Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

Interesting. Of the 2, I guess Paradox Hotel would be my first choice. As far as the sound, I enjoy Flower Power disc 2, which a lot of people don't like; so I'm sure I'd enjoy PH.

@ infandous - I figured UtF was one of a kind (SR is close to it though); but how is The Rainmaker? since it's in between those 2 albums

I still may have to go with PH, as it's Roland and Epignosis' favorite albums. We'll see.....

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well so far it's between A&E or PH. I don't necessarily want to get into the first 2 (as well as Roine's solo album) until Ive gotten their more recent ones

Epignosis wrote: darkshade wrote: oh well so far it's between A&E or PH. I don't necessarily want to get into the first 2 (as well as Roine's solo album) until Ive gotten their more recent ones The Flower King is actually quite good.

I always hear good things about TFK, BITWOA, and Retropolis. Ideally I should get those next, in chronological order

The Rainmaker and Adam & Eve are a little to inconsistent.  The Rainmaker has Last Minute On Earth which is one of their best tracks and the two 13 minutes songs are pretty good but Elaine and World Without A Heart are mediocre. The first half of A&E is really good but it falters a bit in the second half for me.

Epignosis wrote: Garden of Dreams wrote: The Rainmaker and Adam & Eve are a little to inconsistent.  The Rainmaker has Last Minute On Earth which is one of their best tracks and the two 13 minutes songs are pretty good but Elaine and World Without A Heart are mediocre. The first half of A&E is really good but it falters a bit in the second half for me. "World Without A Heart" is the best song on there for me.

Edited by Garden of Dreams - June 28 2011 at 18:15

I think you'll enjoy Paradox darkshade, great album through and through.

The Rainmaker is good enough, but as a whole, I just don't listen to it as much as their other albums with the exception of "Serious Dreamers" which is one of my top five FK songs.  It's very different from what they typically do but I've got to say that I love the vibe that it gives off.  In retrospect, it kind of reminds me of "People that Have the Power" off of Wall Street Voodoo (Roine Stolt bluesy solo effort).


With that being said, today is a Flower Kings kind of day.  My at work playlist for the day consists of "Unfold the Future", "Paradox Hotel", "Instant Delivery" and "Retropolis".

"Monsters & Men," "End on a High Note" and "Minor Giant Steps" are three of my absolute favorite TFK songs- so happy and magical.

Roland113 wrote: So on a related projects note, a buddy of mine doesn't use iTunes and ended up winning $20 worth of gift cards from them which he promptly passed over to me. Hello 3rd World Electric and Dramarama . . . I've been waiting to hear these two for a while now and today is the day.  (Actually, I gave 3rd World a whirl last night and it sounds pretty good.

Wow, I'm kind of surprised you haven't heard these yet, especially 3rd World.  I actually love Dramarama now, after hearing material from it live.  Though I thought it was a stronger album than the first one the first time I heard it.

I told you so darkshade 

It's worth the effort though!

Dramarama is a masterpiece for me.

Speaking of The Rainmaker, "City of Angels" is a great song. Even though that is their weakest album.