Flowers of Evil (Mountain album) explained

Flowers of Evil
Type:	studio
Longtype:	/ live album
Artist:	Mountain
Cover:	Flowersofevil.jpg
Recorded:	September 1971 (studio) June 27, 1971 (live)
Venue:	Fillmore East, New York City
Studio:	Record Plant, New York City
Genre:	Hard rock
Length:	49:54
Label:	Windfall
Producer:	Felix Pappalardi
Prev Title:	Nantucket Sleighride
Prev Year:	1971
Next Year:	1972

Flowers of Evil is the third studio album and first live album by American hard rock band Mountain.^[1] The title track concerns drug abuse in Vietnam.^[2] The first side of the album includes new studio material, while the second consists of live material recorded on 27 June 1971 at the Fillmore East in New York City. It was released in November 1971 by Windfall.

Track listing

Side 1: Studio

1. "Flowers of Evil" (West, Pappalardi, David Rea) – 4:53
2. "King's Chorale" (Pappalardi) – 1:04
3. "One Last Cold Kiss" (Pappalardi, Collins) – 3:45
4. "Crossroader" (Pappalardi, Collins) – 4:47
5. "Pride and Passion" (Pappalardi, Gail Collins Pappalardi) – 7:05

Side 2: Live

1. "Dream Sequence" (medley) – 24:27

• Guitar Solo (West) /

• Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry) /

• Dreams of Milk and Honey (West, Pappalardi, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg) /

• Variations (West, Pappalardi, Laing, Steve Knight) /

• Swan Theme (Pappalardi, Collins)

2. "Mississippi Queen" (West, Pappalardi, Laing, Rea) – 3:53

Personnel

• Leslie West – guitar, vocals
• Felix Pappalardi – bass, vocals, production
• Steve Knight – keyboards
• Corky Laing – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Bud Prager – executive producer
• Bob d'Orleans – recording engineer
• Judy Szekely – recording engineer
• Beverly Weinstein – art direction
• Gail Collins – artwork
• The Music Agency – graphics

External links

• Mountain - Flowers of Evil (1971) album releases & credits at Discogs.com

Notes and References

1. News: The Story of the Band Mountain. Goldmine. April 25, 2017.
2. From the Music Capitals of the World. Billboard. December 4, 1971. Google Books.
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.