Flowers (Echo & the Bunnymen album)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Canoe.ca	(favourable)^[3]
NME	(7/10)^[4]
Pitchfork Media	(8.0/10)^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]

Flowers is the ninth studio album released by the English rock band Echo & the Bunnymen in May 2001. It reached number 56 on the UK Albums Chart.^[7] The album was recorded at the Elevator Studios in Liverpool and the Bryn Derwyn Studios in Wales and produced by Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant, with additional production by Pete Coleman. Flowers included the singles "It's Alright" and "Make Me Shine".

Track listing

All tracks written by Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant.

"King of Kings" – 4:24
"SuperMellow Man" – 4:58
"Hide & Seek" – 4:07
"Make Me Shine" – 3:54
"It's Alright" – 3:32
"Buried Alive" – 3:55
"Flowers" – 4:16
"Everybody Knows" – 4:40
"Life Goes On" – 3:59
"An Eternity Turns" – 4:03
"Burn for Me" – 3:41

Personnel

Musicians

Ian McCulloch – vocals, guitar, piano
Will Sergeant – lead guitar, tambourine
Alex Germains – bass, backing vocals
Ceri James – keyboards
Vincent Jamieson – drums, congas, tambourine, shakers

Production

Ian McCulloch – producer
Will Sergeant – producer
Pete Coleman – additional production, engineer, mixing
Mike Hunter – additional engineering
David Blackman – mastered by
Stu Reed – pro-tools
Andrew Swainson – design, photography

References

↑ "Flowers by Echo & the Bunnymen". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ Allmusic review
↑ inc., Canoe. "FLOWERS". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ NME.COM. "Echo & The Bunnymen : Flowers - NME.COM". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ Pitchfork Media review
↑ Rolling Stone review
↑ Roberts, David, ed. (2006), British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.), HIT Entertainment, ISBN 1-904994-10-5

Echo & the Bunnymen

Ian McCulloch Will Sergeant Les Pattinson Pete de Freitas Jake Brockman Noel Burke Damon Reece

Studio albums	Crocodiles Heaven Up Here Porcupine Ocean Rain Echo & the Bunnymen Reverberation Evergreen What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? Flowers Siberia The Fountain Meteorites

Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert Live in Liverpool Me, I'm All Smiles

Compilations	Songs to Learn & Sing The Cutter Ballyhoo Crystal Days: 1979–1999 Seven Seas More Songs to Learn and Sing Killing Moon: The Best of Echo & the Bunnymen B-sides & Live (2001–2005) The Works

Singles	"The Pictures on My Wall" "Rescue" "The Puppet" "A Promise" "Over the Wall" "The Back of Love" "The Cutter" "Never Stop" "The Killing Moon" "Silver" "Seven Seas" "Bring On the Dancing Horses" "The Game" "Lips Like Sugar" "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo" "People Are Strange" "Enlighten Me" "Prove Me Wrong" "Inside Me, Inside You" "Nothing Lasts Forever" "I Want to Be There (When You Come)" "Don't Let It Get You Down" "Rust" "Get in the Car" "It's Alright" "Make Me Shine" "Stormy Weather" "In the Margins" "Scissors in the Sand" "Think I Need It Too"

EPs	Shine So Hard The Sound of Echo Life at Brian's – Lean and Hungry The Peel Sessions New Live and Rare World Tour E.P. Avalanche

Related articles	Discography Korova Electrafixion

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.