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 | May 1989 | |
| Format | vinyl record (10") and (12"), CD | |
| Recorded | Spring 1988 | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Length | 3:25 | |
| Label | SST Records | |
| Writer(s) | Chris Cornell; Kim Thayil | |
| Producer(s) | Drew Canulette | |
| Soundgarden singles chronology | ||
| "Hunted Down" 1987 |
"Flower" 1989 |
"Loud Love" 1990 |
Flower is a song by Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. It appears as the opening track on their debut album Ultramega OK. In addition it was released as a single in May 1989 through SST Records. "Flower" was also the band's first music video. Directed by Mark Miremont, it aired several times on MTV's underground music show "120 Minutes", and helped the Seattle grunge scene gain attention. B-side "Head Injury" can also be found on the Ultramega OK album while "Toy Box" (which was recorded during sessions for Soundgarden's first EP Screaming Life) can only be found on this single.
Kim Thayil on the song: "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."
[edit] Track Listing
- "Flower" - 3:25
- "Head Injury" - 2:22
- "Toy Box" - 5:39
[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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| Studio albums Ultramega OK | Louder than Love | Badmotorfinger | Superunknown | Down on the Upside |
| EPs: Screaming Life | Fopp | Loudest Love | Songs from the Superunknown |
| Compilations: Screaming Life/Fopp | 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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