Flower/Halloween

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"Flower/Halloween"
Single by Sonic Youth
from the album Bad Moon Rising
Released 1985
Genre No Wave
Label Homestead Records
Producer(s) Sonic Youth, Martin Bisi, John Erskine
Sonic Youth singles chronology

"Death Valley '69"
(1984)		 "Flower/Halloween"
(1985)		 "Flower/Satan Is Boring"
(1986)

Flower/Halloween is a single by the alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in 1985 on Homestead Records.

Track listing

  1. "Flower"
  2. "Halloween"

The tracks were recorded and mixed at Radio Tokyo in Venice, California in January 1985.

Personnel

  • Lee Ranaldo
  • Kim Gordon
  • Thurston Moore
  • Bob Bert - Drums
  • Sonic Youth - Producer
  • Ethan James - Engineer

Releases

  • 1985 - 12" - Blast First (BFFP 3) - Released in UK.
  • 1986 - 12" - Homestead (HMS047) - Released in US.

Some Blast First releases are in translucent orange vinyl.

The CD release of the Bad Moon Rising album from Geffen Records also contains this single.

Vinyl Etchings

  • Side A: TO CODY R. ANN ALL SONIC SUNS
  • Side B: I AM THE BOY THAT CAN ENJOY INVISIBILITY - J.J.

Cover Versions

Halloween was covered by Mudhoney, originally recorded in 1988 for the split single Touch Me I'm Sick/Halloween, on which each band covered each other. The song was also released on Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles in 1990.

References

Sonic Youth
  • Kim Gordon
  • Thurston Moore
  • Lee Ranaldo
  • Steve Shelley
  • Bob Bert
  • Anne DeMarinis
  • Richard Edson
  • Mark Ibold
  • Jim O'Rourke
  • Jim Sclavunos
Studio albums
  • Sonic Youth
  • Confusion Is Sex
  • Bad Moon Rising
  • EVOL
  • Sister
  • Daydream Nation
  • Goo
  • Dirty
  • Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
  • Washing Machine
  • A Thousand Leaves
  • NYC Ghosts & Flowers
  • Murray Street
  • Sonic Nurse
  • Rather Ripped
  • The Eternal
Extended plays
  • Kill Yr Idols
  • Master=Dik
  • 4 Tunna Brix
  • Whores Moaning
  • TV Shit
  • Silver Session for Jason Knuth
Live albums
  • Sonic Death
  • Walls Have Ears
  • Hold That Tiger
  • Live at the Continental Club
  • Smart Bar Chicago 1985
Compilations
  • Made in USA
  • Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
  • In the Fishtank 9
  • The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities
  • Hits Are for Squares
SYR series
  • SYR1: Anagrama
  • SYR2: Slaapkamers met slagroom
  • SYR3: Invito al ĉielo
  • SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century
  • SYR5
  • SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage prisiminimui
  • SYR7: J'Accuse Ted Hughes
  • SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth
  • SYR9: Simon Werner a Disparu
Singles
  • "Death Valley '69" (ft. Lydia Lunch)
  • "Flower"/"Halloween"
  • "Flower"/"Satan Is Boring"
  • "Starpower"
  • "Stick Me Donna Majick Momma"
  • "Teen Age Riot"
  • "Silver Rocket"
  • "Touch Me I'm Sick"
  • "Kool Thing"
  • "Disappearer"
  • "Dirty Boots"
  • "100%"
  • "Youth Against Fascism"
  • "Sugar Kane"
  • "Drunken Butterfly"
  • "Bull in the Heather"
  • "Superstar"
  • "The Diamond Sea"
  • "Little Trouble Girl"
  • "Sunday"
  • "Helen Lundeberg"/"Eyeliner"
  • "Incinerate"
  • "Sacred Trickster"
  • "Antenna"
Video albums
  • Goo
  • Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
  • Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990–2002
Side projects
  • Body/Head
  • Chelsea Light Moving
  • Dim Stars
  • Free Kitten
  • Text of Light
Related articles
  • Discography
  • Ciccone Youth
  • "Homerpalooza"
  • 1991: The Year Punk Broke
  • Category:Sonic Youth
  • WikiProject:Alternative music


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