Flowers (Echo & the Bunnymen album)

Flowers
Studio album by Echo & the Bunnymen
Released

14 May 2001 (UK)

May 22, 2001 (USA)
Recorded Elevator Studios, Liverpool and Bryn Derwyn Studios, Snowdonia, Wales
Genre Post-punk, alternative rock
Length 45:29
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant
Echo & the Bunnymen chronology

What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?
(1999)
Flowers
(2001)
Crystal Days: 1979–1999
(2002)
Singles from Flowers
  1. "It's Alright"
    Released: 23 April 2001
  2. "Make Me Shine"
    Released: 27 August 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Canoe.ca (favourable)[2]
NME (7/10)[3]
Pitchfork Media (8.0/10)[4]
Rolling Stone [5]

Flowers is the ninth studio album released by the British band Echo & the Bunnymen in May 2001. It reached number 56 on the UK Albums Chart.[6] 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.

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

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Canoe.ca review
  3. NME review
  4. Pitchfork Media review
  5. Rolling Stone review
  6. Roberts, David, ed. (2006), British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.), HIT Entertainment, ISBN 1-904994-10-5