Favorite flower kings albums from best to worst?

Most people would tell you to start with Unfold the Future, which is (rightfully so) considered by many their best album. However, it is a quite long double album and it took me some years to chew on that and I am still finding things I haven't listened/realized before on it. Other albums, on the other hand, are considered one-dimensional, like Flower Power and Stardust We Are (even though the latter is considered by me as high as Unfold the Future; both are double features as well as Unfold), wile others are true mixed bags (The Rainmaker and Adam and Eve), but some still regard them highly.

Banks of Eden

I just want to put my opinion out there and won't respond to others in order to avoid drama, but Banks isn't NEARLY as good as most of their past albums. just let the hype cool down and you'll see.

I would recommend you to start listening to them chronologically, as I did. In my opinion, their best albums are their first ones, with a more symphonic vein.

I disagree that many consider Unfold the Future their best album.  It is their 4th highest ranked album here, and I don't think any one TFK album is considered by many or most to be their best.  I'll go with the following: 

lmaorofllollmao wrote: I've noticed the band "The Flower Kings" and have been wishing to get into them, but i'm not sure what albums to start out with?

So, I'm curious, which one(s) did you go with, and how does your list go so far?

I'd probably recommend Space Revolver as a good first album. Or, if you feel like going in for the long haul, Stardust We Are. Flower Power is good, but it starts with a (fantastic) 59-minute song, and by the time you're finished with it, there's still a good 80 minutes of music left. Maybe each disc can be listened to in a separate sitting, because it's quite exhausting to go through all of it in one go.

I love The Flower Kings.

Edited by miamiscot - July 10 2018 at 12:24

CCVP wrote: Most people would tell you to start with Unfold the Future, which is (rightfully so) considered by many their best album. However, it is a quite long double album and it took me some years to chew on that and I am still finding things I haven't listened/realized before on it. Other albums, on the other hand, are considered one-dimensional, like Flower Power and Stardust We Are (even though the latter is considered by me as high as Unfold the Future; both are double features as well as Unfold), wile others are true mixed bags (The Rainmaker and Adam and Eve), but some still regard them highly. There are other album, however, which are both great and reasonably "short" and are also excellent in every way, which are the ones I would suggest you to get at first, being those Back in the World of Adventures, Space Revolver, The Sum of No Evil and their latest (Banks of Eden), even though I don't like the latter very much. My personal list of favorites is as follows: 1 - Stardust we Are, The Sum of no Evil and Unfold the Future 4 - Space Revolver 5 - Back in the World of  6 - Paradox Hotel 7 - Space Revolver 8 - Flower Power 9 - Banks of Eden 10 - The Rainmaker 11 - Adam and Eve 12 - Retropolis