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Rating: "Flower" is the EP by Soundgarden released in 1989, a year after the album from which the eponymous song is taken, that "Ultramega Ok" that received good reviews and was nominated for the "Grammy Awards".
"Head Injury" is another track from the first LP and in both, Hiro Yamamoto’s virtuosic bass stands out, skillfully producing remarkable arpeggios. Cornell, in all his histrionic power, showcases his versatility in a Zeppelin-esque piece like the first and a fast-paced, intense one like the second, demonstrating his excellent skills that would grow from album to album.
The previously unreleased "Toy Box" instead features Kim Thayl's guitar with its memorable riff, resembling a lava flow, a bit of a taste of what they would experiment with in the subsequent "Louder than Love" which would be released by A&M in the same year as this mini album’s release.
In short, an EP made for collectors, difficult to find on CD, more easily on vinyl or MP3 from iTunes.
Tracklist and Lyrics
01 Flower (03:29)
All of seventeen
Eyes a purple green
Treated like a Queen, she was
On borrowed self esteem
She would do a dance
A painful masquerade
Spinning you into her web
Along her vain parade
In her uniform
Studded brass and steel
Kissing napkin, lipstick stains
And smearing sincerity
Along her vain parade
Along her veins
Time crept up on her
She's early gray
Her reflection looks concerned
As flowers hit her grave
03 Toy Box (05:40)
Eyes to sun, she lays in peace
Eyes bear complacence
Brown, the meadow grows tall to the sun
Seasons have come, they have gone
Buried in dirt, her torso lays
One limb dangles
Brown, the meadow grows tall to the sun
Seasons have come, they have gone
Please take me back to my healing home
Please take me back to my toy box
Ours not for their own
Please take me back to my healing home
Please take me back to my toy box
Please take me back to my little girl's hand
Please take me back to my toy box
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