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    Posted: April 24 2012 at 09:11
Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush

Help me out here please Flower King addicts, I have located most of the albums where the following tracks are but some missing - can you fill in the gaps? thanks! IN BOLD ARE GAPS


The Flower Kings Hitlist

 

Devil's Playground 4 - Unfold the Future

Big Puzzle 2 - Back in the World of Adventures

Garden of Dreams 2 - Flower Power (the first ten songs or so actually a giant epic called 'Garden of Dreams')

Church of Your Heart 1 - Stardust We Are

Cosmic Lover 1 - Back in the World of Adventures

Melting Pot 1 - Retropolis

Psychedelic Postcard 1 - Flower Power

The Flower King 1 - The Flower King (Roine Stolt)



There ye be my friend,
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Originally posted by Roland113

Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush

Help me out here please Flower King addicts, I have located most of the albums where the following tracks are but some missing - can you fill in the gaps? thanks! IN BOLD ARE GAPS


The Flower Kings Hitlist

 

Devil's Playground 4 - Unfold the Future

Big Puzzle 2 - Back in the World of Adventures

Garden of Dreams 2 - Flower Power (the first ten songs or so actually a giant epic called 'Garden of Dreams')

Church of Your Heart 1 - Stardust We Are

Cosmic Lover 1 - Back in the World of Adventures

Melting Pot 1 - Retropolis

Psychedelic Postcard 1 - Flower Power

The Flower King 1 - The Flower King (Roine Stolt)



There ye be my friend,


The first 18 tracks are Garden Of Dreams, actually Big smile
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Originally posted by M27Barney

It's all about opinions - and since I loved "The Black Forest" from spin 1 - the vocalist appeals because he sounds like Gabriel? - Also Roine Sings - like I said - It's the best CD I have bought in 2011/12 easily....It could have done with being extended a liitle bit,,,,,so that a couple of the tracks get to the 20 min mark, apart from that it's sublime.
Mind you I can sympathise i.e if the vocalist is not your cup of tea then the CD goes down the pan......That I...Am CD being the worse example - I HATED the vocals...thus I'll never listen again probably...


Yeah, we all have different tastes.  I love the vocalist on I AM, though there are a couple spots that grated on me at first (though Tomas claims that was deliberate, and that he asked the singer to do that to emphasize the lyrics and feeling).

Does Roine sing lead on The Black Forest album?  I can't remember.  Guess I better spin that one again, it's been a while.
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Originally posted by infandous

Originally posted by Roland113

Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush

Help me out here please Flower King addicts, I have located most of the albums where the following tracks are but some missing - can you fill in the gaps? thanks! IN BOLD ARE GAPS


The Flower Kings Hitlist

 

Devil's Playground 4 - Unfold the Future

Big Puzzle 2 - Back in the World of Adventures

Garden of Dreams 2 - Flower Power (the first ten songs or so actually a giant epic called 'Garden of Dreams')

Church of Your Heart 1 - Stardust We Are

Cosmic Lover 1 - Back in the World of Adventures

Melting Pot 1 - Retropolis

Psychedelic Postcard 1 - Flower Power

The Flower King 1 - The Flower King (Roine Stolt)



There ye be my friend,


The first 18 tracks are Garden Of Dreams, actually Big smile



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Infandous Roland Barney Darkshade Nov Roj Biff Average
The Flower King 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 1.0
Back in the World 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 1.7
Retropolis 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.3
Stardust We Are 2.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 3.4
Flower Power 3.0 2.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 3.7
Space Revolver 2.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.7
The Rainmaker 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
Unfold the Future 3.0 5.0 2.0 5.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
Adam and Eve 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0
Paradox Hotel 2.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 5.0 3.3
Sum of No Evil 2.0 0.0 2.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3



And thus when someone asks "What's the Best Flower Kings release" we have now scientifically determined that Space Revolver and Flower Power are their best.  Go forth armed with knowledge.  Cool
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Originally posted by Roland113


 Infandous Roland Barney Darkshade Nov Roj Biff Average
The Flower King 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 1.0
Back in the World 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 1.7
Retropolis 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.3
Stardust We Are 2.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 3.4
Flower Power 3.0 2.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 3.7
Space Revolver 2.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.7
The Rainmaker 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
Unfold the Future 3.0 5.0 2.0 5.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
Adam and Eve 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0
Paradox Hotel 2.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 5.0 3.3
Sum of No Evil 2.0 0.0 2.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3



And thus when someone asks "What's the Best Flower Kings release" we have now scientifically determined that Space Revolver and Flower Power are their best.  Go forth armed with knowledge.  Cool



Cool, good to know.  I guess I've been mistaken all these years LOL

Still, those are two of the best by my estimation anyway, with Flower Power having my favorite "song" ever by the band on it.

I gotta say again though, I'm really surprised at the lack of love for Sum.  Rainmaker being lower than A&E is, I guess, not surprising but certainly not what I'd pick.


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Good points Gus, I think the thing that actually surprised me the most was that Unfold the Future was as low as it was.  While I love Paradox, I'd have expected it to be further down on the preference chart.
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Originally posted by Roj M30


 
Shall we list the TFK releases in order of preference?  That can't have been done for about 50 or 60 pages LOL.  Ok, I'll go first.:-
 
1.   Space Revolver
2.   Flower Power
3.   Stardust We Are
4.   Back In The World...
5.   The Flower King
6.   Adam & Eve
7.   Paradox Hotel
8.   Retropolis
9.   Unfold The Future
10. Sum Of No Evil
11. Rainmaker


Since you asked bud . . . 

