The Road Back Home
Encyclopedia
The Road Back Home is the second compilation album
by Swedish
progressive rock
band The Flower Kings
.
It's a double album
that features some of the group's shorter and more straightforward songs, rather than their usual long/complex epic songs. All songs have been remastered and most have been remixed, and a lot of them have even been reworked, featuring new guitar solos, or new lead vocals, or different backing vocals, etc.
Roine Stolt
personally did all the remakes, between December 2006 and January 2007, and gives comments for each track on the album's booklet.
This album also features an unreleased track from "The Rainmaker
" sessions, plus a cover
of Genesis
famous song "The Cinema Show
".
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...
.
It's a double album
Double album
A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
that features some of the group's shorter and more straightforward songs, rather than their usual long/complex epic songs. All songs have been remastered and most have been remixed, and a lot of them have even been reworked, featuring new guitar solos, or new lead vocals, or different backing vocals, etc.
Roine Stolt
Roine 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...
personally did all the remakes, between December 2006 and January 2007, and gives comments for each track on the album's booklet.
This album also features an unreleased track from "The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker (album)
-Limited Edition Bonus Disc:-Personnel:*Roine Stolt - vocals, guitars, additional keyboards*Tomas Bodin - keyboards*Hans Fröberg - vocals*Jonas Reingold - bass guitar*Jaime Salazar - drumswith*Hans Bruniusson - percussion*Ulf Wallander - soprano sax...
" sessions, plus a cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
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...
famous 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...
".
Disc One
- "My Cosmic Lover" – 6:14
- "A Kings Prayer" – 5:34
- "Stupid Girl" – 4:41
- "Cosmic Circus" – 3:12
- "Babylon" (Tomas Bodin) – 2:00
- "Paradox Hotel" (Bodin, Stolt) – 5:40
- "World Without A Heart" – 3:50
- "Church Of Your Heart" – 6:11
- "Vox Humana" – 4:21
- "What If God Is Alone" – 6:42
- "Starlight Man" – 3:28
- "Grand Old World" – 5:02
- "The Road Back Home" – 8:52
- "The Cinema Show" (GenesisGenesis (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...
cover) (Tony BanksTony Banks (musician)This article is about the musician. For other people named Tony Banks, see Tony BanksAnthony George "Tony" Banks is a British composer, and multi-instrumentalist, who performs as a keyboardist and a guitarist...
, Phil CollinsPhil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
, Peter GabrielPeter GabrielPeter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
, Steve HackettSteve HackettStephen Richard Hackett is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. He gained prominence as a member of the British progressive rock group Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career...
, Mike RutherfordMike RutherfordMichael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford is an English musician. He is a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of lead guitarist. He is one of only two constant members in Genesis . He also fronts Mike + The...
) – 11:56
Disc Two
- "Ghost Of The Red Cloud" – 4:41
- "Painter" – 6:48
- "I Am The Sun, Part Two" (excerpt) – 4:22
- "Different People" – 5:14
- "Little Deceiver" (The RainmakerThe Rainmaker (album)-Limited Edition Bonus Disc:-Personnel:*Roine Stolt - vocals, guitars, additional keyboards*Tomas Bodin - keyboards*Hans Fröberg - vocals*Jonas Reingold - bass guitar*Jaime Salazar - drumswith*Hans Bruniusson - percussion*Ulf Wallander - soprano sax...
outtake) – 3:56 - "Chickenfarmer Song" – 5:06
- "Rhythm Of The Sea" – 4:40
- "Touch My Heaven" (Bodin) – 5:45
- "Life Will Kill You" (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...
) – 6:36 - "Monkey Business" – 4:21
- "Compassion" – 4:44
- "The Flower King" – 10:54
- "Stardust We Are, Part Three" – 8:41
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 - Jonas ReingoldJonas ReingoldJonas Reingold is a bass guitar player from Malmö, Sweden. He started to play bass in 1986 when he subbed for a friend in the local famous act WIRE. The band was happy with his performance and offered him the spot...
: bass, vocals - Zoltan CsörszZoltan CsörszZoltan Csörsz is a Hungarian drummer who is most well known as the current drummer with the progressive rock band The Flower Kings.- Biography :...
: drums - Marcus Liliequist: drums, vocals
- Daniel GildenlöwDaniel GildenlöwDaniel Gildenlöw is a Swedish musician and songwriter. He is best known as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for Pain of Salvation, a Swedish progressive metal band. In the band, he is the main songwriter, lead guitar player, and the mastermind behind each album's concept...
: vocals - Hasse Bruniusson: percussion
- Ulf Wallander: soprano sax
- Håkan Almkvist: sitar, tabla