ADAM & EVE

The Flower Kings

Symphonic Prog

3.48 | 564 ratings

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The Crow
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After the marvellous "Unfold the Future", I was eagerly waiting for its follow-up back in 2004.

Nevertheless, although I enjoyed "Adam & Eve" (and I still do today), I was inevitably disappointed when I heard it. A good chunk of the power and incredible progressive-jazz fusion force of their previous album was gone in favour of more short and conventional tunes, more rock and American folk influenced and too much forgettable songs like the insipid Cosmic Circus, the directly weak Starlight Man and the boring pseudo-blues Timelines.

Of course, there is also room for epics here but Love Supreme is not The Truth Will Set You Free, and Driver's Seat is also not The Devil's Playground.

Nevertheless, the musicianship is excellent as expected. The traditional Flower King's song with the crazy Bodin's keyboards is back, and so are the great Reingold's bass lines and the inimitable style of Stolt on guitars.

In addition, "Adam & Eve" is also the only The Flower King's album to have Daniel Gildenlow as official member of the band, and his style and personality is evident in the very well interpreted A Vampire's View, and the hard rocking title song, one of the two highlights of the album.

So if you like symphonic prog, you will surely enjoy "Adam & Eve", because even one of the worst The Flower King's albums is still good, but definitely not the right place to start if you are a newcomer.

Best Tracks: Love Supreme (decent epic with Yes influences and some American folk melodies), Babylon (a beautiful instrumental), A Vampire's View (dark, even horrific song with an incredible singing by Gildenlow) and Adam & Eve (maybe the most Gildenlow's influenced song of the album)

My Rating: ***

The Crow | 3/5 | 2021-2-7

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