  1. Paradox Hotel
  2. Unfold the Future
  3. Space Revolver
  4. Stardust We Are
  5. Retropolis
  6. Flower Power
  7. The Rainmaker
  8. Back in the World
  9. The Flower King
  10. Sum of No Evil
  11. Adam and Eve
Seriously . . . Unfold the Future at number Roj?
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Is this page accurate?

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=37641

I thought Roine said the album was under an hour, and that there would be a bonus disc. How does everyone feel about these new song titles?

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Very cool chart, Roland, very scientific. Good work. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by darkshade

Is this page accurate?

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=37641

I thought Roine said the album was under an hour, and that there would be a bonus disc. How does everyone feel about these new song titles?

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Very cool chart, Roland, very scientific. Good work. Thumbs Up




I was wondering where that came from, so I don't know.

The only surprise for me is that it hasn't been down voted yet LOL
I figured there'd already be some one star reviews by now LOL


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Originally posted by Roland113

Originally posted by Roj M30


 
Shall we list the TFK releases in order of preference?  That can't have been done for about 50 or 60 pages LOL.  Ok, I'll go first.:-
 
1.   Space Revolver
2.   Flower Power
3.   Stardust We Are
4.   Back In The World...
5.   The Flower King
6.   Adam & Eve
7.   Paradox Hotel
8.   Retropolis
9.   Unfold The Future
10. Sum Of No Evil
11. Rainmaker


Since you asked bud . . . 

  1. Paradox Hotel
  2. Unfold the Future
  3. Space Revolver
  4. Stardust We Are
  5. Retropolis
  6. Flower Power
  7. The Rainmaker
  8. Back in the World
  9. The Flower King
  10. Sum of No Evil
  11. Adam and Eve
Seriously . . . Unfold the Future at number Roj?

OK THEN
1. Space Revolver
2. Flower Power
3. Stardust We Are
4. Back In The World...
5. Paradox Hotel
6. The Flower King
7. Retropolis
8. Adam & Eve
9.  Sum Of No Evil
10. Unfold The Future
11. Rainmaker
 
Thus is So - I remembered that "The Flower King" had some quite excellent Roine moments...so it's being promoted.
If music be the food of love......play on
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Womder where the new one will slip into that list @ hey??
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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush

Help me out here please Flower King addicts, I have located most of the albums where the following tracks are but some missing - can you fill in the gaps? thanks! IN BOLD ARE GAPS

A King's Prayer 3 sware

Chicken Farmer Song 1 sware

Rumble Fish Twist 1 sware

Those three aren't on Stardust We Are - they are all on Space Revolver

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1.   Space Revolver

2.   Flower Power

3.   Unfold The Future

4.   Stardust We Are

5.   Paradox Hotel

6.   Back In The World Of Adventures

7.   The Flower King

8.   Retropolis
   
9.   Rainmaker

10. Adam & Eve

11. Sum Of No Evil


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Originally posted by Roland113

Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush

Help me out here please Flower King addicts, I have located most of the albums where the following tracks are but some missing - can you fill in the gaps? thanks! IN BOLD ARE GAPS


The Flower Kings Hitlist

 

Devil's Playground 4 - Unfold the Future

Big Puzzle 2 - Back in the World of Adventures

Garden of Dreams 2 - Flower Power (the first ten songs or so actually a giant epic called 'Garden of Dreams')

Church of Your Heart 1 - Stardust We Are

Cosmic Lover 1 - Back in the World of Adventures

Melting Pot 1 - Retropolis

Psychedelic Postcard 1 - Flower Power

The Flower King 1 - The Flower King (Roine Stolt)



There ye be my friend,

Awesome! Thanks. listening to all those songs this week -  I went thru each album list twice but theres so many tracks i missed those. 



and getting Stardust We Are, Unfold the Future and Unfold the Future this week!Cool
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^now that's what I call a hardcore fan, getting TWO Unfold the Future LOL

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Atomic Crimson - You're welcome, enjoy and I think you'll enjoy the ones coming in.

(Point for Pablo too ;)

Darkshade - thanks man, I'm all about the science

Gus (Infandous) - Amusingly enough, that was my first thought as well (oh, someone added the new FK CD, I wonder if it has an overall rating of 1 yet)


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Originally posted by darkshade

Is this page accurate?

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=37641

 


I hope it is.  The more songs, the better, especially with a 25-minute song on there.  With more songs, it makes a large margin for error.  For example, if there are only five or six songs on an album, and you aren't wild about one or two of them, then that is a high percentage of stuff that you aren't wild about it, but with nine songs, even if one or two aren't to your liking, then there are still seven or eight that are!  Plus, TFK has always done a great job with song lengths in the 6 to 8 minute range, so I really hope that is accurate. 
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Learn about the new album "BANKS OF EDEN" - Tourdastes & Tourposter - New Videos - Preview audio snippets etc.

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Ok, so I won an iTunes gift card this morning.  Do I get Tour Kaputt or RPWL's latest?  (I'm leaning strongly towards RPWL as I've heard the FK stuff before but wanted to get input)
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