Flowers (Echo & the Bunnymen album)

Flowers
Studio album by
Released14 May 2001 (UK)
22 May 2001 (USA)
RecordedElevator Studios, Liverpool and Bryn Derwyn Studios, Snowdonia, Wales
GenrePost-punk, alternative rock
Length45:29
LabelCooking Vinyl
ProducerIan 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
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
NME7/10
Pitchfork Media8.0/10
Rolling Stone
Spin3/10

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. 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". The cover art is from a book by Michael Lesy called Wisconsin Death Trip (1973). It is about a town in Wisconsin called Black River Falls during the Victorian era.