Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

 

Did I get it right that the only great "TFK" album you're still missing is the Flower King by Roine solo ?

Because if it is: get it as soon as you can !! It's even better than all TFK releases (as far as I'm concerned).

I will give you an impression: Humanizzimo is one of the best things they EVER did, same quality as the Stardust we are track. So 5+*. Second best is Dissonata, a semi instrumental resembling Retropolis and I think it's even a bit better. 5*. Third is Magic Circus of Zeb, another one with great guitar by Roine. 4,5*.

Pilgrims Inn is the next jewel scoring 4,5*. The title track is loved by many but personally I believe it's too cheesy. Only 3,25* for me. The remaining tracks (Sounds of Violence, Scanning the Green House and Close your Eyes) are more or less fillers that almost spoiled the masterpiece status for me but fortunately it just didn't. I gave it 5 stars and rank it amongst the 10-15 best albums ever made.

Need more encouragement ?

 

Well guys, I've finally got round to listening to Garden Of Dreams.  So it seems to be more a collection of songs , some joined some not, rather than an epic as such.  Of course it's virtually impossible to judge on one listen, but like all TFK it made a very good impression.  I love the classic early TFK feel it has.  Plus it's very easy to hear that Tomas has a strong influence on this.  I get the feeling it will take a little time but it will end up as one of my top-rated TFK pieces.  I'll try and listen to the rest of the album tonight.

 

I've now heard Adam & Eve 3 times fully, and what a pleasant surprise that is .  I wasn't expecting a lot as most people really don't rate it but I absolutely love it and I've found it one of the most immediate albums by TFK.  I've been humming the main theme to Drivers Seat all weekend.  Those two epics are absolutely fantastic.

 

Me too Roger. And especially how you digest the one hour epic ! I'm curious if you will like it as much as Monster & Men. I love them both almost equally though they are very different. GoD is one you will have to give at least 10-20 spins before really getting into it. So, don't judge too soon.

I normally am bugged by over-histrionic vocals. For example, I can't listen "I Am" by Tomas Bodin because of the vocals.

 

 

Eh ... well ...just a bit in between and so.

I remember I did my first 100 reviews in 2007 between 7.15 and 8.30 each morning (usually three or four a day) at my work because at that time I had a slow computer and then posting a review is not really a good idea. If I look back now at those reviews they are short and quite poor really with the exception of a few. Not that they are so great right now but slightly improved I would say.

Anyway after these first 100 in 3 months the admin team was apparently so impressed with the quantity they wanted to promote me. I tried to prevent them from making a mistake but they insisted . No, this is a joke.  But after this I got into a bit of a dip and didn't write any more reviews from march 2008 until august. After that I got back in a sort of rhythm until now with appr. 3 each week. But there can be weeks without reviews when I'm having a small dip again. In those cases I'm simply not motivated to write reviews.

 

Besides this all I feel some people (don't know about you guys on this thread) are making to big a deal out of doing a review. I mean, ok, you have to give it your best shot but sometimes I get the feeling some people think it's the end of the world if their review isn't good enough. Well, I can tell, most of my reviews aren't good enough if you compare them to professional reviews. But that's not what we are doing on this site. We're just a bunch of amateurs who are doing the best we can. And that's all there is to it.

Just do your review in a relaxed way without pressure and you will just have fun as it should.

Just my thoughts about it.

 

Ok in the same time I did this post I could have done a review as well. Thanks Roger !! 

 

Actually that's the sort of answer I was looking for. Thanks. mate ! The only other thing I knew of Kaipa besides Mindrevolutions is the stream song Se var Morgon gry which is a nice almost funny song if you link it to Roine but probably he wasn't yet around that band at that point (just checked it: he WAS !).

Guys, check out this stream song on PA. You won't believe this. Roine was already on guitar back in '75 ! 

But I will certainly check out Keyholder one day. I'd be a fool if I didn't if I can believe the above comment !