Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

M27Barney wrote: darkshade wrote: M27Barney wrote: Master of Time wrote: Horizons wrote: Some of Space Revolver and  Unfold the Future.  Horizons wrote: The vocals are terrible, even when they're compared to The Tangent. Plus the whole atmosphere just puts me off, and slightly cringe.  I'm not a big fan of those albums either, but I love The Sum of No Evil, perhaps you may like it as well. The vocals on that album almost reminded me of Bruce Springsteen in parts. I also agree that the others have a strange atmosphere but TSONE's I thought didn't put me off as much and I grew to love it. I've never been able to gget into The Tangent however (though I've never really tried that hard) so I can't comment on that, but try The Sum of No Evil as well, maybe you'll like it. I have 1 CD by "The Tangent" ITWTWDT - and it didn't impress me on one spin - so It's one of the many that I may go back to but when I get home from a hard day sorting out Audi's reporting suite etc - I usually want to play something I know will give me a buzz - thus it's hard to give a CD that didn't impress a lot on spin 1 to give it a second go...Who's with me on this ??? If it's any consolation, that Tangent album may be the least best or 2nd least best album by them. I say "least best" because I think all The Tangent albums are good. I may buy another then! - To be fair I have gone back to CD's that haven't impressed on spin 1 and they blow me away on second spin - it's all about picking the CD for the right mood..... And it took me two years to get into Yes from loving Genesis/Camel almost straight away.....

Well, The Tangent are all different.

The Music That Died Alone - is similar in sound to TWTWDT, but a better album, more energy and better writing. Roine, Jonas, and Zoltan are there. Epic songs, but very very jazzy.

A Place In the Queue - Contains probably the band's best epic In Earnest. Jonas is still there, and Jamie Salazar on drums. More experimental and jazzier than the previous 2 albums, but is one of the stronger albums by them. Get the special edition.

COMM - If you want to hear the band moved away from any Flower Kings influence, this is it. This is their best album since APITQ and my favorite. There's an almost Dream Theater vibe to some parts, but overall, it's a very fun symphonic album with some Canterbury influence (of course). The keys are rejuventated after the previous lesser-inspired album Down and Out In Paris and London. The new guitarist is on fire, and is another reason this album is so good; he is also sort of why I feel there's a little Dream Theater vibe at times.

darkshade wrote: The urge to listen to TFK is strong today. Ive been holding off until BoE comes out, because I know I'm going to gorge myself on their music. Ive been keeping myself busy with Transatlantic, The Tangent, Spock's Beard, Karmakanic, Tomas Bodin, Dream Theater, Neal Morse, Agents of Mercy, Beardfish, and anything else Ive missed. I'm running out of albums!

i just sent a note to the email address on his shop page on his site.  he emailed me back in minutes.  pretty neat.  i really want a copy of that album!!

Anthony H. wrote: I've mentioned before how Monster Within has always been one of my least favorite TFK songs. Well, I listened to it for the first time in a while today, and I found myself really digging it. Perhaps I finally "get" the song... or maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention before.

Nov wrote: Anthony H. wrote: I've mentioned before how Monster Within has always been one of my least favorite TFK songs. Well, I listened to it for the first time in a while today, and I found myself really digging it. Perhaps I finally "get" the song... or maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention before. It's certainly one of their more meandering songs. Lord knows how that put stuff like this together and how they ever remember it all in concert. Did they ever play it live? I love all the different sections but even after 12 years of knowing the song, I couldn't sing the whole in my head. It's kind of gloriously disjointed

I've always loved that song.  It's a 25 minute epic in 12 minutes   There is one section that sounds just like classic Kansas, which I love because that is something you never hear in Flower Kings music.

I agree though, that it does jump around and maybe would be an example of a song that could have been improved by making it longer, giving the sections more time to develop.

The band have never played that song live.


Edited by infandous - June 08 2012 at 08:35

zumacraig wrote: i just sent a note to the email address on his shop page on his site.  he emailed me back in minutes.  pretty neat.  i really want a copy of that album!!

Yeah, many years ago, when I first got into the band, I emailed Tomas and he was very happy to talk about the band with me.  I requested they do Circus Brimstone live, and sure enough, it appeared in the set a year or two later

out of print stuff tends to get really expensive when non-fan sellers get a hold of them and try to sell them for over $50.  really sucks.  i've been able to find some things at a more reasonable price, but the first two Karmakianic albums are are way too much.  i've listened to them on youtube, and they're not that good either.  so, no big loss.  i did fine cinematograaf at: insideout.de.  gonna get that.  no luck on brimstoned in europe though.  i'm on a mission!

10 MORE DAYS!

darkshade wrote: Wheel of Life is a lot better than Karmakanic's latest, though I agree Entering the Spectra is probably the weakest album, though really jazzy and has some great moments. But Wheel Of Life is up there with Who's The Boss In The Factory?.