Flower EP
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| ""Flower"" | ||
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| Single by Soundgarden | ||
| from the album 'Ultramega OK' | ||
| B-side(s) | "Head Injury"; "Toy Box" | |
| Released | 1989 | |
| Format | vinyl record (10") and (12"), CD | |
| Recorded | Spring 1988 | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Length | 3:25 | |
| Label | SST Records | |
| Producer(s) | Drew Canulette | |
| Soundgarden singles chronology | ||
| "Hunted Down" 1987 |
"Flower" 1989 |
"Loud Love" 1990 |
Flower is Soundgarden's second single from their debut album Ultramega OK and appeared on Flower EP. It was released in 1989.
"This song marks the first time I ever blew on a guitar. I put the guitar down on the ground near the amp to get a humming feedback, as opposed to a squealy one, and blew across the strings in rhythm with the drums. There's probably some obscure Mississippi blues guitarist like 'Blind Lemon Pledge' who's done that before, but 'Flower' is the first time any rock band had recorded the sound of someone blowing across the strings. It sounds like a sitar." --Kim Thayil
[edit] Track listing
- "Flower" - 3:25
- "Head Injury" - 2:22
- "Toy Box" - 5:39
"Flower" and "Head Injury" appeared on Ultramega OK and the last track "Toy Box" was not on the album. "Toy Box" came from the Screaming Life recording sessions. This is the only official release where it appears. "Flower" was also the band's first music video. Directed by Mark Miremont, it aired several times on MTV's underground show "120 Minutes" and was arguably the first step in establishing the aesthetic of Seattle's emerging grunge movement.
[edit] Personnel
- Chris Cornell - Vocals, Guitar
- Kim Thayil - Guitar
- Hiro Yamamoto - Bass
- Matt Cameron - Drums
- Drew Canulette - Producer, Engineer on tracks 1 and 2
- Lance Limbocker - Engineer on tracks 1 and 2
- Jack Endino - Engineer, Mixer on "Toy Box"
- Charles Peterson - Photography
| Soundgarden |
| Chris Cornell | Kim Thayil | Matt Cameron | Ben Shepherd |
| Scott Sundquist | Hiro Yamamoto | Jason Everman |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: Screaming Life | Fopp | Ultramega OK | Flower | Louder than Love | Screaming Life/Fopp | Badmotorfinger | Superunknown | Songs from the Superunknown | Down on the Upside | A-Sides |
| Singles: "Hunted Down" | "Flower" | "Loud Love" | "Hands All Over" | "Room a Thousand Years Wide" | "Jesus Christ Pose" | "Outshined" | "Rusty Cage" | "Spoonman" | "Black Hole Sun" | "Fell on Black Days" | "My Wave" | "The Day I Tried to Live" | "Superunknown" | "Pretty Noose" | "Burden in My Hand" | "Blow Up the Outside World" | "Ty Cobb" | "Bleed Together" |
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| Temple of the Dog | Singles | Grunge music | Audioslave | Pearl Jam | Alice Mudgarden | Hater | Wellwater Conspiracy |
