Flowers for Algernon (album)

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Flowers for Algernon
Studio album by Kyosuke Himuro
Released	September 1, 1988
Recorded	N/A
Genre	J-Rock
Length	46:36
Label	Toshiba-EMI
Producer	Ken Yoshida, Kyosuke Himuro
Kyosuke Himuro chronology
Flowers for Algernon (1988) NEO FASCIO (1989)

Flowers for Algernon is the first solo album by Japanese singer Kyosuke Himuro. The Japanese rock group BOØWY to which he once belonged disbanded, and this album was released as his solo debut five months later.

[edit] Track listing

1. "ANGEL"
2. "ROXY"
3. "LOVE & GAME"
4. "DEAR ALGERNON"
5. "SEX & CLASH & ROCK 'N' ROLL"
6. "ALISON"
7. "SHADOW BOXER"
8. "TASTE OF MONEY"
9. "STRANGER"
10. "PUSSY CAT"
11. Hitori Fashizumu (独りファシズム, Alone Fascism^?)

[edit] Singles

• ANGEL (His debut single) — #1
• DEAR ALGERNON — #2

[edit] Episode

Himuro was influenced by the novel "Flowers for Algernon" and composed his second single "Dear Algernon".

Incidentally, the lyricist of the album's last song "Hitori Fascism" is folk musician Shigeru Izumiya.