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Lungs |  | Artist: Florence + The Machine
Label: Island Records Group
Category: Music
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Rating:  82 reviews
Sales Rank: 26
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 46 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 001317002
UPC: 602517979406
EAN: 0602517979406
ASIN: B001PB3RU8
Release Date: July 6, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Dog Days Are Over | | • | Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) | | • | I'm Not Calling You A Liar | | • | Howl | | • | Kiss With A Fist | | • | Girl With One Eye | | • | Drumming Song | | • | Between Two Lungs | | • | Cosmic Love | | • | My Boy Builds Coffins | | • | Hurricane | | • | Blinding | | • | You've Got The Love |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Already the yearrsquo;s most hyped new artist--not only first in the BBCrsquo;s famously unreliable poll of new talent and recipient of a special Brit award devised just for her--Florence Welsh has a lot to live up to, and thankfully the artfully titled and sleeved emLungs/em justifies the investment. The singles are undeniably the standouts. The impressive "Dog Days Are Over", neurotic and fierce, and the slightly more reserved follow-up "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" lead her debut collection, sometimes overshadowing her other material. Yet the extremes of "Kiss With A Fist", a jokey celebration of mutual domestic violence and noisy guitars that shamelessly steals its melody from the White Stripesrsquo; charming "We Are Gonna Be Friends", and the showstopping, almost unashamedly stagy "Girl With One Eye" show off both her development and an already instantly recognisable voice. The gallows humour of songs like "Between Two Lungs", the daft "My Boy Builds Coffins" and the ferocious "Hurricane Drunk" where she threatens "Irsquo;m gonna drink myself to death" backed by a spirited choir of Florences, save her from accusations of self-absorption. The concluding, and hugely loud "Blinding" is all Kate Bush tics over bruising drum patterns. So a straightforward and affectionate cover of the classic Candi Staton and Source club banger "Yoursquo;ve Got The Love", previously only available online, comes as a welcome chance to get onersquo;s breath back. Much better than an apparent plan to position her as some kind of missing link between PJ Harvey and Avril Lavigne suggested, emLungs/em is a clever, catchy set, yet unresolved enough to sustain curiosityemem.--Steve Jelbertbr //em/em
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 So I'm listening to the mainstream again? July 15, 2009
Geoffrey D. Palmer (York, UK)
32 out of 40 found this review helpful
A number of reviewers have started out by mentioning their age and gender. Let me continue that trend: I'm male and getting on for 58. In my time, I've been a Beatles/Rolling Stones, Hendrix, King Crimson, Siouxsie and the Banshees and All About Eve fan - to name just a few bands - and then some time around the millennium I abandoned the "boring" mainstream (sorry, Michael Stipe and 1990s R.E.M.) and started listening mostly to dark continental metal. That too has evolved, but the point I want to make very strongly is that Florence has reconnected me with a small fragment of the mainstream. A small but very significant fragment.
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br /It's significant for a number of reasons. Yes, there's a gothic thread running through the album. Let's call it "gothic" rather than "goth" - I think that's a more accurate view. For a bright and "big" album (apparently, and in reply to another reviewer, Florence is on record as saying that she wants to make her music "big"), many of the lyrics are, of course, quite dark. In fact, "Girl With One Eye" is dreadfully dark - despite which the album has been accepted into the "mainstream" world without question. I can think of a great many doom metal and death metal albums, but none of them are ever likely to make the same journey!
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br /I see this album as a great, crazy achievement in itself, and as a wake-up call to some other artists. OK, so it isn't a competition - it's never been that - but there are plenty of successful artists out there who seem content with "less". One thing I've discovered from my journeys around continental metal is that "more" is an important part of the emotional hook: I think of it in terms of colour and texture. And this album is brimming over with colour and texture.
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br /To those who are disappointed that this Florence isn't quite the same as the live Florence, I'd say that the drama of the live gigs surely couldn't really work in the longer term - not if you're planning to put the CD on repeat. The studio version of "Bird Song" on the bonus CD has a rather different character compared to the YouTube videos, but it works perfectly well for me.
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br /Some reviewers have made comparisons with other singers, past and present. On "My Boy Builds Coffins", I hear something of the style of the late and much-missed John Martyn. Personally, I don't hear much Kate Bush in Florence's approach (stay away from those squeaky high notes please, Florence!), but she herself mentions Grace Slick as one of her influences and, well, perhaps something of that shows through. The key to Grace's way of singing, apparently, was that she was trying to emulate the sound of the electric guitar. That's a kind of madness in itself - and madness of a very special kind is something that Florence promises to deliver much more of in the future.
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br /Unless, that is, she gives up all this wacky stuff and turns into one of the best white soul singers ever ...
Elemental Stuff ! July 3, 2009
The Wolf (uk)
35 out of 44 found this review helpful
Ms Welch and her band of merry minstrels
br /can be proud of this astonishing debut.
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br /Rock-solid leftfield pop of the very highest pedigree.
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br /A truly original and powerful new voice which The Wolf is
br /glad to add to his ever expanding collection of weird and
br /wonderful female singer/songwriters.
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br /This is a voice with power; a voice possessing real passion.
br /Wayward , feral and intoxicating.
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br /There really isn't a weak track in this collection.
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br /Highlights however would have to include : 'Dog Days Are Over',
br /whose benign ukelele (I think ?) and handclapping in the
br /opening verse quickly gives way to a real powerhouse of a song.
br /The haunting high-voice interludes made the fur stand
br /up on the back of my neck. Elemental and thrilling.
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br /'Blinding' is another spellbinding performance. The pounding
br /percussion, beautifully constructed string arrangement and
br /wild vocal harmonies really do transport us to another world.
br /Pagan, primitive and perfectly realised.
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br /'Between Two Lungs' creates yet another extraordinary sound-world.
br /It is almost as though this song might have burst fully formed out of
br /the dark soil of a forest clearing. Organically perfect in every way.
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br /'Rabbit Heart' delivers the kind of exhilarating electro-pop which
br /lesser mortals, such as Little Boots, could only dream to aspire to.
br /A majestic anthem.
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br /Trust me here.
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br /If you haven't heard the album yet you have the biggest treat in store.
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br /One of the year's finest releases so far.
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br /Essential.
Really very good July 7, 2009
TashaEM (UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I never do reviews on here, but album is so good i thought i'd come on and do one! Was slightly concerned that i'd only like the one track (rabbit heart-raise it up) but was very happy to find i actually like almost all the tracks. Highlight for me is drumming song (which i think is the next single) but am not so keen on the cover of you've got the love at the end, which seems a little odd and out of place, if i was doing my first album i'm not sure i'd stick a cover on it, I'm not sure that her voice suits other peoples songs, but oh well!
br /Florence and the Machine are definately very talented, and she's obviously has a flair for writing, so... Florence please don't waste your time on anymore covers!
br /Album is amazing, buy it, i imagine it will be a massive must have this year, and definately deserves a place in your collection
Awesome July 20, 2009
R. Maddison (Northampton, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've been hearing FatM on 6Music for ages and couldn't wait for the album, released handily on my birthday.
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br /I wasn't disappointed and can back up the reviews here, only I'd give it 6 stars if I could. I've not heard such a strong debut album for ages and my highlights are Howl, Drumming and the wonderful Between Two Lungs but there's not a poor track on the album.
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br /I've got my tickets and roll on the September Tour!
Absolutely Fantastic! September 14, 2009
Nicola Newberry (Oxford, England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of the best albums I have heard in a while. I can't stop playing it and I haven't got sick of it! (as is usual when i play something too much) It is a stunning album and the bonus CD just adds to it. I would recommend for you to buy it immediately!
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