Flowers of Evil (album)

Flowers of Evil
Studio album with included live material by Mountain
Released	November 1971
Recorded	Studio selections recorded September 1971 at the Record Plant, NYC Live selections recorded on June 27, 1971 at the Fillmore East in New York City (partial).
Genre	Hard rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock
Length	50:37
Label	Island Sony Windfall (Original Release)
Producer	Mountain
Mountain chronology
Nantucket Sleighride (1971)Nantucket Sleighride1971 Flowers of Evil (1971) Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On (1972)Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On1972

Flowers of Evil is the third album by American hard rock band Mountain. It was their first live outing, with the second side of the original album consisting of material recorded on June 27, 1971 at the Fillmore East in New York City (partial).

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C[2]

Track listing

Side 1: Studio

1. "Flowers of Evil" (West, Pappalardi, David Rea) – 4:52
2. "King's Chorale" (Pappalardi) – 1:04
3. "One Last Cold Kiss" (Pappalardi, Collins) – 3:54
4. "Crossroader" (Pappalardi, Collins) – 4:53
5. "Pride and Passion" (Pappalardi, Collins) – 7:11

Side 2: Live

6. "Dream Sequence: Guitar Solo (West) / Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry) / Dreams of Milk and Honey (West, Pappalardi, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg) / Variations (West, Pappalardi, Laing, Steve Knight) / Swan Theme (Pappalardi, Collins)" – 25:03
7. "Mississippi Queen" (West, Pappalardi, Laing, Rea) – 3:49

Personnel

• Leslie West – guitar, vocals
• Felix Pappalardi – bass, vocals
• Steve Knight – organ
• Corky Laing – drums, percussion

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References

External links

• Mountain - Flowers of Evil (1971) album review by William Ruhlmann, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
• Mountain - Flowers of Evil (1971) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
• Mountain - Flowers of Evil (1971) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com