Unfold the Future

Unfold the Future
Studio album by The Flower Kings
Released November 5, 2002
Recorded June, 2002 - September, 2002
Genre Progressive rock
Length 140:58
Label InsideOut Music
Producer Don Azzaro
The Flower Kings chronology
The Rainmaker
(2001)		 Unfold the Future
(2002)		 Meet the Flower Kings
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]
Bright Eyes (12/13)[2]
Progressiveworld.net [3]

Unfold the Future is the seventh studio album by 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.

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

The style of the album is marked by several influence 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.

Contents

Track listing

Disc One

No. Title Music Length
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"   Stolt 4:23
3. "Black and White"   Tomas Bodin, Stolt 7:39
4. "Christianopel"   Bodin, Zoltan Csörsz, Jonas Reingold, Stolt 8:16
5. "Silent Inferno"   Stolt 14:21
6. "The Navigator"   Bodin, Stolt 3:39
7. "Vox Humana"   Stolt 4:44

Disc Two

No. Title Music Length
1. "Genie in a Bottle"   Stolt 8:09
2. "Fast Lane"   Bodin 6:33
3. "Grand Old World"   Stolt 5:26
4. "Soul Vortex"   Bodin, Csörsz, Reingold, Stolt 4:38
5. "Rollin' the Dice"   Bodin 5:00
6. "The Devil's Danceschool"   Reingold 5:08
7. "Man Overboard"   Stolt 3:45
8. "Solitary Shell"   Bodin, Stolt 2:50
9. "Devil's Playground"   Bodin, Stolt 25:26
10. "Too Late for Tomatoes (bonus track)"   Bodin, Csörsz, Reingold, Stolt 10:24

Personnel

Main Band

Tomas Bodin - keyboards
Hasse Bruniusson - marimba, glockenspiel, dulcimer, other percussion
Zoltan Csörsz - drums
Hasse Fröberg - vocals, guitars
Jonas Reingold - bass guitar
Roine Stolt - vocals, guitars, keyboards

Guest Musicians

Daniel Gildenlöw - backup vocals, lead vocals on "Fast Lane", "Rollin' the Dice" and parts of "Devil's Playground"
Ulf Wallander - soprano saxophone

References

  1. ^ Couture, François (2011 [last update]). "Unfold the Future - The Flower Kings | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r614360. Retrieved 3 August 2011. 
  2. ^ Bright Eyes review
  3. ^ Hannaleck, Keith (2011 [last update]). "PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY KEITH 'MUZIKMAN' HANNALECK". web.archive.org. http://web.archive.org/web/20090327020528/http://www.progressiveworld.net/flowerkings21.html. Retrieved 3 August 2011. 
The Flower Kings
Tomas Bodin • Hasse Bruniusson • Hasse Fröberg • Erik Hammarström • Ola Heden • Jonas Reingold • Roine Stolt
Håkan Almkvist • Zoltan Csörsz • Daniel Gildenlöw • Marcus Liliequist • Jaime Salazar • Michael Stolt • Ulf Wallander
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