The Flower Kings

 

Artist:  The Flower Kings 
Origin:  Sweden
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Neo-Progressive, Symphonic Rock

Original line-up:

Roine Stolt:  Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass
Hasse Froberg:  Vocals, Guitar
Tomas Bodin:  Keyboards
Michael Stolt:  Bass
Jaime Salazar:  Drums

The Flower Kings are a Swedish Progressive Rock Group, formed in August 1994, by Roine Stolt (Guitar), as a touring band to support his solo album The Flower Kings.  After the tour, the band decided to stay together and have gone on to become one of the most successful in rock music.  Their music is similar such as Yes, heavy Bass, and Vocals Harmonies and extended song length.

Title:  Stardust We Are (Special Edition Digipak 2 CD)(2022) 

Genre:  Progressive Rock, Neo-Progressive, Symphonic Rock

Label:  InsideOut Music

Rating:  *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  In The Eyes Of The World (10:38)

 2.  A Room With A View (Instrumental) (1:26)

 3.  Just This Once (7:54)

 4.  Church Of Your Heart (9:10)

 5.  Poor Mr. Rain's Ordinary Guitar (Instrumental) (2:44)

 6.  The Man Who Walked With Kings (Instrumental( (4:59)

 7.  Circus Brimstone (Instrumental) (12:03)

 8.  Crying Clown (Instrumental) (0:58)

 9.  Compassion (4:45) 

10. Hidden (3:27)

Disc 2:

 1.  Pipes Of Peace (Instrumental) (1:190

 2.  The End Of Innocence (8:29)

 3.  The Merrygoround (8:17)

 4.  Don Of The Universe (Instrumental) (7:02)

 5.  A Day At The Mall (Instrumental) (0:45)

 6.  Different People (6:19)

 7.  Kingdom Of Lies (5:47)

 8.  If 28 (Instrumental) (2:15)

 9.  Ghost Of The Red Cloud (4:37)

10. Hotel Nirvana (Instrumental) (1:49)

11. Stardust We Are (25:03)

Personnel:

Roine Stolt:  Lead Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Keyboards, 
Hasse Froberg:  Lead & Backing Vocals
Tomas Bodin:  Waldorf Synthesizer, Hammond Organ, Mellotron, Piano, Pipe Organ, Rhodes Piano, Optigan, Accordion, Effects
Michael Stolt:  Bass
Jaime Salazar:  Drums

Hasse Bruniusson:  Percussion

Special Guests:

Ulf Wallander:  Soprano Saxophone

Hakan Almkvist:  Sitar, Tabla

Stardust We Are is the third studio album by The Flowers Kings, originally released on April 1997 by Foxtrot Records, remastered and reissued on June 24, 2022 by InsideOut Music.  Special Edition Digipak 2 CD and Updated Artwork.