Flower Power (The Flower Kings album)
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Flower Power | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 16 November 1999 | |||
Recorded | June–November 1998 | |||
Studio | Foxtrot Mobile | |||
Genre | Progressive rock, electronic rock | |||
Length | 140:40 | |||
Label | Foxtrot Records | |||
Producer | Don Azzaro | |||
the Flower Kings chronology | ||||
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Flower Power is the fourth studio album by the progressive rock band the Flower Kings, which was released in 1999. It is also their second double-CD and includes the nearly one-hour-long epic composition, "Garden of Dreams".
A Japanese edition was released that contained some bonus tracks at the end of each disc.
The album received a 3 out of 5 review from Allmusic,[1] but a positive review from All About Jazz, whose reviewer stated: "If you are a fan of progressive music... no scratch that... if you are a fan of ANY MUSIC, go buy Flower Power right now – it represents the best of positive and intelligent modern music available today".[2]
Track listing
[edit]Disc One
[edit]All tracks are written by Roine Stolt, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Garden of Dreams"
| Tomas Bodin, Stolt | 59:16 |
2. | "Captain Capstan" | 0:45 | |
3. | "IKEA by Night" | Jaime Salazar | 0:04 |
4. | "Astral Dog" | Salazar, Stolt | 8:03 |
5. | "Regal Dinners" (bonus track) | 3:14 | |
6. | "Papercup Angels" (bonus track) | 1:50 | |
7. | "Butterfly Queen" (bonus track) | 1:25 | |
Total length: | 74:37 |
Disc Two
[edit]All tracks are written by Roine Stolt, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Deaf, Numb & Blind" | 11:10 | |
2. | "Stupid Girl" | 6:49 | |
3. | "Corruption" | 5:54 | |
4. | "Power of Kindness" | Bodin | 4:23 |
5. | "Psychedelic Postcard" | 8:42 | |
6. | "Hudson River Sirens Call 1998" | 4:47 | |
7. | "Magic Pie" | Hasse Fröberg | 8:19 |
8. | "Painter" | 6:45 | |
9. | "Calling Home" | 11:19 | |
10. | "Afterlife" | Bodin, Stolt | 4:34 |
11. | "End of a Century" (bonus track) | 2:01 | |
Total length: | 74:43 |
Credits
[edit]- Roine Stolt – guitars, lead vocals, keyboards
- Tomas Bodin – keyboards
- Hasse Fröberg – vocals
- Michael Stolt – bass guitar
- Jaime Salazar – drumkit & percussion
- Hasse Bruniusson – percussion & odd voices
- Production
- Stefan Bodin – photography
- Tomas Bodin – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Tomas Eriksson – pre-mastering engineer
- Lilian Forsberg – photography
- Dexter Frank Jr. (i.e. Roine Stolt) – engineer
- Per Nordin – photography
- Roine Stolt – photography
References
[edit]- ^ a b Couture, François. "Flower Power Review by François Couture". allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ Askounes, Michael (November 1, 2000). "The Flower Kings: Flower Power". All About Jazz. Retrieved 24 August 2024.