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Biography
Infobox album | Name = Bloodflowers| Type = Album| Artist = The Cure | Cover = The Cure - Bloodflowers.jpg| Released = start date|2000|02|14| Recorded = 1998& ndash;1999, St Catherines Court, Avon, RAK, London| Genre = Gothic rock , Darkwave | Length = Duration|m=64|s=29| Label = Fiction Records|Fiction (UK) Elektra Records|Elektra (U.S.)| Producer = Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith , Paul Corkett| Last album = Wild Mood Swings (1996)| This album = Bloodflowers (2000)| Next album = The Cure (The Cure album)|The Cure (2004)Album ratings| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = Rating|3|5cite web|url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r465158|pure_url=yes|title= Bloodflowers Review|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=23 April 2011| rev2 = Blender (magazine)|Blender | rev2Score = Rating|4|5cite web|url= http://www.blender.com/guide/back-catalogue/53544/bloodflowers.html|title= Bloodflowers Review|publisher=Blender.comdead link|date=April 2011| rev3 = Pitchfork Media | rev3Score = (7.5/10)cite web|url= http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1691-bloodflowers/|title= Bloodflowers Review|publisher=Pitchforkmedia.com|accessdate=23 April 2011| rev4 = Robert Christgau | rev4Score = Rating-Christgau|dudcite web|url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php? name=cure|title= Bloodflowers Review|publisher=Robert Christgau|accessdate=23 April 2011| rev5 = Rolling Stone | rev5Score = Rating|2.5|5cite web|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecure/albums/album/248545/review/5943735/bloodflowers|title= Bloodflowers Review|publisher= Rolling Stone dead link|date=April 2011 Bloodflowers is the eleventh album by England|English band The Cure , released in 2000 in music|2000 . The album is seen as a sombre return to form by critics and fans alike. Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith has expressed on several occasions that the album is the final part in his "trilogy" (the 3 albums he feels best define the Cure), the first being the 1982 album Pornography (album)|Pornography , and the second being the 1989 album Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration .
History
Bloodflowers is considered by many Cure fans to be a return to the band's roots after the stylistic departure of Wild Mood Swings . It is the third and final album in Robert Smith's "trilogy" of the three albums he feels most express The Cure. In 2002, the band performed Pornography (album)|Pornography , Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration , and Bloodflowers in their entirety to a Berlin audience, and released the recording on DVD in 2003, titled The Cure: Trilogy .
Bloodflowers was a moderate success, debuting at #16 on the US Billboard 200| Billboard 200 albums chart, eventually selling 300,000 copies in America. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2001.
The album is the last so far to feature extensive use of keyboards. The 2004 album The Cure (The Cure album)|The Cure uses keyboards much more sparingly and after the departure of Roger O'Donnell following the release of the album and the following tour.
On the 2007-2008 4Tour , the band played " Out of This World (The Cure song)|Out of this World ", "Watching Me Fall" (once in Mexico City on October 22, 2007), "Maybe Someday", and "Bloodflowers" at various shows.
"39" was last performed on the 2004 Curiosa Tour.
Except for the 2002 Trilogy shows in Berlin, the other songs have not been played since the 2000 Dream Tour, although "Last Day of Summer" was soundchecked for 2008, but never played.
Track listing
Track listing| all_writing = The Cure (Smith/Gallup/Bamonte/Cooper/O'Donnell) | title1 = Out of This World (The Cure song)|Out of This World | length1 = 6:44 | title2 = Watching Me Fall | length2 = 11:13 | title3 = Where the Birds Always Sing | length3 = 5:44 | title4 = Maybe Someday | length4 = 5:04 | title5 = Coming Up | note5 = Bonus track on the Australian and Japanese versions of Bloodflowers . It also appears on all vinyl versions and Join the dots box set. | length5 = 6:26 | title6 = The Last Day of Summer | length6 = 5:36 | title7 = There Is No If... | length7 = 3:44 | title8 = The Loudest Sound | length8 = 5:09 | title9 = 39 | length9 = 7:20 | title10 = Bloodflowers | length10 = 7:31 Tracklist| collapsed = yes | headline = Bonus track only available through the internet | title11 = Spilt Milk | length11 = 4:53
Complete Session
#"Possession" – 5:17 was released in the Join the Dots box set. #"Just Say Yes" – was re-recorded and released in the Greatest Hits collection. #"You're So Happy!" – A cover version by a Cure Tribute band circulates P2P networks. #"Heavy World" – is speculated to be released on the Bloodflowers reissue. #"Everything Forever" – is speculated to be released on the Bloodflowers reissue.
Promos
No commercial singles were released from Bloodflowers , but two promotional singles were released to DJs and radio stations.
"Out of This World" in January (Europe) & May (U.S.) 2000
"Maybe Someday" in January (U.S.) & April (Europe) 2000
Personnel
Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith - guitar , Keyboard instrument|keyboard , 6-string bass , Singing|vocals
