Florence & The Machine- Lungs

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What do you think? I'm really liking it especially Drumming Song..

Dudess

Outstanding album - some breathtaking tracks. I have gone from thinking her voice is good to amazing (at times).

robo

An absolute gem of an album...she has a great voice and the song lyrics are great. Like Kiss with a Fist at the mo, but they are all good.

Anto McC

Album of the year so far but a mile. "Howl" is the stand out track for me

Andy-Pandy

Top notch stuff, best album i've heard this year.

Siobhers

I love love love her! Havent looked forward to an album so much in ages, had been listening to Dog Days and Kiss With a Fist for months before hand!

And shes added to Electric Picnic line up....happy days!

jumpguy

Was scrolling down through boards and caught this - I must say it's definitely up there with some of the best albums I've heard. Cosmic Love is...awesomely loud yet beautifully musical.

Varkov

Didnt like it, not heavy enough

jane says

Very MOR. Joanna Newsom-Lite. Not unpleasant but kind of colourless and unremarkable.

Retr0gamer

Like the first 4 songs, after that it's pretty meh.

lordgoat

Lots of filler and hype. Kiss with a fist is one of the most annoying songs i've heard in a long time. Cosmic Love, however is a great song. Overall it comes in somewhere between these two for me.

S.M.B.

lordgoat wrote: »

Lots of filler and hype. Kiss with a fist is one of the most annoying songs i've heard in a long time. Cosmic Love, however is a great song. Overall it comes in somewhere between these two for me.

She really should have left this song off the album, it really doesn't fit in with the rest of the album at all.

I'm loving the album anyway, apart from 1 or 2 average tracks.

She blew me away at oxegen too.

Aridstarling

Siobhers wrote: »

And shes added to Electric Picnic line up....happy days!

Where did you hear this?!

Thundercats Ho

It was announced today. Got the e-mail from EP or whoever the promoter is.

Aridstarling

Ah just got the email myself, sweet!

loveissucide

It's good not great, although that said a very enjoyable listen and I expect great things from her in future.

fillefatale

I'm mixed, I like some and other songs leave me cold. Dog Days Are Over is one of my favs, as well as Cosmic Love.

Dudess

S.M.B. wrote: »

She really should have left this song off the album, it really doesn't fit in with the rest of the album at all.

Why should a song fit in with the rest of the album? Diversity is good, no? I think Kiss With a Fist is awesome. It's the first song I heard by her and it reminds me of The Slits and other feisty late 70s female-orientated bands. Always a good thing.

jumpguy

Kiss With A Fist is very good but I must admit it's out of place in the album! That's not a big deal and I still like it but I'm just agreeing with the people who do say it's like it's out-of-tone with the album.

S.M.B.

Dudess wrote: »

Why should a song fit in with the rest of the album?

Because a great album should be more than just a collection of great songs. There needs to some cohesion throughout the whole album imo.

Kiss with a Fist is a decent song but just doesn't fit in with the tone of the rest of the album. I'd be surprised if Florence herself wasn't debating leaving the track out.

asdfgh86

If you buy the album on Itunes you get a bonus track called 'Swimming'. It's quality, don'y know why it wasn't included in the original album.

robo

Thanks I have downloaded Swimming. Good song!

Dudess

jumpguy wrote: »

Kiss With A Fist is very good but I must admit it's out of place in the album! That's not a big deal and I still like it but I'm just agreeing with the people who do say it's like it's out-of-tone with the album.

Jeez, no need to explain yourself!

I agree it's different to the rest of the album too - just saying I don't think that's a reason to leave it off the album.

cashback

I've been listening to this album over a week now and I do like it a lot. I really like the opening few tracks and they were obvious choices as singles. Howl, Drumming Song, Cosmic Love, My Boy builds coffins and Blinding are all strong numbers too.

I don't think it's a classic debut album though, there is a few fillers. The infamous Kiss With A Fist sounds a bit like a White Stripes tribute and I just think she's capable of better. Girl With One Eye sounds a bit Frank Black but it's a little forgettable.

Definitely her second album is going to be highly anticipated and there'll be plenty ready to shoot her down but she's got the potential to improve on a very promising debut.

Dickerty

It's probably a classic case of them wanting to get the album out (well before festival sign-up period), they had 5 or 6 great tracks, and compromised on the rest. But you can't argue that you'd be better with it than without. I love Drumming Song, extra loud...

phasers

I have a few of her demos and I adore them, I'm really unhappy with how some of the songs are edited. Overall still a great album though.

sceptre

Dudess wrote: »

Why should a song fit in with the rest of the album?

Short answer: Octopus's Garden.

I think Lungs got a 7/10 from me if I recall rightly. It's a bit overproduced, specifically the James Ford-produced tracks. The Epworth ones are fine.

ADTR

Don't see what all the fuss is about really.

Le Cuid A

I really liked the drumming in the background of most of the songs on the album, the music is great to chill out or relax to on the way to work or something similar of circumstance, I'd give the album an 8/9 out of 10.

xochillixo

wow luvd dis album...
i rarely buy cds bt lungs was an exception...
loved
1rabbit heart raise it up
2 dog days
3 lungs

my boy builds coffins n girl with one eye ar nice little numbers also

not forgeting the brill cosmic love best song by far

looking 4ward to hear more of florence!!!

PrivateEye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6BJ3CvPLhs

Always worth remembering.

