Desolation Rose

2013 studio album by The Flower Kings

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

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