RETROPOLIS

The Flower Kings were on good track when they first made Back in the World of Adventures. All they had to do was improve their sound and add some much darker and moodier elements into the equation. Without their own knowing that mission, they took one step further to success a year after their first album with their second studio album, Retropolis.

The material that was delivered in this album had already begun to sound a little darker and prophetic, taking more of a concept approach to the album. Some of the songs began to take to the futuristic device, which worked exceptionally well with King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King. The new question would be this: would it work with this album? It certainly didn't hurt the album much. In fact, it benefited the content of the album quite a bit. It gave the darker material more flavor, mood, and uncertainty while it uplifted the brighter tracks even higher in attitude. However, there was a little less traditional content in this album than their 1st effort, which could have helped Retropolis be a little more interesting.

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