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. The album reached number one on Oricon Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for 25 weeks.
Himuro was influenced by the novel Flowers for Algernon and composed his second single "Dear Algernon".
The lyricist of the album's last song "Hitori Fascism" is folk musician Shigeru Izumiya.