TWO IN ONE

The Flower Kings

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Symphonic Prog

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4.15 | 14 ratings | 1 reviews | 57% 5 stars

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Boxset/Compilation, released in 2006

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1 - Back in the World of Adventures (71:24)
1. World of Adventures (13:37)
2. Atomic Prince / Kaleidoscope (7:49)
3. Go West Judas (7:47)
4. Train to Nowhere (3:50)
5. Oblivion Road (3:45)
6. Theme for a Hero (8:33)
7. Temple of the Snakes (1:24)
8. My Cosmic Lover (6:47)
9. The Wonder Wheel (4:17)
10. Big Puzzle (13:35)

CD 2 - Retropolis (69:19)
1. Rhythm of Life (0:32)
2. Retropolis (11:10)
3. Rhythm of the Sea (6:12)
4. There Is More to This World (10:15)
5. Romancing the City (0:57)
6. The Melting Pot (5:45)
7. Silent Sorrow (7:42)
8. The Judas Kiss (7:43)
9. Retropolis by Night (3:18)
10. Flora Majora (6:50)
11. The Road Back Home (8:55)

Total Time 140:43

Line-up / Musicians

- Roine Stolt / guitars, lead vocals, additional keyboards
- Tomas Bodin / keyboards, Fx, flute
- Michael Stolt / bass
- Hasse Bruniusson / percussion, drums (CD1 track 10, CD2 track 11)
- Jaime Salazar / drums & percussion

With:
- Hans Froberg / vocals (CD2 tracks 4 & 7)
- Ulf Wallander / soprano saxophone (CD1 tracks 5, 8 & 10, CD2 tracks 6 & 11)

Releases information

Inside Out Music ‎- IOMBOX 002
slipcase set compilation including Back in the World of Adventures CD
& Retropolis CD
Barcode: 6 93723 48902 5

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4.15
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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(57%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(29%)
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Review by Tarcisio Moura
PROG REVIEWER

The first two "official" Flower Kings CDs in one package (to many fans, me included, Michael Stolts The Flower King is the real debut). What a bargain! To me the band never really did anything as good as their first two albums, although they came close several times. OK, many will disagree, it�s a matter of taste, but to me they never combined so well the simplicity of their early records within the symphonic prog context with that fine songwriting. Nothing�s overdone and even the few vignettes and effects does not spoil the overall beauty of Stolts tunes. Later albums would feature some filler material and not so inspired stuff, but on those two CDs I found everything to be well balanced and inspired, even some weird bits here and there.

Call them retro prog, call them unoriginal, or whatever: to me they are the most important band to appear in the 1990s and it�s symphonic prog at its best, at least on these two records, something that changed my life forever after listening to them. I could never believe someone was doing this kind of music in 1994: truly inspired by the 70�s great ones: Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, Pink Floyd et al, plus a dose of jazz rock/fusion and Zappa elements for good measure. They even resuscitated mellotron sounds! I was in prog heaven!

If you�re new to this great band this is a fantastic way to get to know them. The music is symphonic and complex, but also melodic and beautiful. Less self indulgent than some of their latter releases, Back In The World Of Adventures and Retropolis are the quintessential TFK stuff that made them famous: probably their most inspired and cohesive albums of their entire career.

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