Flowers (Echo & the Bunnymen album)
# Flowers (Echo & the Bunnymen album)

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.0/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | 3/10 |

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.

## Track listing

All tracks written by Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant.

* "King of Kings" – 4:24
* "SuperMellowMan" – 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
