fools, which took up lodgings in the Billboard ‘Heatseekers’ Chart for 18 weeks, selling 200,000 copies. The single ‘Deeper’ performed a similar role in America to the one it had tucked into back home: sitting at the very top of the Christian CHR Charts for six weeks. The band, it appeared, had well and truly landed.
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New Song Cafe "Majesty" (Delirious)
- By Delirious
- Published April 24, 2009
- Video , Song Stories
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Check out the story behind the song and acoustic performance of Majesty (Delirious) on New Song Cafe.Rain Down
- By Delirious
- Published August 6, 2008
- Song Stories , Guitars
- Unrated
Are you a Delirious fan? Martin Smith tells the story and shows us how to play one of their previous releases "Rain Down." Learn more of this great song for worship in these two excellent videos. The full version was recently recorded from their live performance in Jongerendag 2008.
Here's a great video of Delirious featuring their song "Inside Outside." More of an acoustic and organic feel of music is ready to minister to your soul. Martin Smith proclaims how the love of God captivates us on the inside - outside.