Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

zumacraig wrote: i just wondered if any of the remixing or rerecording stuff was interesting.  i may just get it to play in the car with the family:)

I'd say, for the fan, it's definitely worthy of getting.  If for no other reason than the liner notes for each song with Stolt explaining how they were recorded, what equipment he used, why he remixed it and/or changed things.  There are some new guitar solos and even some new vocals.  Personally, I thought it was worth buying just to hear the remixed and remastered Retropolis material, which includes one of my favorite FK songs of them all, The Road Back Home (which, of course, is the name of the CD).

Anyway, Tom is correct in stating it is Flower Kings lite, but I think for any fan that has all the albums, it's worth having this as well.  I don't listen to it very often, but it is a nice addition and as I said the liner notes are great.

M27Barney wrote: ^ Hm you have a saxophonist who thinks he's one of the blues brothers...... That picture definately doesn't sell the band to me

i just wondered if any of the remixing or rerecording stuff was interesting.  i may just get it to play in the car with the family:)

zumacraig wrote:   btw-is Road Back Home worth getting?  it has some remixes on it and stuff, right?

infandous wrote: I love all Tangerine Dream's 70's albums.  One album is nowhere near enough, though Phaedra is probably the best of the bunch, so if you just pick one, that is an excellent choice.  Of course, I love ambient stuff like them and Klaus Shultze (I actually prefer him to TD), so I'm biased.  You can't listen to that stuff the same way you listen to normal music.  It's a case where "background" is the foreground, if that makes any sense.  Or maybe I just did too much acid in my youth..............

Edited by zumacraig - October 25 2012 at 12:16

i was listening to force majeure.  they are a band where one album is enough...phaedra.

for years my listening was determined by the newest album i got.  that has wained in the last several years, so i have to choose.  it is difficult. lately i've been limiting myself to one album and some random streaming.  right now it's banks of eden.  i am really loving this album.  especially the non epic tunes.  it is mastered a bit hot though.

Roland113 wrote: Siloportem wrote: Roland113 wrote: Ok, so I'm starting a project that should last the next six months or so.  I'm listening to all of the music on my hard drive in the order of the album title.  If you're interested in following along and commenting and such, you can read it here: http://roland113tunes.blogspot.com/ Feel free to join in the ride if you're so inclined. Great idea. I should really do something like that some time. Just so I understand, all the music you'll listen to during these 6 months will in support of this project? Can you live without your favourites that long? I once limited myself because of some stupid last.fm obsession and it drove me crazy. Thanks, it was really out of boredom that started it, I didn't know what all to pick so I just started randomly.  I ended up sorting by album to keep grouped songs together but avoid listening to the entire Genesis discography in one week. To clarify, no, I am not limiting myself to not listening to other music, Monday for instance was Steve Hackett day cause that was the mood that I was in.  This is more of an organized way to get through everything that I own.  Also, this is only for my work day playlist.  If I'm in the car, or bopping around the house, I'm usually listening to something else.

Smart man. A heavy burden that we all share: not knowing what to listen to because of our very large music collections!

I can usually get a way with 1 or 2 hours of playing my own music (if don't pick anything too outrageous) before a colleague turns on the radio.

infandous wrote: Roland113 wrote: Ok, so I'm starting a project that should last the next six months or so.  I'm listening to all of the music on my hard drive in the order of the album title.  If you're interested in following along and commenting and such, you can read it here: http://roland113tunes.blogspot.com/ Feel free to join in the ride if you're so inclined. I once tried to go through and listen to my whole CD collection in a similar fashion.  It lasted about 2 days before I decided I didn't want to listen to the next album in the sequence.  Never tried anything like that since.

Roland113 wrote: Ok, so I'm starting a project that should last the next six months or so.  I'm listening to all of the music on my hard drive in the order of the album title.  If you're interested in following along and commenting and such, you can read it here: http://roland113tunes.blogspot.com/ Feel free to join in the ride if you're so inclined.

I once tried to go through and listen to my whole CD collection in a similar fashion.  It lasted about 2 days before I decided I didn't want to listen to the next album in the sequence.  Never tried anything like that since.