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^ Space Revolver and The Rainmaker remasters are coming October 7 (I think).
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Originally posted by projeKct projeKct wrote:

^ Space Revolver and The Rainmaker remasters are coming October 7 (I think).

Space Revolver is in my wheelhouse, I've kinda struggled with Rainmaker....
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^ Same here. Space Revolver is my #1 TFK album. I mean it's excellent from start to finish. Other TFK albums have stronger tracks, but none has this perfect flow.

On the other hand, The Rainmaker is just "very good", not "excellent". Wink
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Unfortunately, I haven't heard the last four TFK albums. Which ones are the best?


Rainmaker is very good. The first two or three tracks are great but then it loses steam a bit. It picks up a little bit towards the end though. Space Revolver has very few weak moments and is one of my personal favorites. 


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^ Last four albums? What do you mean?

If you mean:
Desolation Rose, 2013
Waiting for Miracles, 2019
Islands, 2020
By Royal Decree, 2022

the clear winner is Desolation Rose (for me, at least) !

The other ones have some highlights, though. I even made a "best-of" from the 2019-2022 albums (duration of 78:46).
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Originally posted by projeKct projeKct wrote:

^ Last four albums? What do you mean?

If you mean:
Desolation Rose, 2013
Waiting for Miracles, 2019
Islands, 2020
By Royal Decree, 2022

the clear winner is Desolation Rose (for me, at least) !

The other ones have some highlights, though. I even made a "best-of" from the 2019-2022 albums (duration of 78:46).

By Royal Decree is pretty darn fooking good! But I'd have to agree for me Desolation Rose is the winner of the last 4 rekkids.




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I should I have said last three. When I said last four I was including the Roine Stolt presents the Flower King album which technically is a solo album like his 1994 album. Desolation Rose is the last one I bought but I didn't care for it too much to be honest. I still have it though so maybe I'll try again. Maybe it will grow on me.

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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I should I have said last three. When I said last four I was including the Roine Stolt presents the Flower King album which technically is a solo album like his 1994 album. Desolation Rose is the last one I bought but I didn't care for it too much to be honest. I still have it though so maybe I'll try again. Maybe it will grow on me.

I've listened to all of The Flower Kings albums now, but I still think Roine Stolt's Flower King album is the best of all of them. It's blooming marvellous! Thumbs Up


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Scot, great list. I especially like your top five or so. Imo (out of what I have heard so far which is most of them) the Flower Kings didn't put out any bad albums. Of course some are better than others. 
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:


Nice job!! Love that you have Sum Of No Evil so high, that and A&E are two of my favs. Banks Of Eden is the one newer album I have just not been into. I will need to give it more listens to see if it hits me differently than when I first heard it. That's the reason I don't have that one on LP........Maybe that will change.

Keep em coming man!
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I haven’t listened to The Flower Kings in ages. So I need to put that right a.s.a.p
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I’m literally listening to Waiting For Miracles and. I am thinking about which of the three latest albums is my favourite of the three.
Waiting For Miracles
By Royal Decree
Islands
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Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

I am thinking about which of the three latest albums is my favourite of the three.
Waiting For Miracles
By Royal Decree
Islands
Tuff call.

I know. For me they are pretty equal.

A few months ago, I've made a "single CD" selection from the last three albums with only my favourite tracks and a nice running order.

1. Broken (6:48) - Islands
2. World Gone Crazy (5:06) - By Royal Decree
3. Revolution (6:03) - By Royal Decree
4. Miracles for America (10:04) - Waiting for Miracles
5. Vertigo (9:59) - Waiting for Miracles
6. Solaris (9:32) - Islands
7. All I Need Is Love (5:54) - Islands
8. Ascending to the Stars (5:41) - Waiting for Miracles
9. Funeral Pyres (7:15) - By Royal Decree
10. The Crowning of Greed (4:50) - Waiting for Miracles
11. We Were Always Here (7:35) - Waiting for Miracles

Total Time 78:47

You can give it a try... Wink
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Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

I’m literally listening to Waiting For Miracles and. I am thinking about which of the three latest albums is my favourite of the three.
Waiting For Miracles
By Royal Decree
Islands
Tuff call.

Yes pretty equal.....my order:
By Royal Decree
Islands
Waiting For Miracles
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

I’m literally listening to Waiting For Miracles and. I am thinking about which of the three latest albums is my favourite of the three.
Waiting For Miracles
By Royal Decree
Islands
Tuff call.


Yes pretty equal.....my order:
By Royal Decree
Islands
Waiting For Miracles


I’d listed them.
Islands
By Royal Decree
Waiting For Miracles
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Originally posted by projeKct projeKct wrote:

^ Space Revolver and The Rainmaker remasters are coming October 7 (I think).

Ordered Space Revolver 2LP/CD set for $24, very well priced all these TFK reissues are! I'm gonna hang tight on more till I hear about Sum of No Evil and A&E...
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Their three most recent albums are fantastic with By Royal Decree really taking it to classic TFKs level...

What a band!!!
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

Their three most recent albums are fantastic with By Royal Decree really taking it to classic TFKs level...

What a band!!!

Yuppers!! TFK fooking rule!
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My favorite Flower Kings albums are:

Banks of Eden
Desolation Rose
Waiting for Miracles
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