PARADOX HOTEL

The Flower Kings

Symphonic Prog

3.70 | 569 ratings

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The Crow
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"Paradox Hotel" could have been an excellent The Flower King's album, but it's too long and sometimes even too boring to be considered even a very good one.

The epic Monsters and Men is one of their most forgettable long songs they've ever written, and tracks like Lucy Had a Dream, Jealousy and Touch My Heaven are forgettable while other like Bavarian Skies and Mommy Leave the Light On are directly bad.

Luckily, there are also enough good moments in "Paradox Hotel" which makes this album worthy of a pair of spins, but it is so irregular and the quality is so mixed that I can't give more than three stars.

And that's a shame, because if "Paradox Hotel" was half so long and if they had rid of the bad and mediocre songs, this could have been a four star one, easily surpassing "Adam & Eve".

But sadly, that is not what happened.

Best Tracks: Pioneers of Aviation (fine instrumental) End on a High Note (the best song of the album, a lot of happy feelings mixed with splendid keyboards), Minor Giant Steps (catchy and diverse track) and What if God is Alone (beautiful lyrics and great vocal melodies)

My Rating: ***

The Crow | 3/5 | 2021-2-13

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