Flowers Of Evil - MOUNTAIN****

Flowers Of Evil/King's Chorale/One Last Cold Kiss/Crossroader/Pride & Passion/Dream Sequence/Mississippi Queen

Flowers Of Evil, from the American hard rock band Mountain, is divided into a studio side and a well regarded live side. The group’s commercial popularity would take a dive from now on. (US:35)

“One of legendary hard rock/proto-metal band Mountain's better albums, Flowers Of Evil is a cornucopia of Leslie West's fiery guitar work and excellent vocals, some really excellent songwriting, and truly powerful drumming. All of side one proceeds from amazing song to amazing song. This album is an incredibly propulsive blast. One Last Cold Kiss is chilling and amazing, and Crossroader just burns."

“The studio side features great playing from the band and great songwriting from Felix, including a really cool anti-Vietnam war song, while the live side has the extended Dream Sequence jam that has to be heard to be believed.”

“Flowers Of Evil is half studio and half live. That's why it might be just slightly incoherent, but I don't mind at all, I have always loved this album. The first side consists of five studio tracks which are all really awesome. The second side consists of two live tracks, a monster jam/medley Dream Sequence and the final track a live version of Mississippi Queen, which is a fine cover."

“While I feel that all the songs on side one are quite good, especially Crossroader, side two is really where it’s at. Mountain were known as great live and the live tracks reinforce that, as the band really sizzles. Pappalardi's bass playing and Corky Laing's power drumming back up man mountain Leslie West, as he dishes out killer licks.”

“Mountain's third album had one studio side and one live side, combining the innovativeness of their studio recordings with the improvisational strength of their live shows. Some have felt the album to be a weak follow up, and this may be fair as it is neither a cohesive studio album or a long enough live to be judged in comparison.”

“Flowers Of Evil shows Mountain at their best. Side one includes the great anti-Vietnam War title song and another classic Last Kiss. Side two, though is a monster as Dream Sequence is simply the best live music I have ever heard.”