ADAM & EVE

As a Flower Kings´ unconditional Fan since "The Flower King", I rate this last release as "Excellent addition to any prog rock collection" but actually the best I can say is we have a nice fistful of songs. When I say nice I say exactly that: NICE, no more. I respect Mr. Stolt´s hard work and that´s why I´ll be constructive in my critizism saying Adam & Eve is no more than a nice record. I find good reasons to listen to it once and again, but when I listen to parts of ideas or pieces from previous FK works (those parts are quite remarkable), even from Kaipa works, I actually think Mr. Stolt should forget much of his also weak side-projects, go to the high sierra, sit down with himself quietly (maybe with a Zen Monk alongside him) and talk frankly and directly to the Flower King there in Retropolis: "I´m tired, my Lord, the pond is almost dry...I don´t know what to do now to shock the audience". And then The Flower King would answer: "My son, look truly inside you and all that´s left is done". ;o) Seriously, if Mr Stolt would sit down calmly to write new songs everything would go better. I´m ready to wait for 4 or 5 years for a new Stardust We Are. SwA and FP stablishes a peak of talent a top of mastery, but since then TFK are affering a 60% of outcomes. I need the feeling again, the plot thread throughout the pieces. You cannot impress the "soul" in a patchwork "epic" 20-minute song if your write it down in th same 20 minutes.

But I steel keep the faith...

Greetings from Seville (Spain)

JPe