Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

I don't get the dislike for Adam & Eve.......Does the 1st song/epic title just turn everyone off? Songs like Vampires View, Drivers Seat, A&E are great to excellent songs. Easily one of my favorite TFK albums overall.

IMHO Adam and Eve is good but not as good as the other albums methinks.

geekfreak wrote: Catcher10 wrote: geekfreak wrote: The Rainmaker is the sixth studio album by the progressive rock band The Flower Kings. It was their first to receive a more mixed response from critics compared to their previous albums. Just listening to this mega album. Still don’t know what the f^^*! why the critics didn’t like it. Bro, that's cause the critics be stoooopid  Yes! But there’s not many who are into the music of prog rock,

^ Wow, I never noticed this typo ("Psycedelic"). But yes ("Yes" indeed), it's a great song!

Edited by projeKct - February 10 2021 at 17:56

yogev wrote: Flowerpower... Such a great album. Not only that it have one hour crazy EPIC, this album have some great songs on the second disc!

Indeed! Loved this album so much when it came out, a great piece of work from start to finish. For some reasons I haven't listen to them in a long time so I got to fix this asap. Good thing they released a new album in 2020!

Catcher10 wrote: Catcher10 wrote: Islands. My delayed copy has arrived, spun some yesterday after stuffing my face with turkey and all the fixins.  This one will take a few spins to sink in. The 3-LP/2-CD package is excellent, comes in a slipcase with 1 gatefold holding LP1&2 and a single sleeve holding LP3, the CDs come in a plastic sleeve. The gatefold has all the lyrics and other liner notes with different band pictures on back covers. The pressing quality is stellar, these are done by Optimal Media in Germany who is one of the best IMO, everything I get from them is as perfect as can be with no surface issues no noise at all, a flea fart makes louder noise than what I hear in between tracks. The mix and mastering is very good to really really good, I can't say excellent as Roine still is not at a Steven Wilson, Bernie Grundman or Kevin Gray level. He's still doing a bit too much digital processing, but so far these records sound fantastic. I really like side II so far, side I I'm hearing some Queen type rhythm guitar work..........but as stated I need several more spins to let it all soak in. So far I'm very pleased with the direction of the music, more of what I've come to expect from The Flower Kings.  I'm pretty much in love with this album, not enough to marry it though  title="LOL" />. I think it's spectacular, really diggin the funkiness, jazziness of this album and very much enjoy the shorter song structures. The guitar solo on Fool's Gold is cool, and that synth in the background. This might take over Adam & Eve as my fav TFK albums......holy krappola I didnt just say that !! TFK rule.

Yes you did sir!

Ok so Islands was of course my AOTY, i'm going to try to listen to a new TFK album every 2 days. I'm setting aside two days because god damn these things are long. Today is Flower Power, next will be Banks of Eden which i've heard once. Everything else will be brand new to me! Will hopefully stick to this and update as I go along.

Edited by dougmcauliffe - March 11 2021 at 06:26

^ About halfway through my first listen of the epic, this music is just so cozy and warm, I love the nostalgic 90s sound of it. Good stuff so far!

projeKct wrote: ^ You're so lucky to be discovering them! I wish I could go back in time and listen to all TFK albums for the first time!!

On a positive perception about rediscovering the first time situation again. For me happens when ever. I listen to an album.