Flowers for Algernon (album)

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Flowers for Algernon
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1988
GenreRock, pop
Length46:36
LabelToshiba-EMI
ProducerKen 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.

Track listing[edit]

  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)

Singles[edit]

  • Angel (His debut single) — #1
  • Dear Algernon — #2

Episode[edit]

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

The lyricist of the album's last song "Hitori Fascism" is folk musician Shigeru Izumiya.[citation needed]

Preceded by Japan Record Award for the Best Album
1988
Succeeded by
Circuit of Rainbow
(Anri)