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

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Disc 1:

1. Dog Days Are Over
2. Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
3. I'm Not Calling You A Liar
4. Howl
5. Kiss With A Fist
6. Girl With One Eye
7. Drumming Song
8. Between Two Lungs
9. Cosmic Love
10. My Boy Builds Coffins
11. Hurricane
12. Blinding
13. You've Got The Love

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Editorial Review:

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





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

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Rating: - Not bad for a Ginga :o)
It's been difficult to miss this fiery redhead this summer with appearances at Glasto and just about everywhere else it seems. Finally my heart over-ruled my head (which was fighting against the hype) and I got some Lungs. Glad I did to be honest as it's a stormer that greatly showcases Florence's fantastic vocal and lyrical versatility. The girl really does have a great set of lungs and uses them to great effect in this album mixing gothic chic with an indie edge. Very breathy, sexy, powerful and just ... Read More

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Rating: - Awesome
When I decided to buy this album I had only really heard a few of Florence's tracks, but I decided to take a gamble. It turns out, this is now on of the most worn CDs in my collection, I might have to buy a second copy this one spends so much time popping in and out of my CD player. Not many artists makes it 6 weeks, let alone months in my collection without being moved from the pile by the CD player to the rack, but so far Florence is still sitting proud, top of the pile!

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Rating: - Love, Love, Love!
Absolutely brilliant cd. Can't stop listening to it, Im buying it for everyone's birthday :-)

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Rating: - Florence and the macines
On a little wander through Spotify I saw a name I had heard before but realised I'd never actually listened to.
Florence and the machines bought out Lungs as a debut album in 2009, its a wonderful group with a mix of pop and an indie style. The songs have character and charisma and Florence has a powerful voice, a good similarity is Marina and the diamonds.

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So being a first album the artists need to grab the listeners and forge a following. So heres the song reviews ... Read More

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