Unfold the future

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Unfold the future
Studio album by The Flower Kings

Publication
(s)

2002

admission

June to August 2002

Label (s) InsideOut Music

Title (number)

16

running time

140: 58

occupation
  • Hate Froberg
  • Jonas Reingold
  • Thomas Bodin
  • Ulf Wallander
  • Bergcrantz is different
  • Hate Bruniusson
  • Zoltan Csörsz

production

Don Azzaro

chronology
The Rainmaker
(2001) 		Unfold the future Adam & Eve
(2004)

Unfold the Future is the seventh studio album by the Swedish progressive rock band The Flower Kings . It was released as a double album on InsideOut Music in 2002 .

Creation and publication

For the band's third double album, Daniel Gildenlöw was won over as singer alongside Roine Stolt and Hasse Fröberg, and drummer Jaime Salazar was replaced by Zoltan Csörsz. Unfold the Future was recorded in various studios in the summer of 2002 and produced by Don Azzaro. A limited edition digipak with a bonus title was also released.

Track list

CD 1

  1. The Truth Will Set You Free - 30:40
  2. Monkey Business - 4:20
  3. Black and White - 7:40
  4. Christianopel - 8:30
  5. Silent Inferno - 14:25
  6. The Navigator - 3:15
  7. Vox Humana - 4:30

CD 2

  1. Genie in a Bottle - 8:10
  2. Fast Lane - 6:35
  3. Grand Old World - 5:10
  4. Soul Vortex - 6:00
  5. Rollin 'the Dice - 4:15
  6. The Devil's Danceschool - 3:45
  7. Man Overboard - 3:40
  8. Solitary Shell - 3:10
  9. Devil's Playground - 24:30
Bonus title
  2. No Time for Tomatoes - 7:02

style

The Flower Kings show themselves to be more willing to experiment on Unfold the Future than on their predecessor The Rainmaker and play varied retro-prog with jazz influences. Echoes of the style of Yes , Pain of Salvation , Frank Zappa and Miles Davis are perceptible. In addition to symphonic and hymn pieces, there are playful instrumental passages, virtuoso solos and improvisations. Many pieces are richly orchestrated and complexly structured.

reception

The press reacted mostly positively to the album, which is now often referred to as one of the most successful of the Flower Kings. The Babyblauen Seiten occasionally criticizes that “[t] he melodies don't ignite, the parts often seem thrown together,” or that nothing new is offered; However, it is also praised that the album "expands the Flower Kings sound cosmos and does not have any unbearable lengths", because "[t] he compositions are bursting with variety, ingenuity and joy in playing". Tobias Blum from Rock Hard says, "you can reverently pay homage to the tremendous musical class of what is presented". The eclipsed magazine included Unfold the Future in its list of the 150 most important prog albums.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Baby Blue Prog Reviews: The Flower Kings. Unfold the Future , Baby Blue Pages , accessed November 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b Tobias Blum: The Flower Kings. Unfold The Future , Rock Hard # 187, accessed November 25, 2012.
  3. ↑ eclipsed No. 144, p. 30.