>Bloodflowers is the 11th studio album by British post-punk band The Cure, released by Polydor Records in the United States on February 15, 2000 and the day before in European markets by Fiction. Robert Smith decided to not release any singles over the label's objection. Bloodflowers was intended for a 1999 release but Polydor delayed it until 2000 to make it the first Cure album of the new millenium. It reached the top ten on a number of European album charts but only reached #16 on the US Billboard album chart and #14 on the UK chart.
>>127979418For me, it's "Where the Birds Always Sing"
Bloodflowers [Polydor, 2000] *bomb*
>>127979628Who cares what that old faggot thinks?
>>127979418Its alright but in no way is it a follow up to porno and disintegration as robert claims it is
>>127979628he's saying the album sucks, please don't listen to it
Smith didn't release singles because he was unhappy with the label not bothering to promote the album prior to this one.
>>127979722If nothing else, it's worth it for "Watching Me Fall" and "Where the Birds Always Sing" (one of my all-time favorite songs of theirs). "The Last Day of Summer" is solid, too. The rest of the album is kinda mid, I grant you.
>>127979752he should be grateful for that
Top 5 Cure album IMO. It does slip a bit in the final leg but up through There Is No If, straight gold. I do think Songs of a Lost World is the album this aimed to be lyrically, but I'd still put Bloodflowers over it due to the questionable mix.
>>127979752>>127979799Not quite "album". It was Galore that they didn't promote, not Wild Mood Swings.
>>127979418obnoxiously self-indulgent whilst bringing nothing new to the table nor serenely exuberant like the band's best
>>127980969It's definitely a little more alt rock and a bit more electronic than any of the previous albums. Songs like Watching Me Fall and The Loudest Sound respectively are good examples.https://youtu.be/hWHaTNiTA_Q?si=-7m-Vzm1t1L7WBdVhttps://youtu.be/-wXLBpgqRjc?si=gU0rzYcair1Aklo_
>>127979755Out Of This World has that Disintegration magic flourishing about, sure, it's an overwhelming lead song, there's a lot between the jangle strums to the dominos toppling piano keys. But mfw those twangs hit and keep hittinghttps://youtu.be/JDCsZv8R1jQ
>>127979418The saturated cover of R.Smith warped in crimson and dabs of blue is a big tell for what you're about to embark upon with Bloodfowers. As time has passed, Bloodflowers, was indeed, the best milieu The Cure record ushering uncharted territory with a bell of familiarities. An absolute mess of stubbornness for PR, Bloodflowers is a confrontational push back from the core creative of The Cure, propelling the band into a range of possibilities mastered from days of yore. Bloodflowers stands as one of their finest unsung works pivoting into a new decade
A Thousand Hours or One More Time?
As shit as s/t and 4:13 dream or whatever it’s called
>>127982400Couldn't pick, those are two of the better songs on Kiss Me.>>127982414S/T's overhated if you can get over muh Ross Robinson. Album plays like a competent career retrospective. 4:13 Dream is a bit shitty past its opener though.
>>127979755What about the title track39 is also underrated
>>127983460The title track is good, but 39 fails to match up with the rest of the album despite being better than average. Only track there I dislike is "There Is No If..."
>>127983527I adore that one. Robert wrote it as a teenager but it's pretty.
