Bloodflowers


Bloodflowers is the eleventh studio album by British alternative rock band the Cure, released in February 2000.

Release

Bloodflowers was released on 15 February 2000 by record label Fiction. No commercial singles were released from Bloodflowers, but two promotional singles were released to DJs and radio stations: Out of This World, in January and May, and Maybe Someday, in January and April. It was a moderate success, debuting at number 16 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2001.

Reception

Entertainment Weekly called it "one of the band's most affecting works". Rolling Stone criticized the quality of the compositions, saying, " can write four bad songs in a row, and Cure albums tend to leak filler like an attic spilling insulation" and concluded, "Bloodflowers, is half dismissible droning, an unforgivable ratio considering it's only nine tracks long." Similarly, Trouser Press stated in their review: "The album sounds completely uninspired, as Smith and company go through the motions of Cure-ness." AllMusic noted that although Bloodflowers contained all the Cure's musical trademarks, "morose lyrics, keening vocals, long running times", "the album falls short of the mark, largely because it sounds too self-conscious".

Track listing

Other tracks recorded
  1. "Possession" – was released in the Join the Dots box set.
  2. "Just Say Yes" – original version released on the Greatest Hits Demos & Rarities Microsite in 2001; rerecorded version released on the Greatest Hits CD.
  3. "You're So Happy !" – cover version with different music circulates P2P networks.
  4. "Heavy World" – instrumental on "Lost Flowers" demo; speculated to be released on the Bloodflowers reissue.
  5. "Everything Forever" – instrumental on the "Lost Flowers" demo; speculated to be on the Bloodflowers reissue.

    Personnel

The Cure
Production
Album – Billboard
YearChartPosition
2000The Billboard 20016
2000Top Internet Albums2

Singles – Billboard
YearSingleChartPosition
2000"Maybe Someday"Modern Rock Tracks10

Certifications