By Royal Decree
| By Royal Decree | ||||
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| Released | 4 March 2022 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 93:57 | |||
| Label | Inside Out Music, Sony Music | |||
| The Flower Kings chronology | ||||
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By Royal Decree is the fifteenth studio album by the progressive rock band the Flower Kings, released on 4 March 2022.[1]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Great Pretender" | 6:58 |
| 2. | "World Gone Crazy" | 5:06 |
| 3. | "Blinded" | 7:52 |
| 4. | "A Million Stars" | 7:19 |
| 5. | "The Soldier" | 5:26 |
| 6. | "The Darkness in You" | 5:17 |
| 7. | "We Can Make It Work" | 2:52 |
| 8. | "Peacock on Parade" | 5:22 |
| 9. | "Revolution" | 6:02 |
| 10. | "Time the Great Healer" | 6:16 |
| 11. | "Letter" | 2:26 |
| 12. | "Evolution" | 4:50 |
| 13. | "Silent Ways" | 5:03 |
| 14. | "Moth" | 4:41 |
| 15. | "The Big Funk" | 4:43 |
| 16. | "Open Your Heart" | 5:19 |
| 17. | "Shrine" | 1:11 |
| 18. | "Funeral Pyres" | 7:14 |
| Total length: | 93:57 | |
Personnel
[edit]The Flower Kings
- Roine Stolt – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, ukulele, Portuguese guitar, nylon guitar, additional keyboards, orchestration
- Hasse Fröberg – vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar
- Jonas Reingold – fretted bass, fretless bass
- Michael Stolt – bass, Moog Taurus pedalboard, backing vocals
- Mirko DeMaio – drums, percussion, additional orchestration
- Zach Kamins – organ, piano, synthesizers, orchestrations
Guest musicians
- Aliaksandr Yasinski – accordion
- Jannica Lund – backing vocals
- Jonas Lindberg – bass
- Rob Townsend – saxophones
- Hasse Bruniusson - acoustic and electronic percussion
Additional credits
- Kevin Sloan – artwork
- Lasse Hallbäck – engineer
- Thomas Ewerhard – layout
- Roine Stolt – mixing
- Lilian Forsberg, Patrick Marek – photography
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[2] | 185 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[3] | 84 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] | 53 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] | 17 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] | 23 |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Flower Kings – By Royal Decree (2022, Digipak, CD)". Discogs.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – The Flower Kings – By Royal Decree" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – The Flower Kings – By Royal Decree" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Flower Kings – By Royal Decree" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Flower Kings – By Royal Decree" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – The Flower Kings – By Royal Decree". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
