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Hrychu 
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 Posted: April 20 2020 at 10:51 |
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I love Garden of Dreams. But I also like the song Stupid Girl off the 2nd disc. It's not very proggy but Roine's vocals in it are great.
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geekfreak
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Posted: April 18 2020 at 10:21 |
Garden Of Dreams is my absolute fav composition too!!!! Masterclass in Prog!!!!
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geekfreak
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Posted: April 18 2020 at 10:19 |
Me too!!!!
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Posted: April 17 2020 at 06:12 |
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Garden of Dreams is simply my favorite composition... ever!
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Posted: April 17 2020 at 04:02 |
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Yes. It's fantastic! It's very long, so full playthroughs in one session have been rare, but I've grown to love the vast majority of the songs over the 2 years I've had it. Aside from Garden of Dream which just transcends everything, I really love Painter on Disc 2, and the two "ambient" tracks, Power of Kindness and Hudson River Sirens Call 1998, are haunting.
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geekfreak
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Posted: April 17 2020 at 01:14 |
 I love this album was wondering if anyone else rates it highly?
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Posted: April 16 2020 at 00:34 |
Yes I agree with you. but its great to hear the EPICS!!!!
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Posted: April 15 2020 at 14:40 |
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It's not really live. I mean, from what I've heard it was done in a very controlled environment in front of a studio audience (like a sitcom) with multiple takes, and then later a huge chunk of the music was overdubbed.
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Posted: April 15 2020 at 12:07 |
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What are your thoughts on the live album Meet The Flower Kings Playing There Epics album.
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Posted: April 13 2020 at 01:11 |
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Loving It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: March 20 2020 at 12:32 |
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I love it! Vertigo has become my favourite track quite quickly. I love the buildup of the instrumental section, and Roine's guitar solo there gives me goosebumps.
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Posted: March 20 2020 at 05:00 |
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The new album whats you’re opinion about the album
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Mad As A March Hare
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Posted: November 25 2019 at 13:10 |
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Every time The Flower Kings release an album it's a cause for celebration in my world.
This one is no exception. It's terrific!!!
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Posted: November 23 2019 at 13:08 |
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Waiting for Miracles is excellent, better than Desolation Rose in my opinion. I love the positive vibe.
My favorite tracks are Miracles for America (classic TFK), Vertigo (now something different) and Ascending to the Stars (written by the new keyboardist). Second disc feels like a bonus disc with leftovers, though.
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Posted: November 23 2019 at 12:05 |
I thought the same, those intros are great and have strong seeds, guess the water was running thin. Overall it has grown on me the parts that did not connect at first. Flying home from a business trip had 3 hours of headphone time with it and that helped.
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Posted: November 22 2019 at 13:35 |
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Best release since space revolver...and thats on first spin...it may be my new magic headphones but the guitar work by stolt is ridiculously good...no epic makes it even more remarkable...but the whole can be taken as an epic...I very rarely enjoyed a first spin as much....
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^I'm pretty much with Gus on this. I was initially very disappointed that disc 2 was just 20 minutes long. Seeing that there were only 5 songs on it I was expecting a couple of 10-12 minute pieces. Unfortunately not.
The music throughout is decent enough but not near the level of most of their earlier albums. The most disappointing thing for me is that the intro piece on both discs is fabulous and could have easily been the start of a fabulous mini-epic.
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After listening 4 full times, I like it better than the last two albums easily. It doesn't really hold a candle to the 90's releases (or Unfold or Sum), but it's a pretty solid album for a band that's not getting any younger  (much like myself).I was initially disappointed, but more listens helped me to appreciate it. It's not really a "return to form" as it has been touted as, though listen carefully and there are certainly passages here and there reminiscent of the early albums (though no full songs that bring those to mind, IMO). The new guys are excellent, especially Mirko who seems to liven up some otherwise lethargic sections. Ascend to the Stars is my favorite, and it was written by the new young keys man, so that's a plus. I felt like maybe Roine should have collaborated with him more and things could have been more interesting. Also, I still feel like the production doesn't really bring out the rhythm section like I'd like, but otherwise is quite nice. In any case, I'm more or less happy with it and it certainly makes me happier than the last two did (and I like both of those to varying degrees, though they are near the bottom of my TFK rankings).
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Posted: November 16 2019 at 02:02 |
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Picked it up.
It's ok, not by any means bad. But it has yet to fully grab me.
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Posted: November 15 2019 at 13:56 |
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It has arrived.... It's bootiful!!!! Listening now and enjoy very much what I am hearing so far.........Love Hasse's vocals, I'm liking Vertigo quite a bit, I must be weird LOL     |
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