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Bloodflowers - The Cure
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69 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 32 Ratings

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  • Summary: Robert Smith declared 'Bloodflowers' to be the final release from The Cure. It wasn't, of course, but it does in theory complete a trilogy that began with 'Pornography' and 'Disintegration.'

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    One of the band's most affecting works.
  2. All Music Guide
    60
    Bloodflowers boasts all of the Cure's signatures: stately tempos, languid melodies, spacious arrangements, cavernous echoes, morose lyrics, keening vocals, long running times. If you want something transcendent, you're out of luck, since the album falls short of the mark, largely because it sounds too self-conscious.
  3. 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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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. d_nasty
    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 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.… Expand
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  2. BenjaminBunny
    5
    No my friends, this is most definitely NOT a masterpiece on par with "Disintegration," and it is most definitely NOT their worst album either ("Wild Mood Swings" gets my vote for that). It's just The Cure doing Cure-esque songs with dense Cure production. No alarms and no surprises. Listenable from beginning to end as well as forgettable. For dedicated fans or completists only.… Expand
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  3. [Anonymous]
    3
    fuck the Cure! They've lost it! Robert Smith looks like the goth Elvis and like Elvis circa the mid 70s he's not even a shadow of what he used to be. Not that they were all that great to begin with. If it weren't for the Scottish and the shoegazers the 80s would have been disasterious.… Expand
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