Roine Stolt's voice is strong, full, passionate, and delightfully accented.
The Flower Kings' lyrics are heady, compelling, and hook city.
The guitar work is extremely melodic and rates right up there with anything Brian May or David Gilmour has offered.
Stolt is expertly meshed in this band with brother Michael on bass and voice.
Tomas Bodin excels on Hammond organ, Mellotron, piano, and flute.
Hans Bruniusson plays percussion alongside Jaime Salazar on drum kit, while Ulf Wallander guests on sax.
The ten songs here are split between five instrumentals and five featuring great vocals mingled with extended instrumental bridges and a variety of sonic excursions.
Each piece is a rocking, swirling matrix of multifaceted sound, with the opening "World of Adventures" a particular highlight.
Take the best of Crack the Sky, Pink Floyd, early Genesis, and the slick cool pop/rock of Queen and Prince's 1999, mix everything together in the cauldron of Stolt's vision of world peace, and out comes a fresh batch of magic.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World of AdventuresRoine Stolt | The Flower Kings | Play | 13:37 | 31 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Atomic Prince/KaleidoscopeRoine Stolt | The Flower Kings | Play | 07:49 | 17 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Go West JudasRoine Stolt | The Flower Kings | Play | 07:47 | 17 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Train to NowhereRoine Stolt | The Flower Kings | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Oblivion RoadRoine Stolt | The Flower Kings | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Theme for a HeroRoine Stolt | The Flower Kings | Play | 08:32 | 19 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Temple of the SnakesRoine Stolt | The Flower Kings | Play | 01:23 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | My Cosmic LoverRoine Stolt | The Flower Kings | Play | 06:46 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | The Wonder WheelRoine Stolt | The Flower Kings | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 57 mins | 132 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hippiefied Art | Cover Design |
| 2 | Don Azzaro | Producer |
| 3 | Tomas Bodin | Effects, Flute, Mellotron, Mixing, Organ (Hammond), Piano, Synthesizer |
| 4 | Hasse Bruniusson | Drums, Percussion |
| 5 | The Flower Kings | Primary Artist |
| 6 | Dexter Frank Jr. | Engineer, Mixing |
| 7 | Jaime Salazar | Drums |
| 8 | Michael Stolt | Bass, Guitar, Voices |
| 9 | Roine Stolt | Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals |
| 10 | Ulf Wallander | Sax (Soprano) |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |