Florence and the Machine - Lungs (2009)

Florence and the Machine - Lungs (2009)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Dog Days Are Over"   4:13

2. "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"   3:52

3. "I'm Not Calling You a Liar"   3:05

4. "Howl"   3:34

5. "Kiss with a Fist"   2:04

6. "Girl with One Eye"   3:39

7. "Drumming Song"   3:44

8. "Between Two Lungs"   4:09

9. "Cosmic Love"   4:16

10. "My Boy Builds Coffins"   2:57

11. "Hurricane Drunk"   3:13

12. "Blinding"   4:36

13. "You've Got the Love"   2:49

Florence and the Machine Band Members / Musicians

Florence Welch – vocals, additional drumming, percussion (all tracks); background vocals (tracks 7, 8)

Christopher Lloyd Hayden – drums (tracks 1–3, 5, 10, 11, 13)

Isabella Summers – additional drumming, percussion (all tracks); piano (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13)

Rob Ackroyd – guitar (tracks 1, 5, 10, 13); bass guitar (track 5)

Tom Monger – harp (tracks 1–3, 7–13)

LaDonna Harley-Peters – background vocals (tracks 7, 8)

Victoria Akintola – background vocals (tracks 7, 8)

Martin Slattery – drums (track 6)

James Ford – drums (tracks 7, 8); bass guitar (tracks 1, 7); additional piano (tracks 1, 3, 7, 8); organ (track 7)

Charlie Hugall – additional drumming, percussion (all tracks); additional bass (track 13)

Tim McCall – guitar (track 5); additional guitar (track 6)

Leo Abrahams – guitar (track 6)

Stephen Mackey – bass guitar (tracks 5, 6)

Mete Burch Bator – bass guitar (track 10)

Sally Herbert – string arrangements, violin

Everton Nelson – violin

Bruce White – viola

Ian Burdge – cello (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12)

Charlie Henry – cello (track 10)

Duncan "Pixie" Mills – Hammond organ (track 10)

 

James Ford – production (tracks 1, 3, 7, 8); mixing (track 1)

Jimmy Robertson – recording (tracks 1, 3, 7, 8); mixing (track 1)

Paul Epworth – production (tracks 2, 4, 9, 12); additional production (track 11)

Mark Rankin – recording (tracks 2, 4, 9, 12); additional recording (track 11)

Isabella Summers – additional production (tracks 1, 3, 8, 9)

Stephen Mackey – production (tracks 5, 6); vocal production (track 10); mixing (track 5)

Richard Flack – recording (tracks 5, 6); vocal production (track 10); mixing (track 5)

Charlie Hugall – production (tracks 10, 13)

Duncan "Pixie" Mills – engineering assistance (track 10)

Ben Jackson – engineering assistance (track 10)

Al Riley – engineering assistance (track 13)

Eg White – production (track 11)

Cenzo Townshend – mixing (tracks 2–4, 6–13)

Neil Comber – mixing assistance (tracks 2–4, 6–13)

Ben Mortimer – final edit (track 7)

John Davis – mastering

 

Tabitha Denholm – art direction

Florence Welch – art direction

Tom Beard – photography

Wade Fletcher – live photograph

Orlando Weeks – lung illustration

Hugh Frost – layout

Lungs is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine, released on 3 July 2009 by Island Records. After working on various projects, Florence Welch formed a band which included Robert Ackroyd, Chris Hayden, Mark Saunders, Tom Monger, and former collaborator Isabella Summers. The album features production from James Ford, Paul Epworth, Stephen Mackey, Eg White and Charlie Hugall, with additional production by band member Isabella Summers. The album has been reissued several times: an expanded version titled Between Two Lungs (2010), a digital EP subtitled The B-Sides (2011), and a Tenth Anniversary Edition (2019).

Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of lead vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, harpist Tom Monger, and a collaboration of other musicians. The band's music has received acclaim across the media, especially from the BBC, which played a large part in their rise to prominence by promoting Florence and the Machine as part of BBC Music Introducing. At the 2009 Brit Awards they received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award. The band's music is renowned for its dramatic, eccentric production and Welch's powerful vocals.

The band's debut studio album, Lungs, was released on 6 July 2009, and held the number-two position for its first five weeks on the UK Albums Chart. On 17 January 2010, the album reached the top position, after being on the chart for twenty-eight consecutive weeks. As of October 2010, the album had been in the top forty in the United Kingdom for sixty-five consecutive weeks, making it one of the best-selling albums of 2009 and 2010. The group's second studio album, Ceremonials, released in October 2011, entered the charts at number one in the UK and number six in the US. The band's third studio album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, was released on 2 June 2015. It topped the UK charts, and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, their first to do so. The album reached number one in a total of eight countries and the top ten of twenty. Also in 2015, the band was the headlining act at Glastonbury Festival, making Welch the first British female headliner of the 21st century.

Florence and the Machine's sound has been described as a combination of various genres, including rock and soul. Lungs (2009) won the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2010. Florence and the Machine have been nominated for six Grammy Awards including Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album. Additionally, the band performed at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards and the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

Florence and the Machine Band Members / Musicians

Florence Welch – lead vocals, percussion (2007–present)

Isabella Summers – keyboards, piano, synthesisers, backing vocals (2007–present)

Robert Ackroyd – guitars, backing vocals, bass (2007–present)

Tom Monger – harp, xylophone, percussion, backing vocals (2007–present)

Cyrus Bayandor – bass (2018–present)

Aku Orraca-Tetteh – percussion, backing vocals (2018–present)

Dionne Douglas – violin, backing vocals (2018–present)

Hazel Mills – keyboards, backing vocals (2018–present)

Sam Doyle – drums (2022–present)

Christopher Lloyd Hayden – drums, percussion, backing vocals, guitar (2007–2018)

Mark Saunders – bass, backing vocals (2009–2018)

Rusty Bradshaw – piano, hammond organ, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2011–2018)

Loren Humphrey – drums (2018–2022)

Florence and the Machine Discography Full

2009 Lungs

2011 Ceremonials

2015 How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

2018 High as Hope

2022 Dance Fever

Concert tours

Lungs Tour (2008–2011)

Ceremonials Tour (2011–2013)

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Tour (2015–2016)

High as Hope Tour (2018–2019)

Dance Fever Tour (2022–2023)