Stardust We Are
{{Infobox album
| name = Stardust We Are
| type = album
| artist = The Flower Kings
| cover = Stardust We Are.jpg
| released = 11 April 1997
| recorded = December 1996 – early 1997
| studio =
| genre = Progressive rock
| length = 130:14
| label = Foxtrot Records
| producer = Don Azzaro
| prev_title = Retropolis
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Scanning the Greenhouse
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/stardust-we-are-mw0000101576 |title=Stardust We Are - The Flower Kings | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic |first=François |last=Couture |work=allmusic.com |accessdate=August 24, 2014}}
}}
Stardust We Are is the third studio album by progressive rock band The Flower Kings, which was released in 1997. It is the band's first double-CD studio album and includes the epic composition and title track, "Stardust We Are," which has since become one of the band's signature songs.{{cite web |url=https://www.insideoutmusic.com/release.aspx?IdRelease=1032 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019115321/http://insideoutmusic.com/release.aspx?IdRelease=1032 |archive-date=2012-10-19 |title=INSIDE OUT MUSIC - The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are}}
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Roine Stolt, except where noted.
=Disc One=
{{tracklist
| title1 = In the Eyes of the World
| length1 = 10:38
| title2 = A Room with a View
| note2 = instrumental
| writer2 = Tomas Bodin
| length2 = 1:26
| title3 = Just This Once
| length3 = 7:54
| title4 = Church of Your Heart
| length4 = 9:10
| title5 = Poor Mr. Rain's Ordinary Guitar
| note5 = instrumental
| length5 = 2:44
| title6 = The Man Who Walked with Kings
| note6 = instrumental
| length6 = 4:59
| title7 = Circus Brimstone
| note7 = instrumental
| writer7 = Bodin, Stolt
| length7 = 12:03
| title8 = Crying Clown
| note8 = instrumental
| writer = Bodin
| length8 = 0:58
| title9 = Compassion
| note9 = Actual song length is 4:45; hidden instrumental track follows
| length9 = 8:40
| total_length = 58:32
}}
=Disc Two=
{{tracklist
| title1 = Pipes of Peace
| note1 = instrumental
| writer1 = Bodin, Stolt
| length1 = 1:19
| title2 = The End of Innocence
| length2 = 8:29
| title3 = The Merrygoround
| length3 = 8:17
| title4 = Don of the Universe
| note4 = instrumental
| length4 = 7:02
| title5 = A Day at the Mall
| note5 = instrumental
| writer5 = Bodin
| length5 = 0:45
| title6 = Different People
| length6 = 6:19
| title7 = Kingdom of Lies
| length7 = 5:47
| title8 = If 28
| note8 = instrumental
| writer8 = Bodin, Stolt
| length8 = 2:15
| title9 = Ghost of the Red Cloud
| length9 = 4:37
| title10 = Hotel Nirvana
| note10 = instrumental
| length10 = 1:49
| title11 = Stardust We Are
| length11 = 25:03
| total_length = 71:42
}}
Credits
- Roine Stolt – electric & acoustic guitars, lead vocals, keyboards
- Tomas Bodin – Waldorf synthesizer, Hammond organ, Mellotron, piano, pipe organ, Rhodes piano, Optigan, accordion, effects
- Michael Stolt – bass guitar
- Jaime Salazar – drumkit
- Hasse Bruniusson – percussion
- Hasse Fröberg – lead and backing vocals
Guests
- Ulf Wallander – soprano saxophone
- Håkan Almkvist – sitar, tabla
;Production
- Hippiefied Art – book
- Stefan Bodin – photography
- Lilian Forsberg – photography
- Dexter Frank Jr. – engineer, mixing
- Per Nordin – photography
- David Palermo – artwork, image design
References
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