Scanning the Greenhouse
Encyclopedia
Scanning The Greenhouse is the first compilation album
by Swedish
progressive rock
band The Flower Kings
.
This album features songs from their first four studio albums (including Roine Stolt's solo album The Flower King
) and focuses more in long tracks, almost all of them with more than 10 minutes. It was released at the time The Flower Kings was visiting USA for the first time.
The album was also released in Japan
through Avalon Records and features a cover of Genesis
song The Cinema Show
, the band's original contribution to the Genesis tribute album The Fox Lies Down, in place of the song Compassion.
except where noted.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band The Flower Kings
The Flower Kings
The Flower Kings are a Swedish progressive rock group. Formed in August 1994 by veteran guitarist Roine Stolt as a touring band to support his solo album The Flower King, the band stayed together after the tour and have gone on to become one of the most prolific studio recording units in rock music...
.
This album features songs from their first four studio albums (including Roine Stolt's solo album The Flower King
The Flower King
-Personnel:*Roine Stolt - lead vocals , guitars, , bass , keyboards , percussion *Hasse Fröberg - vocals *Ulf Wallander - Soprano saxophone *Hasse Brunisson - drums , percussion...
) and focuses more in long tracks, almost all of them with more than 10 minutes. It was released at the time The Flower Kings was visiting USA for the first time.
The album was also released in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
through Avalon Records and features a cover of Genesis
Genesis (band)
Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
song The Cinema Show
The Cinema Show
"The Cinema Show" is an epic rock song by British progressive rock band Genesis from their 1973 album, Selling England by the Pound.Musically, the song is divided into two main sections: The first section is a gentle 12-string guitar-based piece, featuring vocal harmonies between Peter Gabriel and...
, the band's original contribution to the Genesis tribute album The Fox Lies Down, in place of the song Compassion.
Track listing
All songs by Roine StoltRoine Stolt
Roine Stolt is a Swedish guitarist, vocalist and composer.A major figure in Sweden's rock history, guitarist/singer/composer Roine Stolt led two of his country's most successful progressive rock bands: Kaipa in the 1970s and The Flower Kings in the 1990s onward...
except where noted.
- "In The Eyes Of The World" – 10:38
- "World Of Adventures" – 13:37
- "Pipes Of Peace" (Tomas Bodin, Stolt) – 1:19
- "The Flower King" (1998 re-recorded version) – 11:40
- "There Is More To This World" – 10:15
- "Stardust We Are, Part 3" (1998 re-recorded version) – 9:56
- "Retropolis" – 11:10
- "Compassion" – 4:45
Personnel
- Roine StoltRoine StoltRoine Stolt is a Swedish guitarist, vocalist and composer.A major figure in Sweden's rock history, guitarist/singer/composer Roine Stolt led two of his country's most successful progressive rock bands: Kaipa in the 1970s and The Flower Kings in the 1990s onward...
: vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion - Tomas Bodin: keyboards, vocals
- Hasse FröbergHasse FröbergHasse Fröberg is a Swedish guitarist, composer and vocalist with a warm voice, high pitch, and a fairly clear Swedish accent when singing in English. Hasse Fröberg fronted a handful of hard rock bands before joining prog rockers The Flower Kings as a full-time member.-Biography:Hasse entered the...
: vocals, guitars - Michael Stolt: bass, vocals
- Jaime SalazarJaime SalazarJaime Salazar is a Mexican football midfielder who played for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Necaxa.-External links:*...
: drums - Hasse Bruniusson: drums, percussion
- Dexter Frank, Jr.: engineer