01	World Of Adventures						13:37
	02	Atomic Prince - Kaleidoscope						07:49
	03	Go West Judas						07:47
	04	Train To Nowhere						03:49
	05	Oblivion Road						03:47
	06	Theme For A Hero						08:32
	07	Temple Of The Snakes						01:23
	08	My Cosmic Lover						06:46
	09	The Wonder Wheel						04:17
	10	Big Puzzle						13:34

Roine Stolt Guitars, lead vocals & keyboards
Tomas Bodin Keyboards
Hasse Froberg Lead & backingvocals
Michael Stolt Bass
Jaime Salazar Drums
Hasse Bruniusson Percussion

FOX CD 015


The Flower Kings: Back In The World Of Adventures

I had my virgin exposure to and privilege of seeing this band perform at Prog Day '98. I was impressed with their delivery, songwriting, and musicianship. And this release only serves to reaffirm those first impressions of Roine Stolt et al. His music is prog rock with soul and heart. The songs pull you in, wow you, grip you, and sail you off into Stolt's incredibly beautiful world of spirit and fire.
Roine's voice is strong, full, passionate, and delightfully accented. The Flower Kings' lyrics are heady, compelling, and hook-city. You'll unavoidably carry these tunes in your head comfortably. The guitar work is extremely melodic and rates right up there with anything Brian May or David Gilmour has offered. Roine is clearly at ease with his axe. His timing and soul-fired punch and technique is a vast mosaic of delights. You shred-heads need to absorb this Stoltian expertise and expand your horizons.
Roine is expertly meshed in this band with brother Michael on bass and voice. Tomas Bodin excels on Hammond organ, Mellotron, piano, and flute. Hasse Bruniusson is percussion alongside Jamie Salazar on drum kit. Ulf Wallander guests on sax.
Ten songs offer five instrumentals and five with great vocals mingled with extended instrumental bridges and a variety of sonic excursions. Diverse creativity pours out of every possible place in each song. Each piece is a rocking, swirling matrix, of multifaceted sound-gems glistening in an endless cascade of wonder. Do I exaggerate?Not a bit. I have waded through hundreds of sonic offerings and this material of Stolt's is clearly inspired genius. It's never off-the-hip nor shalllow. It is highly intelligent expertise and tastefully served up in joy. If Stolt doesn't inspire or send a few tingles up your spine you shouldn't call yourself a progger or a music lover. "Big Wheel" and "World of Adventures" baptized me in concentric waves of synapse firings and flooded my heart with gossamer-winged butterflies.
This is imported ear-candy crafted and wrapped in elegance. Who do they sound like? Take the best of Crack the Sky, Pink Floyd, early Genesis, and the pop-rock, slickcool of Queen and Prince's 1999, mix it all together in the cauldron of Stolt's vision of world peace and out comes a fresh batch of magic. Thank you, Roine, for sharing your heart and vision so clearly in song. Highest of recommendations! ~ John W. Patterson






The Flower Kings - Back In The World Of Adventures

Released: 2001
Label: Inside Out
Cat. No.:
Total Time: 69:21


Reviewed by: Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck, March 2002
The AMG.com site classifies The Flower Kings' music as complex, trippy, cerebral, and sophisticated. Okay, I will go with that; it's one of the best explanations of their sound I have ever heard, and felt it was important to point out, not to mention the rave reviews they received for this release. This is my final review for the Swedish prog-rockers. I now have to wait for a new release to hear more. Did I get my fill you ask? Hell no! I want more. It has been a complete joy to listen to every album, and this 1995 release Back In The World Adventures was another musical voyage beyond compare. I have gushed and given glowing reviews with very little criticism to this group on literally every recording, and rightfully so I might say. There are few groups that have put together such a regular recording schedule as they have, and the sheer volume of material is mind boggling. They deserve the accolades and top-notch coverage. They are a classy bunch of guys that give it all up for their fans, and you can tell when you listen to every song.

Roine Stolt was not only the lead guitar player when this was recorded and released, he was the lead singer. His magical touch with the guitar and his contagious accented vocal style gave the group a unique and irresistible sound that drew in not only the prog rockers, but rock and pop listeners as well. This particular album is a fine example of the way they presented themselves as a mulit-hued combination of sounds and feelings. Anyone with a love for music and a beating heart can understand what TFK is all about.

