On this day in history (February 15, 2000), The Cure released their 11th studio album Bloodflowers. While there were no commercial singles off this album, Out Of This World and Maybe Someday were released as promotional singles to radio stations.

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This album received some mixed reviews from critics that we largely don’t agree with. Tracks like Last Day Of Summer are brilliant songs to die-hard fans of The Cure

One of the band’s most affecting works – Entertainment Weekly

Smith can write four bad songs in a row, and Cure albums tend to leak filler like an attic spilling insulation. Bloodflowers, is half dismissible droning, an unforgivable ratio considering it’s only nine tracks long. – Rolling Stone

The album sounds completely uninspired, as Smith and company go through the motions of Cure-ness. – Trouser Press

Morose lyrics, keening vocals, long running times. The album falls short of the mark, largely because it sounds too self-conscious – AllMusic

Videos

Out Of This World (live)

Maybe Someday (live)

Last Day Of Summer (live)

Charts

Peaked at #16 in the Billboard 200 album chart

Track Listing