Desolation Rose

Desolation Rose
Studio album by The Flower Kings
Released	28 October 2013
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	59:37
The Flower Kings chronology
Banks of Eden (2012) Desolation Rose (2013) Waiting for Miracles (2019)

Desolation Rose is the twelfth studio album by the progressive rock band The Flower Kings, released on 28 October 2013. The album peaked at #35 in the 2013 Top Heatseekers chart.[1]

Track listing

Disc One

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tower One"	Roine Stolt	13:39
2.	"Sleeping Bones"	The Flower Kings	4:16
3.	"Desolation Road"	Stolt	4:00
4.	"White Tuxedos"	Stolt, Jonas Reingold	6:30
5.	"The Resurrected Judas"	The Flower Kings	8:24
6.	"Silent Masses"	Stolt	6:17
7.	"Last Carnivore"	Stolt	4:22
8.	"Dark Fascist Skies"	The Flower Kings	6:05
9.	"Blood of Eden"	Stolt	3:12
10.	"Silent Graveyards"	Stolt	2:52

Bonus Disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Runaway Train"	4:41
2.	"Interstellar Visitations"	8:24
3.	"Lazy Monkey"	2:25
4.	"Psalm 2013"	2:10
5.	"The Wailing Wall"	3:18
6.	"Badbeats"	5:24
7.	"Burning Spears"	3:15
8.	"The Final Era"	2:57

Personnel

• Roine Stolt – vocals, guitars
• Hasse Fröberg – vocals, guitars
• Jonas Reingold – bass guitar
• Tomas Bodin – keyboards
• Felix Lehrmann – drums

Guest musicians

• Michael Stolt – chorus vocals (10)
• Declan Burke – chorus vocals (10)
• Nad Sylvan – chorus vocals (10)
• Andy Tillison – chorus vocals (10)
• Edgel Groves, Sr. – chorus vocals (10)
• Edgel Groves, Jr. – chorus vocals (10)
• Daniel Gordon – chorus vocals (10)

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[2]	187
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[3]	91
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4]	53
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]	92
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[6]	35

References

1. "Desolation Rose - The Flower Kings | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
2. "Ultratop.be – The Flower Kings – Desolation Rose" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
3. "Ultratop.be – The Flower Kings – Desolation Rose" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
4. "Dutchcharts.nl – The Flower Kings – Desolation Rose" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
5. "Officialcharts.de – The Flower Kings – Desolation Rose". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
6. "The Flower Kings Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 23, 2014.