Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

Roj M30 wrote: Roland113 wrote: Hmm, interesting thought, though before I throw my ranking up there, what do you consider an epic?  What is the time limit?   That's a tough call of course, but I've drawn the line at 15 minutes, anything under that I've excluded as otherwise I'd have so many to list!!   And Tom, you better make sure that Paradox Hotel gets the full 5 stars .

Oh don't you worry about that, Paradox Hotel is one of my favorites.

Roj M30 wrote: Roland113 wrote: Hmm, interesting thought, though before I throw my ranking up there, what do you consider an epic?  What is the time limit?   That's a tough call of course, but I've drawn the line at 15 minutes, anything under that I've excluded as otherwise I'd have so many to list!!   And Tom, you better make sure that Paradox Hotel gets the full 5 stars .

progrules wrote:   And now the harsh part: I'm trying to understand what you're saying about the situation with Flower Power but I only partly understand it. It almost gives me the feeling you're a bit reluctant to give it more listens. On the other hand that happens to me too sometimes. Especially in cases I feel I have to do a certain review but I don't really feel like it and then instead I start playing (and reviewing) other albums. Is that the idea here ? Or am I interpreting the wrong way ?

progrules wrote: Roland113 wrote: Roj M30 wrote: Roland113 wrote: Hmm, interesting thought, though before I throw my ranking up there, what do you consider an epic?  What is the time limit?   That's a tough call of course, but I've drawn the line at 15 minutes, anything under that I've excluded as otherwise I'd have so many to list!!   And Tom, you better make sure that Paradox Hotel gets the full 5 stars . Oh don't you worry about that, Paradox Hotel is one of my favorites.   O no, that sounds like you're going to make the same "mistake" as me by giving it 5 stars (?). In one way deservedly but if I do a song by song rating it's not 5 stars by a long way for me. It should be 4. But Monsters & Men made me go overboard back then and I had to give 5.   On your blog I wanted to suggest Frost* (Milliontown) to you but I checked it out and saw you had already done it and even gave it 5 stars ! To me it was 4,5 actually and Black Light Machine is my ultimate fav. I would almost like to do a Frost* appreciation thread but two albums is not enough yet and I don't even like their second that much so I think I'll leave it.

Henk,

Nah, I don't think it's a mistake, my gut feeling was that it was a five star CD but I gave it one last critical listen over my last two commutes.  I don't think there's a weak song on the pair of CD's.  It's their most consistent double CD the whole way through, even more so than Stardust.  For Stardust, I about 3/4ths of the way through the CD and I start wanting to skip tracks.  Paradox however, every song is solid to me.

Regarding Frost*, it would have been a great recommendation.  Agreed on Black Light Machine, I keep meaning to download the opening keyboard sound from the Frost* Forum to set it as the ring tone on my phone.  I really like the second one as well.  It's very different from Milliontown, but still fantastic.  The time changes are so much smoother on the second one that you don't realize they've shifted half the time.  Also, Andy Edwards really kicks it on the album. 

Roland113 wrote:   I ran into what you're describing on Garden of Dreams, I got it, listened to it once and dropped it out of my rotation for a while.  No real reason except that it didn't connect with me at first.  After a few months, I pulled it back out and started spinning it regularly and developed an appreciation for the CD.  I'm currently in the same phase with a few other Flower King's CD's, most notably 'World of Adventures' and 'The Flower King'. Part of my 'one review a day' mantra is to force myself to listen to those albums that I've been meaning to spin more often.

Roj M30 wrote: Roland113 wrote:   Regarding Frost*, it would have been a great recommendation.  Agreed on Black Light Machine, I keep meaning to download the opening keyboard sound from the Frost* Forum to set it as the ring tone on my phone.  I really like the second one as well.  It's very different from Milliontown, but still fantastic.  The time changes are so much smoother on the second one that you don't realize they've shifted half the time.  Also, Andy Edwards really kicks it on the album.    My mobile phone is also my mp3 player so I can have any song as my ringtone .  Black Light Machine has already been my ringtone previously, as has IQ's The Wake and There Is More To This World.  Tom, I even thought of using Just This Once, just for you .  My ringtone is currently Constant Motion by DT!!!  Cool eh?   Your right about Andy Edwards, he is a fantastic drummer.  He's back with Frost and was outstanding when I saw them live recently.  Also, just listen to the drumming on the Frequency album, absolutely superb and much better drumming than on their earlier albums IMHO.

Hey guys, sorry if I'm changing the topic, but what do you think of The Rainmaker? (might have discussed it before...)

The Quiet One wrote: Hey guys, sorry if I'm changing the topic, but what do you think of The Rainmaker? (might have discussed it before...)

^ Very much agreed .

Roland113 wrote: ^ We're kind of digressing here, but I agree on the John Mitchel front, he's a great guitar player with a knack for pumping out great solos.  Henk, I assume that you're familiar with John's work in Arena?  If not, I highly recommend 'Contagion'.  John really shines and Clive Nolan does a great job as well.  Contagion has become one of my all time favorite albums.