I thought it ws a big old pile of 'meh', occasionally brilliant but more often just 'there'

Black NG-60-90

There's a few good songs on it, i.e. Rabbit Heart, Howl, Cosmic Love and Blinding, but overall i was a bit disappointed by it. Other songs like Kiss With A Fist (which just doesn't fit into the album), I'm Not Calling You A Liar and Girl With One Eye just do nothing for me.

Amalgam

Black NG-60-90, I don't know how she was classed as 'indie', or on the fringe of.. mainstream, she comes across as an 'Adele-like' singer. Get someone to belt out songs with attitude and that gets you somewhere, please..

You could interchange Adele/Florence/Duffy songs on their albums, and you'd have a hard time picking out which was which.

It's a very busy sound with similar percussion and arrangements, I wonder if the same producer does them all..

Black NG-60-90

There are some really good arrangements and melodies but to make a great album you need them flowing constantly, not just on a handfull of tracks. I wouldn't class her as 'indie' though, she makes pop music with intelligence and artistic values, rather than manufactured, money-making tosh. But she still has a long way to go to be Kate Bush.

lordgoat

xochillixo wrote: »

wow luvd dis album...
i rarely buy cds bt lungs was an exception...
loved
1rabbit heart raise it up
2 dog days
3 lungs

my boy builds coffins n girl with one eye ar nice little numbers also

not forgeting the brill cosmic love best song by far

looking 4ward to hear more of florence!!!

Please use english correctly when posting in this forum.

Thanks.

S.M.B.

Amalgam wrote: »

Black NG-60-90, I don't know how she was classed as 'indie', or on the fringe of.. mainstream, she comes across as an 'Adele-like' singer. Get someone to belt out songs with attitude and that gets you somewhere, please..

You could interchange Adele/Florence/Duffy songs on their albums, and you'd have a hard time picking out which was which.

It's a very busy sound with similar percussion and arrangements, I wonder if the same producer does them all..

Emmmm, no you couldn't.

Amalgam

It's sausage factory music.

S.M.B.

There's some valid criticism raised in the thread but just saying she sounds like a generic pop musician or her tunes are just churned out is way off the mark in my opinion.

tennessee time

Howl and drumming song are the best....

Dudess

Normally I can't stand the "you're only bashing them because they're popular/it's 'cool' to do so" accusation, however I can't help but suspect it's a tad applicable in the case of Florence Welch... mere months after she became known. I really don't think there would be as much cynicism if she wasn't such an overnight commercial success. The album sounds indie to me - "indie" in the ethereal guitar songs that are slightly off-beat sense (no, she ain't Throbbing Gristle either).
To compare her to Adele, Duffy (who I think are quite good) et al - I can't help but think people are doing that just for the sake of it. She's got a bit of that "Celtic"-y thing going on all right but I don't think she's quite the same as Enya/Clannad (if not a million miles off). It's of course naive in the extreme to call her the new Kate Bush (although she's certainly influenced by her) but she's hardly "manufactured" and bland/generic. The people who'd say that's their opinion... well do they even know what manufactured/bland/generic mean?
I can understand her appeal to the "masses" - there is an affection for stuff that's "folky", "mystical" etc. Just because this is the case though, doesn't make the woman herself worthy of dismissal.

melekalikimaka

Dudess wrote: »

I think Kiss With a Fist is awesome. It's the first song I heard by her and it reminds me of The Slits and other feisty late 70s female-orientated bands.

I couldnt disagree more....FATM sounds awful poppy and maufactured, overly so to the rawness of the likes of the slits

Dj Stiggie

Great band, really wish I'd known of them before Oxegen, I didn't bother going to see them

Theresalwaysone

Fantastic Album.

She murders "hospital beds" though imo.

lordgoat

Listened to the Bat for Lashes album properlly today, i think it's head and shoulders above this one. It has the feel of a complete album where all the songs work together. It really highlighted how disjointed this one is. I think someone posted earlier saying how F&TM rushed this to get it out. If this is true there is a good lesson to be learned from Bat for Lashes.

(although if someone was to tell me the same is true for BFL i'd be fairly pissed!!!)

sceptre

lordgoat wrote: »

Listened to the Bat for Lashes album properlly today, i think it's head and shoulders above this one.

I'd definitely agree with that. Obviously worth picking up their first album too.

snazzy

Anto McC wrote: »

Album of the year so far but a mile. "Howl" is the stand out track for me

That's my favourite track too.
IN reference to lordgoat's post, I actually have that BFL album as well but still haven't given it a proper whirl yet.
All I know is "Daniel" and that is a fantastic song.

Heisenberg.

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Spiritoftheseventies

Anyone see the Florence and Machine Glastonbury set on Friday. A bit strange i thought.

ttoppcat

Do ya mean the reading set? Just caught the drumming song and was impressed at how good live it sounds. Am in love with this album..really really hope shes not a flash in the pan (and that shes not overplayed a la miss morrissette:rolleyes:) Looking forward to her coming to ireland so i can check her out live:)

Spiritoftheseventies

ttoppcat wrote: »

Do ya mean the reading set? Just caught the drumming song and was impressed at how good live it sounds. Am in love with this album..really really hope shes not a flash in the pan (and that shes not overplayed a la miss morrissette:rolleyes:) Looking forward to her coming to ireland so i can check her out live:)

The set they showed on BBC. She has a very strong voice and all I must agree but I'm not entirely sure about whether she is as good as everyone is saying. Certainly in terms of past Mercury Prize winners (know she is up for an award) I don't think she is as good.

ttoppcat

well its early days i'll give you that. Hype is always worrying and i just hope she's got lots more in her (she is only 22 after all)

Just noticed after my last post that theres already a florence thread..we might be better moving this in there:)