"World Of Adventures" opens the door and welcomes you back to the fantasy land of TFK, and one of their future show stoppers, "Big Puzzle," is the grand finale. Both songs clock in at 13 minutes plus. They are both prog-rock nuggets as pure and sweet as honey right from the hive. With power-pop hooks and a solid prog-rock foundation, Stolt and his group lure you in and make you part of their story, whether you want it to happen or not, it just does. It's a magical mystery tour with a tripped out Beatlesque twist to it all. When it comes to music, life doesn't get any better than this. Stand by, because once you think you have heard the best TFK album of all they come out with another one that's even better. I was beside myself listening to this CD. Seven years ago they sounded almost as good as they do today, and they have improved with each successive album. My final conclusion is that they have always been fantastic; they have just gotten more fantastic in varying degrees with the passing of time. Get their entire catalog; you will love every minute of it.

More about Back In The World Of Adventures:

Track Listing: World of Adventures (13:37) / Atomic Prince/Kaleidoscope (7:49) / Go West Judas (7:47) / Train to Nowhere (3:49) / Oblivion Road (3:47) / Theme for a Hero (8:32) / Temple of the Snakes (1:23) / My Cosmic Lover (6:46) / The Wonder Wheel (4:17) / Big Puzzle (13:34)

Musicians:
Hans Bruniusson - percussion, drums
Ulf Artan Wallander - sax (soprano)
Jaime Salazar - drums
Tomas Bodin - synthesizer, glute, piano, organ (Hammond), Mellotron, mixing, effects
Roine Stolt - guitar, keyboards, vocals
Michael Stolt - bass, guitar, voices







SPECIALS AND COLLECTIONS



The Flower Kings - Edition Limitee Quebec 1998
Ipso Facto IF-9802 & Foxtrot Records 1998
Limited to 700 issues.

1.Kite (7:33) previously unreleased, 1996
2.Piece of Nizzimo (6:30) live April 5, 1996
3.The Flower King (11:45) re-recorded, 1998
4.Duke of Nuke (5:40) live April 5, 1996
5.Garden of Dreams, part I (7:35) pre-production, 1998
6.Buffalo Man (5:50) previously unreleased, 1996



Roine Stolt Guitar, keyboards & vocals
Tomas Bodin Keyboards
Michael Stolt Bass
Jaime Salazar Drums & percussion
Hasse Bruniusson Percussion

Avalon MICY 1076
1.In The Eyes Of The World
2.World Of Adventures
3.The Flower King (Re-Recorded 1998 version)
4.There Is More To This World
5.Stardust We Are/Part 3 (Re-Recorded 1998 version)
6.Retropolis

European Bonus

7.Pipes of peace
8. Compassion

Japanese Bonus

7.Cinema Show (Full version)

Deleted and Rarities :

Back in the World of Adventure s- Picture disc (Available via the fan club)



1.Return Of The Giant Monkey Boy ( Tomas Bodin )
2.Poor Sebastian ( Hasse Bruniusson )
3.One Day Like This ( Michael Stolt )
4.Across The Universe ( Lennon-McCartney )
5.Dance / Joy ( Per Nordin )
6.Ottan ( Bruniusson )
7.Cinema Show ( Banks-Collins-Hackett-Rutherford-Gabriel )
8.But My Longing Was Still As Strong ( Per Nordin )
9.Precious Moments ( Michael Stolt )



Free 3 track EP (given out at Japan concerts 1998).

1.She carved me a woodern heart
2.Space Revolver
3.Jupiter backwards

1996 Various/ Unprogged/ Hudrock-Voiceprint/ HUDROK001/ CD

(Features the Flower Kings track "Buffalo Man)

1997 Various/ Swedish Progressive Sampler/ Record Heaven/ R.H. Promo 1/ CD

(Features the Flower Kings track 'In The Eyes Of The World')

1997 Various/ The Alien Killer Orange/ Briskeby Records/ BY-09/ CD

(Features the Flower Kings track 'Kite')

Compilation appearances:



The Fox Lies Down (A Tribute To Genesis)

(CLP 0287)

Cinema Show (Edited version)



Pangea Music OM 110 CD

Retropolis and Humannizzimo.