Bloodflowers is one of the saddest, love-sick albums The Cure ever wrote. Well, that’s what The Cure are known for, no? If your love life is not successful, or you have love related issues, why don’t you give this album a shot? The album title and the release date (Valentine’s Day) say it all.

This album is the final part of Robert Smith’s personal ‘Trilogy’. Robert Smith expressed several times, that the 1982 album Pornography, the 1989 album Disintegration, and Bloodflowers (2000) are the 3 albums that best define The Cure.

This album also marks the band’s return to their original roots, after their drastic change in style in the 1996 album, Wild Mood Swings. Unfortunately, the band does not play songs from Bloodflowers live, only in very rare occasion, which is a pity! Though in 2002, The Cure performed Robert’s Trilogy (Pornography, Disintegration, Bloodflowers) in a single concert in Berlin. Below is a clip from the 2002 Berlin concert, when they perform Bloodflower’s title track. What a song!

The concert was released on a DVD in 2003, and is also available in Blu-ray, which are both available from The Cure’s site.