Desolation Rose

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Desolation Rose
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Studio album by
Released28 October 2013
Genre Progressive rock
Length59:37
The Flower Kings chronology
Banks of Eden
(2012)
Desolation Rose
(2013)
Waiting for Miracles
(2019)

Desolation Rose is the twelfth studio album by the progressive rock band The Flower Kings, released on 28 October 2013. The album peaked at #35 in the 2013 Top Heatseekers chart. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Disc One

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tower One" Roine Stolt 13:39
2."Sleeping Bones"The Flower Kings4:16
3."Desolation Road"Stolt4:00
4."White Tuxedos"Stolt, Jonas Reingold 6:30
5."The Resurrected Judas"The Flower Kings8:24
6."Silent Masses"Stolt6:17
7."Last Carnivore"Stolt4:22
8."Dark Fascist Skies"The Flower Kings6:05
9."Blood of Eden"Stolt3:12
10."Silent Graveyards"Stolt2:52

Bonus Disc

No.TitleLength
1."Runaway Train"4:41
2."Interstellar Visitations"8:24
3."Lazy Monkey"2:25
4."Psalm 2013"2:10
5."The Wailing Wall"3:18
6."Badbeats"5:24
7."Burning Spears"3:15
8."The Final Era"2:57

Personnel

Guest musicians

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [2] 187
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [3] 91
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [4] 53
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 92
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [6] 35

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