The Flower Kings – Stardust We Are
Жанр: Symphonic Progressive Rock
Носитель: LP
Год выпуска: 1997(re 2014 on LP)
Лейбл: Inside Out Music/IOMLP 048
Страна-производитель: EU
Аудио кодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Формат записи: 24/96
Формат раздачи: 24/96
Продолжительность: 2:11:09
Треклист:
A1 In The Eyes Of The World
A2 A Room With A View
A3 Just This Once
B1 Chuch In Your Heart
B2 Poor Mr. Rain’s Ordinary Guitar
B3 The Man Who Walked With Kings
37:07
C1 Circus Brimstone
C2 Crying Clown
C3 Compassion (Part I)
D1 Compassion (Part II)
D2 Pipes Of Peace
D3 The End Of Innocence
D4 The Merryground
D5 Don Of The Universe
47:11
E1 A Day At The Mall
E2 Different People
E3 Kingdom Of Lies
E4 If 28
E5 Ghost Of The Red Cloud
E6 Hotel Nirvana
F1 Stardust We Are
46:50
Источник оцифровки: LP Rip & Full Scan LP Cover: Fran Solo
Код класса состояния винила: Mint
Устройство воспроизведения: Technics SL-1200MK2 Quartz
Головка звукоснимателя: SHURE M97xE With JICO SAS Stylus
Предварительный усилитель: Marantz 2252
АЦП: E-MU 0404
Обработка: Manual DeClick with iZotope RX5
Спектр
АЧХ
Уровень записи
DR12,13
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Analyzed folder: /The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are (LP 1)
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR14 -1.45 dB -16.84 dB 01 The Flower Kings - LADO 1- In The Eyes Of The World.wav
DR12 -11.50 dB -27.09 dB 02 The Flower Kings - A Room With A View.wav
DR13 -4.29 dB -19.42 dB 03 The Flower Kings - Just This Once.wav
DR14 -1.09 dB -16.85 dB 04 The Flower Kings - LADO 2- Chuch In Your Heart.wav
DR14 -9.27 dB -26.60 dB 05 The Flower Kings - Poor Mr. Rain's Ordinary Guitar.wav
DR12 -3.80 dB -18.35 dB 06 The Flower Kings - The Man Who Walked With Kings.wav
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Number of files: 6
Official DR value: DR13
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Analyzed folder: /The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are (LP 2)
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR14 -2.19 dB -19.12 dB 01 The Flower Kings - LADO 3- Circus Brimstone.wav
DR9 -16.20 dB -30.82 dB 02 The Flower Kings - Crying Clown.wav
DR11 -5.44 dB -20.40 dB 03 The Flower Kings - Compassion.wav
DR9 -10.64 dB -22.43 dB 04 The Flower Kings - LADO 4- Pipes Of Peace.wav
DR12 -5.09 dB -19.64 dB 05 The Flower Kings - The End Of Innocence.wav
DR15 -1.81 dB -18.68 dB 06 The Flower Kings - The Merryground.wav
DR14 -3.57 dB -20.79 dB 07 The Flower Kings - Don Of The Universe.wav
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Number of files: 7
Official DR value: DR12
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Analyzed folder: /The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are (LP 3)
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR12 -15.25 dB -28.37 dB 01 The Flower Kings - LADO 5- A Day At The Mall.wav
DR13 -3.59 dB -18.65 dB 02 The Flower Kings - Different People.wav
DR13 -2.29 dB -16.77 dB 03 The Flower Kings - Kingdom Of Lies.wav
DR13 -9.31 dB -26.03 dB 04 The Flower Kings - If 28.wav
DR13 -4.32 dB -18.46 dB 05 The Flower Kings - Ghost Of The Red Cloud.wav
DR10 -15.74 dB -29.13 dB 06 The Flower Kings - Hotel Nirvana.wav
DR15 -0.12 dB -18.00 dB 07 The Flower Kings - LADO 6- Stardust We Are.wav
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Number of files: 7
Official DR value: DR13
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Personel
Bass – Michael Stolt
Drums – Jaime Salazar
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Keyboards – Roine Stolt
Engineer, Mixed By – Dexter Frank Jr.
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Hasse Froberg
Percussion – Hasse Bruniusson
Producer – Don Azzaro
Saxophone [Soprano] – Ulf Wallander
Sitar, Tabla – Hakan Almkvist
Synthesizer, Organ, Mellotron, Piano, Accordion, Mixed By – Tomas Bodin
About
On this extensive double-CD set, the key to sorting out the wheat from the chaff is song length. The longer the song, the better it is. And I will not beat about the bush: the title song is one of the best epics ever written. Not the most original, but certainly the most beautiful.
The attractive thing about this set is how THE FLOWER KINGS gradually introduce the themes that eventually come together in the final track. Such a presaging is very much in the symphonic tradition. I love listening to a record where themes are introduced, varied and reprised; it never fails to please. This is such a record, if you’re patient.
Yes, the flaws others have noted are definitely there. With THE FLOWER KINGS one gets a surfeit of music, an overabundance that makes it very difficult to take in the beauty and invention in on first, second or even tenth listen. I agree that the removal of a number of the tracks would make this more accessible, but then it wouldn’t be an album from THE FLOWER KINGS. I want to be clear on this: I’m prepared to rate an album a masterpiece even if it has flaws. I’m interested in the best of what this band delivers, and their best is apparent on this album.
Especially on the final track. If you want to hear what symphonic progressive rock sounds like, play this. It is laden with melody, confidently organised in structure and just adventurous enough to demand repeated listenings. From the opening series of notes (repeated with variations twice more in the song) the track makes a statement. The last nine minutes of this song will undoubtedly send a thrill running through you. One after another the album’s themes pour at you, making sense of the hours of music you’ve worked through, bringing it all to a climatic conclusion, then a cathartic close.
What makes this song great is what makes THE FLOWER KINGS an essential listen: guitar mastery, the willingness to play with time signatures, the combination and separation of instruments, judicious vocals, and sheer symphonic beauty. This may not be where your FLOWER KINGS experience should start, but it is certainly where it should end.
Review by russellk, progarchives.com
Доп. информация
First time on vinyl.
Gatefold cover.
180g vinyl
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 5052205041116
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