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| 5.0 classic | SlowlyFallingAwake | December 3rd 12 |
Late at night, we tend to experience a feeling we can't put a finger on. We're not in the dumps, nor are we exactly happy. We're not happy about the past, present and future. Dwelling in the past, we try to collect answers to solve problems in the present. This is what 'Bloodflowers' is about, this is when this record is spun. At first sight (or: listen), the listener would be inclined to think it's 'yet another' album about heartbreak. It isn't. Surely, the fact that the album's contents revolve around melancholy and nostalgia automatically include heartbreak (ostensibly noticeable in the first song, out of this world, which never fails to grip me even after numerous listens) in the process. But There's more to it. Regret, spite, wishing we could go back, back to re-experiencing a magical, out-of-this-world moment, in the knowledge that we can't, leaves a bittersweet taste that is sure to linger in the back of your throat. Perfectly encapsulating that exact bitter, stingy flavour, this album is a masterpiece all the way.
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| 4.0 excellent | charlopiano | September 4th 20 |
I think that thematically it closes out the trilogy pretty well, and there are some amazing tracks on this record. Out of This World and the title track are amazing and The Last Day Of Summer is a top 10 Cure song, but a lot of 'em just fall flat. The great is great but there's a lot of mid.
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| 4.0 excellent | StonesDoorsSabbath | December 22nd 18 |
This album of The Cure's is very pretty and emotional. Robert Smith considers it one of The Cure's best albums, and part
of a trilogy along with Pornography and Disintegration. Fans also regard it as the best "late" Cure album, and I can respect
that. But where's the fun? Have you really been depressed your whole life, Robert? This album mostly seems to be
lamenting his slide into middle age with numbers like "Watching Me Fall," "The Loudest Sound" and "39."
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| 3.5 great | aoz007 | June 11th 15 |
The last of Robert Smith's "trilogy" is an atmospheric rock album filled with intoxicating songs.
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| 3.0 good | Tom93M | July 18th 11 |
Ultimately, the album is too self-conscious and familiar to be the epic return to form it was intended to be, yet, appositionally, it works precisely because of those two complaints. 'Bloodflowers' paints a wontedly satisfying portrait of an ageing band that can still appease its followers, but only when it resorts to using the same old pretty, yet slightly un-compelling, colours and brushstrokes.
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| 2.5 average | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Moraff | June 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Luna | June 13th 23 |
| 3.5 great | MUSEli | April 12th 23 |
| 3.5 great | MvdW | February 15th 23 |
| 2.5 average | kkarron | October 27th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Djokoll | September 14th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | yinei007 | September 14th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | igi78 | September 10th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | olmedou | September 8th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Cam | January 31st 22 |
| 3.5 great | Surtur | December 27th 21 |
| 3.5 great | vakuola | November 17th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Momus2 | September 3rd 21 |
| 2.5 average | edirp | June 3rd 21 |
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| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | January 5th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | nahtanoj | November 26th 20 |
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| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | December 3rd 17 |
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| 2.5 average | wg98 | September 27th 17 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Jan555 | July 5th 17 |
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| 5.0 classic | Eildur | August 4th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | MarkD | May 23rd 15 |
| 2.5 average | Fancio | May 14th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Crawl | April 5th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dylan | March 15th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | cdog215 | February 25th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | theyam | January 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | fuzzbutt | December 29th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Krimea | December 25th 14 |
| 3.5 great | venest | December 14th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | texx2818 | December 11th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Crimea | December 8th 14 |
| 2.5 average | lechman | December 5th 14 |
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| 4.0 excellent | Xitiael | November 12th 13 |
| 3.5 great | unkle | November 8th 13 |
| 3.5 great | jancon | September 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Greem | August 31st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | MF79 | July 15th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Bossie | March 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | February 21st 13 |
| 3.0 good | DS86 | February 2nd 13 |
| 3.0 good | Escain | January 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nikolai | December 5th 12 |
| 3.0 good | t67 | October 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | iglu | August 27th 12 |
| 3.5 great | SILYW | April 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Host78 | March 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | virpi | February 25th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | jlb1993 | February 19th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Djjakul | November 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dantone | October 28th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Cayit | September 23rd 11 |
| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | May 7th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Kewpie | April 10th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Kenos | January 23rd 11 |
| 3.0 good | Basman | November 12th 10 |
| 3.0 good | noisy | September 6th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | aidelos | July 28th 10 |
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| 4.5 superb | neo99 | July 5th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Fobeus | May 13th 10 |
| 3.5 great | MrGM | February 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yay | February 1st 10 |
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| 1.5 very poor | alt | November 9th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Titan50 | October 30th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | JesusV4 | September 16th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | chaos17 | August 12th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | 1zero | April 24th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | MTEK | April 3rd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | kygermo | January 2nd 09 |
| 3.0 good | red0 | November 27th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | sjc44 | October 28th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Sconza | September 5th 08 |
| 3.0 good | mana20 | January 19th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Hewitt | October 9th 07 |
| 1.0 awful | jk2two | September 5th 07 |
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