| Flowers of Evil | ||||
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| Studio album / live album by | ||||
| Released | November 1971 | |||
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| Venue | Fillmore East, New York City | |||
| Studio | Record Plant, New York City | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 49:54 | |||
| Label | Windfall | |||
| Producer | Felix Pappalardi | |||
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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. This was the band's only album to chart in Norway, where it peaked at #17; the highest chart position for this album internationally.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C[4] |
- ^ "The Story of the Band Mountain". Goldmine. April 25, 2017.
- ^ "From the Music Capitals of the World". Billboard. December 4, 1971 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mountain: Flowers of Evil (1971) album review by William Ruhlmann at AllMusic.com
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.