Unfold the Future

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Unfold the Future
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Studio album by
The Flower Kings
Released5 November 2002
RecordedJune – September 2002
Genre Progressive rock
Length140:58
Label InsideOut Music
Producer Don Azzaro
The Flower Kings chronology
The Rainmaker
(2001)		Unfold the Future
(2002)		 Meet the Flower Kings
(2003)
Professional ratings
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Unfold the Future is the seventh studio album by the progressive rock band The Flower Kings, which was released in 2002. It is also the band's third studio double-CD. A limited special edition of the album contained an instrumental bonus track.

Contents

This album is the first appearance of both drummer Zoltan Csörsz, replacing the original member Jaime Salazar, and Pain of Salvation's frontman Daniel Gildenlöw, the latter as a guest vocalist on several tracks.

The style of the album shows several influences of jazz music and experimentation, with the inclusion of two free-form jams (or three, counting the special edition bonus track), along with the band's traditional symphonic progressive rock style.

In 2017, the album was remixed and reissued on vinyl. The 2017 version was also included in the box set A Kingdom of Colours: The Complete Collection from 1995–2002. [3]

Track listing

Disc One

No.TitleMusicLength
1."The Truth Will Set You Free"
  • "I. Lonely Road"
  • "II. Primal Instincts"
  • "III. From the Source"
  • "IV. Uphill"
  • "V. The Stars the Sun the Moon"
 Roine Stolt 31:01
2."Monkey Business"Stolt4:23
3."Black and White" Tomas Bodin, Stolt7:39
4."Christianopel"Bodin, Zoltan Csörsz, Jonas Reingold, Stolt8:16
5."Silent Inferno"Stolt14:21
6."The Navigator"Bodin, Stolt3:39
7."Vox Humana"Stolt4:44
Total length:74:03

Disc Two

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Genie in a Bottle"Stolt8:09
2."Fast Lane"Bodin6:33
3."Grand Old World"Stolt5:26
4."Soul Vortex"Bodin, Csörsz, Reingold, Stolt4:38
5."Rollin' the Dice"Bodin5:00
6."The Devil's Danceschool"Reingold5:08
7."Man Overboard"Stolt3:45
8."Solitary Shell"Bodin, Stolt2:50
9."Devil's Playground"Bodin, Stolt25:26
10."Too Late for Tomatoes (bonus track)"Bodin, Csörsz, Reingold, Stolt10:24
Total length:77:09

Note: For the 2017 reissue, "Devil's Playground" has a reduced running time of 19:02, and the 2022 remaster does not feature the bonus track.

Personnel

Main band

Guest musicians

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References

  1. ↑ Couture, François. "Unfold the Future - The Flower Kings | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ "PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY KEITH 'MUZIKMAN' HANNALECK". Archived from the original on March 27, 2009. Retrieved 2007-11-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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