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''The Flower King'' is the third solo
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Roine Stolt Roine Stolt (born 5 September 1956) is a Swedish guitarist, vocalist and composer. A major figure in Sweden's rock history, Stolt led two of his country's most successful progressive rock bands: Kaipa in the 1970s and The Flower Kings in the 19 ...
. The original line-up for the album consisted of Stolt (
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Jaime Salazar Jaime Salazar Gutiérrez (6 February 1931-14 Mar 2011) was a Mexican professional football midfielder who played for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simp ...
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Hasse Fröberg Hasse Fröberg (born 4 January 1964) is a Sweden, Swedish guitarist, composer and vocalist, currently one of the vocalists and guitarists of The Flower Kings. He fronted a handful of hard rock bands before joining them and currently has his own ...
(vocals). They later formed the band
The Flower Kings The Flower Kings are a Swedish progressive rock band formed in 1994 by guitarist and singer-songwriter Roine Stolt. The group began as Stolt's touring band to support his third solo album '' The Flower King''. They continued performing after the ...
and released their debut album ''
Back in the World of Adventures ''Back in the World of Adventures'' is the first studio album released by the Swedish progressive rock band The Flower Kings. Track listing Personnel *Roine Stolt - guitars, vocals, keyboards * Tomas Bodin - Hammond organ, Mellotron, synt ...
'' the following year.


Track listing


Personnel

;Musicians *
Roine Stolt Roine Stolt (born 5 September 1956) is a Swedish guitarist, vocalist and composer. A major figure in Sweden's rock history, Stolt led two of his country's most successful progressive rock bands: Kaipa in the 1970s and The Flower Kings in the 19 ...
lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...
(1-2,4,7-8),
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, (all),
bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...
(1-3,5-8),
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s (all),
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(3-4,7-8) *
Hasse Fröberg Hasse Fröberg (born 4 January 1964) is a Sweden, Swedish guitarist, composer and vocalist, currently one of the vocalists and guitarists of The Flower Kings. He fronted a handful of hard rock bands before joining them and currently has his own ...
vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
(1,8) *
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(5,7) * Hasse Bruniusson
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s (3,5,7-8),
percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...
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Jaime Salazar Jaime Salazar Gutiérrez (6 February 1931-14 Mar 2011) was a Mexican professional football midfielder who played for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simp ...
– drums (1,2,6), percussion (2,6) * Dexter Frank Jr. (Roine Stolt) – keyboards, electronics * Don Azzaro (Roine Stolt) – bass guitar,
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;Other credits * Dexter Frank Jr. (Roine Stolt) – engineer


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