Lungs
| Florence and the Machine
Lungs
Lungs is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine, released on 3 July 2009 on Island Records. Frontwoman Florence Welch experimented with and honed the album's sound with bandmate Isabella Summers, while also collaborating with five record producers including James Ford, Paul Epworth, and Steve Mackey. The music on Lungs established Florence and the Machine as an internationally successful rock act, and also featured the group's successful mix of string arrangements centered around Welch's vocal prowess.-Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Welch bursts mouth-wide over garage rock, epic soul, pint-tipping Britbeat, and-- best of all-- a mystic brand of pop
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Slant
Florence is still punctilious even when life beats her down; when it raises her up, she is magical.
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NME
After the hype and the hate it’s just… OK
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Sputnik
A fantastic debut from a very promising British talent.
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Consequence of Sound
Welch went from a flame headed songstress to a Gothic vixen.
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BBC UK
This album takes you somewhere you'll never want to come back from.
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All Music
Anchored to the earth by Welch's knockout voice
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Rolling Stone
Welch sets her unique ideas about romance to punk blues, Kate Bush-style mystic art rock and crazy-Celt bombast
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AV Club
With a voice as strong and emotive as hers, it’s not surprising that Welch has little use for moments of quiet contemplation.
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The Gaurdian
Despite its dark heart, there's a real joy about this debut.
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Telegraph
A heart-pumping exhilaration about her music that lifts it over most of her anaemic-sounding rivals.
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The Quietus
Welch's vocal gifts are undeniably considerable,
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Clash Music
A major new star.
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The Current
At the end of the album you are singing your own lungs out with her... or at least I was
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Pretty Much Amazing
Florence & The Machine is the future of pop music. Are you prepared?
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Music OHM
There are gems to be found – it just takes some commitment to mine them.
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Digital Spy
Enough musical cunning to lure them in, she could be on her way to very big things.
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Scotsman
Is not bad, but it's not all that good either. Stylistically it flits about to the point of neurosis
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Cluas
The album’s end it is clear that the stand-out musical device is in the arrangements.
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Contact Music
Stunning first album.
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Under the Radar
Florence and the Machine is a big deal people.
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NZ Herald
A highlight is her collaboration with Dizzee Rascal
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Suffolk Free Radio
Provides a refreshing sound that I think will stand the test of time
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EW
She achieves that rare melding of spiritual fervor, rock kick, and creative quirk
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TCS UK
One thing that powers both the album and her fame, it is her mighty bell-like tones.
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2 Oceans Vibe
A sensitive type, but most great artists are. Brilliant.
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Very Tall Person Reviews
Despite my occasional irks this doesn’t stop Lungs being a thrilling, invigorating listen.
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Scene Point Blank
A gift wrapped collection of thirteen buoyant, ethereal and enormous songs.
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2uptop
I'm not sure if 'Lungs' will stand the test of time as a classic by any means, but it will certainly do for now
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Contact Music
It is those vocals that make this an utterly compelling album.
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NOON Radio
You cannot, you will not, go wrong with this album.
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Bol
Immersive music, Good singing, Good lyrics
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News OK
This could have just been a genre-jumbling parlor trick, but Welch crafts arresting pop hooks
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