Bloodflowers
by The Cure
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
  1. Puncture
    30
    Smith focuses on his own artistic/existential questions to the exclusion of all else, including the record's production, which is completely monotonous, and its pace, which falls somewhere between a plod and a trudge. [#46, p.47]
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  2. Salon
    30
    Many of the songs begin promisingly, with glowing guitar figures and plaintive synthesizer cascades, but these hints of beauty get lost in a morass of feedback and ill-defined arrangements.

Awards & Rankings

98
#98 Best Album of 2000
19
#19 Most Discussed Album of 2000
25
#25 Most Shared Album of 2000

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 54 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 54
  3. Negative: 3 out of 54
  1. d_nasty
    May 10, 2011
    10
    Would have been the perfect album to end their career with but, we're all human so they went further than this. This is one of the bestWould have been the perfect album to end their career with but, we're all human so they went further than this. This is one of the best productions I've ever heard and I can't stop listening to it. Easily some of Smith's best lyrics and the bands most expansive arrangements since Disintegration.… Full Review »
  2. THM
    Dec 21, 2011
    9
    This was probably their last best album. The lyrics are what make it. The music is akin to Wild Mood Swings, Wish or an upbeatThis was probably their last best album. The lyrics are what make it. The music is akin to Wild Mood Swings, Wish or an upbeat Disintegration. Typical Cure. The lyrics are truly transcendental, though.… Full Review »
  3. AliceX
    Jan 8, 2006
    10
    Truly this is one of the most beautiful albums The Cure have ever produced. It combines the simple instruments and arranges them in such a Truly this is one of the most beautiful albums The Cure have ever produced. It combines the simple instruments and arranges them in such a way to create something complex and full. Many will frown upon this album - do not listen to them, listen to the album. It captures a curtian emotion that not everyone can grasp. It does not sound like the typical Cure albums. It is mature, more developed.… Full Review »
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