''Garage Flower'' is a

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by English rock band

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. The album was recorded in mid-1985 and was produced by

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, collecting the band's early songs. The album was not released at the time because the band were unhappy with the production and songs. Their self-titled album was the band's proper debut four years later. The ''Garage Flower'' album was finally released in November 1996 by Garage Flower Records. The album contains previously unavailable early songs, and early versions of " I Wanna Be Adored" and "This Is the One". The album's title is taken from the lyric in "

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", "I am the garage flower".

Track listing

All songs written by

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, John Squire (misspelled in the album's

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as "Squires") and Andy Couzens except where noted.

References

1996 compilation albums Albums produced by Martin Hannett Indie rock compilation albums Self-released albums The Stone Roses albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub