Flowers of Evil (Mountain album)

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Flowers of Evil
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Studio album / live album by
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. It was released in November 1971 by Windfall.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Christgau's Record Guide C [4]

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) [5] 39
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6] 23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 39
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [8] 17
US Billboard 200 [9] 31

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