Blast the Human Flower

1990 studio album by Danielle Dax

Studio album by

Danielle Dax

Released

1990

Recorded

Greenhouse Studios

Label

Sire Records

Producer

Danielle Dax, Stephen Street

Danielle Dax chronology

Dark Adapted Eye
(1988)

Blast the Human Flower
(1990)

Comatose-Non-Reaction
(1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Trouser Press	negative^[2]

Blast the Human Flower is an album by the English experimental musician Danielle Dax.^[3] It was her first album recorded while signed to Sire Records.

All words were written by Dax, and the music was written by Dax and David Knight except for "Daisy" and "16 Candles", for which the music was written by Dax alone, and "Tomorrow Never Knows", a cover of the Lennon/McCartney song.

All tracks were produced by Stephen Street except "Bayou" and "Daisy", which were produced by Street and Dax.

Dax provided vocals and played keyboards and guitar. Other musicians on the record are David Knight, who played keyboards, guitar and bass, Stephen Street, also on keyboards, guitar and bass and Peter Farrugia on guitar and bass. David Cross and Anna Palm both played violin. Karl Blake played guitars on King Crack.

The cover artwork is by Stylorouge.

Track listing

"The Id Parade" (3:51)
"Tomorrow Never Knows" (5:16) - also on Tomorrow Never Knows EP, along with other versions of the track
"Big Blue '82'" (4:17)
"Bayou" (4:09)
"King Crack" (2:10) - also on Tomorrow Never Knows EP
"Daisy" (3:55)
"Dead Man's Chill" (4:42)
"The Living and Their Stillborn" (5:11)
"Jehovah's Precious Stone" (5:08)
"16 Candles" (5:36)

References

^ McDonald, Steven. Blast the Human Flower at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Danielle Dax". trouserpress.com. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ Roberts, Chris (26 January 1991). "Dax My Girl! -- Blast the Human Flower by Danielle Dax". Melody Maker. 67 (4): 34.