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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602517979406 Item Dimensions:23 Label: Island Records Group Manufacturer: Island Records Group MPN: 001317002 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Island Records Group Release Date: July 06, 2009 Running Time: 46 minutes Studio: Island Records Group
Amazon.co.uk Review: Already the year’s most hyped new artist--not only first in the BBC’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 Lungs 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 Stripes’ 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 "I’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 "You’ve Got The Love", previously only available online, comes as a welcome chance to get one’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, Lungs is a clever, catchy set, yet unresolved enough to sustain curiosity.--Steve Jelbert
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - amazing voice fantastic album
I purchased this having seen Florence and the machine play live. She is amazing and could not wait to hear more.
This album is fantastic, her voice is amazing.
I found my self screaming (sadly lack any real vocal talent myself) her songs in the car and struggling not to when playing this on my ipod.
I would recommend this to anyone she blew me away live (if you get a chance GO AND CHECK HER OUT) this album did the same well worth a listen, there is not a ... Read More
Rating: - Bloomin' Brilliant
Amazing album, lives up to the well-deserved hype. Looking forward to the new and more diverse material to come!
Rating: - Great Lungs!
I've bought, I've listened, I've loved! And this is the cheapest I've seen it anywhere :3 Naturally I would highly recommend it but if you're not sure whether or not to take the plunge then you could check her out on myspace/youtube and the like to see if she's your cup of tea. Personally, it's the best album I've bought this year.
Rating: - Excellent album, full of hits
This is an excellent album, worth every cent. You will recognise nearly all of the songs. My favourite track is 'Cosmic Love'
Rating: - Lovely Lungs!
How anybody gave this one star (or two or three or four) I do not know! I cannot describe how fantastic this CD is. It is my very favourite album in the world and I adore every single song on it.I don't think Florence's voice is not at all screechy, on the contrary I think it is great. The harp is beautiful and all the music in it is super too. I listen to this CD over and over again, I love it! It make me feel happy, even though the songs are based on'guilty' things, as Florence said herself. Perfect ... Read More
- amazing voice fantastic album