Unfold the Future

Unfold the Future is the seventh studio album by the progressive rock band The Flower Kings, which was released in 2002. It is also the band's third studio double-CD. A limited special edition of the album contained an instrumental bonus track.

Unfold the Future
Studio album by The Flower Kings
Released	5 November 2002
Recorded	June – September 2002
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	140:58
Label	InsideOut Music
Producer	Don Azzaro
The Flower Kings chronology
The Rainmaker (2001) Unfold the Future (2002) Meet the Flower Kings (2003)

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This album is the first appearance of both drummer Zoltan Csörsz, replacing the original member Jaime Salazar, and Pain of Salvation's frontman Daniel Gildenlöw, the latter as a guest vocalist on several tracks.

The style of the album shows several influences of jazz music and experimentation, with the inclusion of two free-form jams (or three, counting the special edition bonus track), along with the band's traditional symphonic progressive rock style.

In 2017, the album was remixed and reissued on vinyl. The 2017 version was also included in the box set A Kingdom of Colours: The Complete Collection from 1995–2002.^[3]

Track listing

Disc One

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"The Truth Will Set You Free" "I. Lonely Road" "II. Primal Instincts" "III. From the Source" "IV. Uphill" "V. The Stars the Sun the Moon"	Roine Stolt	31:01
2.	"Monkey Business"	Stolt	4:23
3.	"Black and White"	Tomas Bodin, Stolt	7:39
4.	"Christianopel" (instrumental)	Bodin, Zoltan Csörsz, Jonas Reingold, Stolt	8:16
5.	"Silent Inferno"	Stolt	14:21
6.	"The Navigator"	Bodin, Stolt	3:39
7.	"Vox Humana"	Stolt	4:44
Total length:			74:03

Disc Two

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Genie in a Bottle"	Stolt	8:09
2.	"Fast Lane"	Bodin	6:33
3.	"Grand Old World"	Stolt	5:26
4.	"Soul Vortex" (instrumental)	Bodin, Csörsz, Reingold, Stolt	4:38
5.	"Rollin' the Dice"	Bodin	5:00
6.	"The Devil's Danceschool" (instrumental)	Reingold	5:08
7.	"Man Overboard"	Stolt	3:45
8.	"Solitary Shell"	Bodin, Stolt	2:50
9.	"Devil's Playground"	Bodin, Stolt	25:26
10.	"Too Late for Tomatoes" (bonus track)	Bodin, Csörsz, Reingold, Stolt	10:24
Total length:			77:09

Note: For the 2017 reissue, "Devil's Playground" has a reduced running time of 19:02, and the 2022 remaster does not feature the bonus track.

Personnel

Main band

• Tomas Bodin – keyboards
• Hasse Bruniusson – marimba, glockenspiel, dulcimer, other percussion
• Zoltan Csörsz – drums
• Hasse Fröberg – vocals, guitars
• Jonas Reingold – bass guitar
• Roine Stolt – vocals, guitars, keyboards

Guest musicians

• Daniel Gildenlöw – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Fast Lane", "Rollin' the Dice" and parts of "Devil's Playground"
• Ulf Wallander – soprano saxophone
• Anders Bergcrantz – trumpet