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Bloodflowers is the eleventh album by English band The Cure, released inside 2000 (see 2000 in music).

Bloodflowers is, by several A Curative's fans, considered when their go to to the roots, fallowing Untamed Mood Swings which, for virtually all of the fans, is the worst in their career.

Track listing
a lot songs by Robert Smith

  • "Out of This World" - 6:43
  • "Watching Me Fall" - 11:13
  • "Where the Birds Always Sing" - 5:44
  • "Maybe Someday" - 5:04
  • "Coming Up" - 6:26
  • "The Last Day of Summer" - 5:36
  • "There Is No If...." - 3:43
  • "The Loudest Sound" - 5:09
  • "39" - 7:19
  • "Bloodflowers" - 7:31

    Personnel
    Robert Smith - guitar, keyboard, vocals Perry Bamonte - bass, guitar Jason Cooper - percussion, drums Simon Gallup - bass Roger O'Donnell - keyboard Chris Parry

    Production
    Producer: Paul Corkett, Robert Smith Engineers: Paul Corkett, Sacha Jankovich Mixing: Paul Corkett, Robert Smith Mastering: Ian Cooper Project coordinator: Daryl Bamonte Photography: Perry Bamonte, Paul Cox, Alex Smith Logo: Alexis Yraola

    Charts
    Album - Billboard (North United states of america)

    Singles - Billboard (Northerly United states of america)

    • Rolling Stone: Bloodflowers
    Arion Berger's review: "The album's soft, chewy center, five songs' worth, never varies in rhythm or pace and depends mostly on hard strumming for propulsion." 2.5 stars.

    AMG All Music Guide: Bloodflowers
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "The album is certainly well made, and even enjoyable; however, its achievement is a bit hollow, since it never seems like Smith is pushing himself or the band." 3 stars.

    CMJ: Bloodflowers
    M. Tye Comer's review: "The Cure's maniacal brand of pop music may have broken the band to mainstream ears, but Bloodflowers' conceptual cohesion and emotional depth approach the top of the group's heap of classic records."

    Ink Blot Magazine: Bloodflowers
    Johanna Ravich's review: "The Cure continue to amplify the beauty in pain with this bouquet of bloodflowers - succeeding in making the art of sadness fashionable once again."

    Music-Critic.com: Bloodflowers
    Peter Naldrett's review: "this is a tight new release from The Cure and while it's difficult to see where any hit singles are going to come from, the album is a credit to their realism and creativity."

    NME: Bloodflowers
    NME review: "Bloodflowers may not convert any new fans, but it will certainly not disappoint the old ones." Rating: 7/10.

    Metacritic: Bloodflowers
    Multiple critic and user reviews for Bloodflowers by The Cure.

    Nude as the News: Bloodflowers
    Mark T.R. Donahue's review: "Cure fans will enjoy this record, it's well-made and Smith doesn't break character."

    Canoe: Bloodflowers
    Jane Stevenson's review: "while the general consensus is that these gloom rockers haven't reached the same musical heights in the '90s as they did in their '80s heyday, their gloriously melancholy and pretty goth-pop sound still works for me."




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