''Scanning The Greenhouse'' is the first
compilation album
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by the
Swedish
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progressive rock band
The Flower Kings.
This album contains songs from their first four studio albums (including Roine Stolt's solo album ''
The Flower King
''The Flower King'' is the third solo album by Roine Stolt. The original line-up for the album consisted of Stolt (singing, vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, Keyboard instrument, keyboards), Jaime Salazar (musician), Jaime Salazar (Drum kit, d ...
'') and focuses on long tracks, almost all of them with more than ten minutes. It was released when the band was visiting the United States for the first time.
The album was released in
Japan
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through
Avalon Records
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with a cover version of the
Genesis
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song "
The Cinema Show", the band's original contribution to the Genesis tribute album ''
The Fox Lies Down
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'', in place of the song "Compassion".
Track listing
All songs by
Roine Stolt except where noted.
# "In the Eyes of the World" – 10:38
# "World of Adventures" – 13:37
# "Pipes of Peace" (
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, 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 Stolt – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion
*
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– keyboards, vocals
*
Hasse Fröberg
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– vocals, guitars
*
Michael Stolt
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– bass guitar, vocals
*
Jaime Salazar
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– drums
*
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– drums, percussion
;Production
* Lilian Forsberg – photography
* Dexter Frank Jr. – engineer
* David Palermo – artwork
References
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1998 compilation albums
The Flower Kings albums