''Unfold the Future'' is the seventh studio album by the
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band
The Flower Kings, which was released in 2002. It is also the band's third studio
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CD. A limited special edition of the album contained an instrumental bonus track.
This album is the first appearance of both drummer
Zoltan Csörsz, replacing the original member Jaime Salazar, and
Pain of Salvation's frontman
Daniel Gildenlöw, the latter as a guest vocalist on several tracks.
The style of the album shows several influences of
jazz music and experimentation, with the inclusion of two free-form jams (or three, counting the special edition bonus track), along with the band's traditional
symphonic
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progressive rock style.
In 2017, the album was remixed and reissued on vinyl. The 2017 version was also included in the box set ''A Kingdom of Colours: The Complete Collection from 1995–2002''.
Track listing
Disc One
Disc Two
Note: For the 2017 reissue, "Devil's Playground" has a reduced running time of 19:02.
Personnel
Main band
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– keyboards
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– marimba, glockenspiel, dulcimer, other percussion
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Zoltan Csörsz – drums
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Hasse Fröberg
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– vocals, guitars
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Jonas Reingold
Jonas Reingold (born 22 April 1969) is a Swedish bass guitarist from Malmö.
Biography
Reingold 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 ...
– bass guitar
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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 ...
– vocals, guitars, keyboards
Guest musicians
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Daniel Gildenlöw – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Fast Lane", "Rollin' the Dice" and parts of "Devil's Playground"
*Ulf Wallander – soprano saxophone
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Anders Bergcrantz
Anders Bergcrantz (born 1961 in Malmö, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer.
Bergcrantz has recorded several albums as a leader and on many more as a sideman. He has twice been awarded the Gyllene Skivan (the Golden Record) by Swed ...
– trumpet
References
2002 albums
The Flower Kings albums
Inside Out Music albums
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