Flowers of Evil (Mountain album)

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Flowers of Evil
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Studio album / live album by
Mountain
ReleasedNovember 1971 (1971-11)
Recorded
  • September 1971 (studio)
  • June 27, 1971 (live)
Venue Fillmore East, New York City
Studio Record Plant, New York City
Genre Hard rock
Length49:54
Label Windfall
Producer Felix Pappalardi
Mountain chronology
Nantucket Sleighride
(1971)		Flowers of Evil
(1971)		 Live: The Road Goes Ever On
(1972)

Flowers of Evil is the third studio album and first live album by American hard rock band Mountain. [1] The title track concerns drug abuse in Vietnam. [2] The first side of the album includes new studio material, while the second consists of live material recorded on 27 June 1971 at the Fillmore East in New York City. [3] It was released in November 1971 by Windfall. This was the band's only album to chart in Norway, where it peaked at #17; the highest chart position for this album internationally.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Christgau's Record Guide C [5]

Release

Windfall Records released Flowers of Evil in November 1971. [1] [6] The album debuted at No. 58, [7] and peaked at No. 35 on the Billboard 200 chart. [8] [9]

The album artwork was done by Gail Collins. [10]

Critical reception

AllMusic's William Ruhlmann writes that the album is "unmistakable evidence that Mountain had run their course." [6]

Track listing

Side 1: Studio

  1. "Flowers of Evil" (West, Pappalardi, David Rea) – 4:53
  2. "King's Chorale" (Pappalardi) – 1:04
  3. "One Last Cold Kiss" (Pappalardi, Collins) – 3:45
  4. "Crossroader" (Pappalardi, Collins) – 4:47
  5. "Pride and Passion" (Pappalardi, Gail Collins Pappalardi) – 7:05

Side 2: Live

1. "Dream Sequence" (medley) – 24:27
  • Guitar Solo (West) /
  • Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry) /
  • Dreams of Milk and Honey (West, Pappalardi, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg) /
  • Variations (West, Pappalardi, Laing, Steve Knight) /
  • Swan Theme (Pappalardi, Collins)
2. "Mississippi Queen" (West, Pappalardi, Laing, Rea) – 3:53

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1971–1972)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [11] 39
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [12] 23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 39
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [14] 17
US Billboard 200 [15] 31

References

  1. 1 2 "The Story of the Band Mountain". Goldmine . April 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ "From the Music Capitals of the World". Billboard . December 4, 1971 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "3rd Mountain LP Promo Drive" (PDF). Cash Box . November 27, 1971. p. 10 – via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ Mountain: Flowers of Evil (1971) album review by William Ruhlmann at AllMusic.com
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 8, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  6. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Flowers of Evil Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic .
  7. ↑ "Billboard 200 - Week of December 18, 1971". Billboard .
  8. ↑ "Billboard 200 - Week of January 22, 1972". Billboard .
  9. ↑ "Mountain - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Bell Drives on Mountain LP's" (PDF). Billboard . November 27, 1971. p. 3 – via World Radio History.
  11. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  12. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5345". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Mountain – Flowers of Evil" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Mountain – Flowers of Evil". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "Mountain Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2016[ permanent dead link ].


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