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    The Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel (2006) (Repost)

    Posted By: gribovar
    The Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel (2006) (Repost)

    The Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel (2006)
    EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 879 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 320 MB | Covers - 238 MB
    Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: InsideOut Music (IOMCD 241)

    The ever prolific Roine Stolt brings his Swedish prog-rock monolith the Flower Kings back into the studio for a double-disc outing created around the notion of existence. Light stuff, eh? It is, actually. For those who are wrapped tight in prog rock's knotty, twist-and-turn melodies, quick-change tempos, harmonic extensions, eloquent, guitar pathways that are only topped by keyboard excesses that display acumen and prowess, and glistening production - and production where it takes eight hours to get a guitar solo right in the studio - Paradox Hotel will seem a tad foreign, and perhaps even strange. While it certainly has many of prog's long-expected tropes - from eloquent expansive melodies that are more like suites than songs - and rhythmic variation, it also does something very different. The songs are simpler, long to be sure, but full of gorgeous melodies, with a more hook-oriented manner of playing, and other than vocal harmonies and some sound effects, the set was recorded live the studio. It's looseness, gregariousness, and even, dare one say, tenderness is the kind of thing that may leave some - if they could ever find this record - curious but frightened by prog rock, to move toward it for a bit of a listen. And you'd be surprised. Paradox Hotel has the adventurous vision of Peter Gabriel-era of Genesis, the musicality of Yes, the playfulness of Gentle Giant, and the slippery, mercurial side of Pink Floyd. The music itself is thoroughly modern, electric rock. It has crescendos and dynamics all over the place, killer guitar solos, and Stolt is a fine singer as well as composer. The band gets in the act more this time as well in terms of writing, which is a plus. Naming individual songs here is somewhat futile, but "Jealously" and "Lucy Had a Dream," (reminiscent of Pink Floyd circa Wish You Were Here) on disc one, and Hasse Fröberg's "What if God Is Alone," and "Blue Planet," which ends the set, are all standouts. The white boy prog funk of "The Unorthodox Dancing Lesson," doesn't work at all but it is the exception rather than the rule. Paradox Hotel is the Flower Kings' most accessible yet simultaneously far-reaching album yet.

    CD 1 Tracklist:
    01. Check In
    02. Monsters & Men
    03. Jealousy
    04. Hit Me With A Hit
    05. Pioneers Of Aviation
    06. Lucy Had A Dream
    07. Bavarian Skies
    08. Selfconsuming Fire
    09. Mommy Leave the Light On
    10. End On A High Note

    Total time: 01:12:57

    CD 2 Tracklist:
    01. Minor Giant Steps
    02. Touch My Heaven
    03. The Unorthodox Dancing Lesson
    04. Man Of The World
    05. Life Will Kill You
    06. The Way The Waters Are Moving
    07. What If God Is Alone
    08. Paradox Hotel
    09. Blue Planet

    Total time: 01:03:10

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