Meet the Flower Kings

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Meet the Flower Kings
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Live album by
The Flower Kings
ReleasedNovember 4, 2003
RecordedFebruary 10, 2003
Genre Progressive rock
Length152:52
Label InsideOut Music
Producer Roine Stolt
The Flower Kings chronology
Unfold the Future
(2002)		Meet the Flower Kings
(2003)		 Adam & Eve
(2004)
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Meet the Flower Kings is the second live album by the progressive rock band The Flower Kings. It was released in 2003 as a double-CD, and also as a two-disc DVD concert video. A limited release book-case version of this includes both the 2-CD and 2-DVD sets together, along with a booklet.

Contents

The show was recorded at the Stadsteater in Uppsala, Sweden, on February 10, 2003.

Track listing

All songs by Roine Stolt except where noted.

CD version

Disc One

No.TitleLength
1."The Truth Will Set You Free" (Stolt)
I. "Lonely Road"
II. "Primal Instincts"
III. "From The Source"
IV. "Uphill"
V. "The Sun The Stars The Moon"
)		31:20
2.""Garden Of Dreams" Part 1" (Bodin, Stolt)
I. "Dawn"
II. "Simple Song"
III. "Business Vamp"
IV. "All You Can Save"
V. "Mr. Hope Goes To Wall Street"
VI. "Attack of the Monster Briefcase/Mr. Hope goes to Wall Street"
VII. "Did I Tell You"
)		27:07
3.""Garden Of Dreams" Part 2" (Bodin, Stolt)
VIII. "Garden of Dreams"
IX. "Don't Let The D'Evil In"
X. "Love Is The Word"
XI. "Gardens Revisited"
XII. "Shadowland"
XIII. "The Final Deal"
)		17:20
Total length:75:47

Disc Two

No.TitleLength
1.""Humanizzimo"" (Stolt)
I. "Twilight Flower"
II. "The Messenger"
III. "The Nail"
IV. "Only Human"
V. "This Is The Night"
VI. "The Flower Of Love"
)		23:10
2."Circus Brimstone" (Bodin, Stolt)11:18
3."Silent Inferno" (Stolt)16:13
4."Stardust We Are"26:24
Total length:77:05

DVD version

Disc One

  1. The Truth Will Set You Free
  2. On Tour in USA
  3. Garden of Dreams, Part 1
  4. On Tour in Europe
  5. Garden of Dreams, Part 2
  6. Setting Up for the DVD

Disc Two

  1. Humanizzimo
  2. Oddballs of Rehearsing
  3. Circus Brimstone
  4. In Recording Studio 2002
  5. Silent Inferno
  6. On Tour in South America 2001
  7. Stardust We Are

Personnel

  1. Roine Stolt – guitar, vocals
  2. Tomas Bodin – keyboard
  3. Hasse Fröberg – guitar, vocals
  4. Daniel Gildenlöw – guitar, backing vocals, keyboard, percussion
  5. Hasse Brunisson – percussion, voice
  6. Jonas Reingold – bass guitar, bass pedals
  7. Zoltan Czörsz – drums
  8. Pontus Eklund – dancer, juggler, flamethrower
  9. Hea Ekstam-Bruniusson – dancer

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References

  1. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Meet the Flower Kings - The Flower Kings | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 24, 2014.


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