Flowers for the Gathering

Ikon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 27, 1997)
• Original Release Date: June 3, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B000005OQ0
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,809 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Persuasion

2. Somewhere Else

3. Life Without End

4. Stranger I've Become

5. Into Your Maddness

6. Camouflage Heart

7. In Trust I Return

8. Beyond Gray Skies

9. Call of Despair

10. On the Trail of Tears

11. For Eternity

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Into The Madness Of Ikon, December 7, 2005

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Michael Vincent (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Flowers for the Gathering (Audio CD)

This is one of the most diverse albums to ever have hit the shelves. The sound is clean with virtually no background layering, while everything musically has its place and stands out, cutting through the mix. Ikon continued to improve every aspect of their music with each album as they advanced forward.
One must ponder why Ikon hadn't made it to the mainstream with this album. Unfortunately the band split and never acheived as massive a sound as they had obtained here.
A good companion album to this is Crimes Of Passion: 'Rites Of Burial', featuring the original members of Ikon on a concept album after they parted ways.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The One to Get!, May 8, 1998

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This review is from: Flowers for the Gathering (Audio CD)

IKON's third release, "Flowers for the Gathering" typifies everything that great Gothic rock should be. With soft, yet powerful, vocals, melodic backdrops to kill for, and a rhythm which you will not soon forget, "Flowers" has set the standard by which all Goth-rock should follow into the next century. This title is highly recommended and will not disappoint.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Goth Bands ever., February 12, 1999

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This review is from: Flowers for the Gathering (Audio CD)

Flowers.. is a stunning album. Melodic,mesmerizing , brilliant . Comparisons would definitely be to Joy Division, basically because M. Carrodus sounds very much like Ian Curtis.The music is very varied and in my point of view outperforms J.D.`s. Lyricwise , they are very competent too,keeping a depressive and intelligent approach. Pick this album or you will be missing out on what Goth is all about in the nineties and shall be in the next Millenium. PS:Shortly after this album was recorded Michael left to form his own band Chiron.