• ' Released: 9 June 2008 • ' Released: 1 December 2008 • ' Released: 22 June 2009 • ' Released: 13 September 2009 • ' Released: 16 November 2009 • ' Released: 5 July 2010 Lungs is the debut studio album by English band, released on 3 July 2009 on. Experimented with and honed the album's sound with bandmate, while also collaborating with five including,, and. The music on Lungs established Florence and the Machine as an internationally successful act, and also featured the group's successful mix of string arrangements centered around Welch's vocal prowess.

Upon its release, Lungs debuted at number two on the and number 44 on the before eventually peaking at number one and 14, respectively. Three preceding the album's release, ', ', and ', were included on Lungs, with the latter just missing the Top 10 of the. Another three singles followed the release of the album, including the group's first Top 10 hit ', which was originally the to 'Dog Days Are Over'.

The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, with Welch drawing comparisons to,, and, among others. To promote Lungs, Florence and the Machine throughout Europe and North America between 2008 and 2011. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] Prior to recording Lungs, had considered or attempted several different projects in the music industry, including an interest in becoming a singer, recording songs she had written, and collaborating with 's guitarist, but ultimately she was unsatisfied with those endeavors. Welch and Borrell wrote several songs together.

In 2007, Welch fronted the -influenced group Ashok, recording an early version of ', titled 'Happy Slap', for their debut, Plans. It was not until Welch began writing and recording with childhood friend at her small independent workplace, Antenna Studios, in London that Welch crafted a sound she wanted to develop further. Distraught but also inspired from a recently failed relationship, Welch recorded with 'enthusiasm over skills', stating 'I'm quite glad I never learned to play the guitar, because I think I'd write songs that were more classically structured. As it is, I've had to create my own way of writing, which isn't typical. Everything's a big crescendo'. For a brief while, Welch and Summers performed as a duo called Florence Robot/Isa Machine in small London venues.

Product Description. 2009 debut album from the hotly tipped UK outfit fonted by Florence Welch. Lungs, produced by Paul Epworth, James Ford and Steve. Nov 10, 2011  Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials (Deluxe Edition) (2011) Genre: Indie / Pop-Rock Country: UK Year: 2011 Audio codec: MP3 R.

Over the coming months, Robert Ackroyd (, ), Chris Hayden (,, backing vocals), Mark Saunders (, backing vocals) and Tom Monger () were recruited to form a band, renamed Florence and the Machine. Additionally, prior to being signed by in November 2008, Welch recalled conversing with several session and to help arrange her preferred style, which she explained was 'a wave of sound that would envelop, something that was soaring, slightly church-like and then-doomlike'. The band elected to record a shorter rendition of 'Kiss with a Fist' as their debut. Welch, however, began expanding upon the crude style which influenced 'Kiss with a Fist' by listening to more, particularly 's first album. The influence of the recordings would manifest itself on the concept she had devised for Lungs, which, according to Welch, was a 'scrapebook of the past five years.

It's about guilt, fear, love, death, violence, nightmares, [and] dreams'. Ultimately, the majority of Welch's earlier self-penned compositions were rejected for the album, except 'Kiss with a Fist' and 'Between Two Lungs', because they did not mesh well with the album's themes. Fortunately for the group, they rehearsed and improvised some of the material in the relaxed setting of Summers' studio, allowing Welch to refine the tribal drumming backdropping Lungs's tracks, most notably 'Dog Days Are Over'. Florence and the Machine recorded Lungs in the United Kingdom with five different producers—,,,, and Charlie Hugall. Most of the songs on the album were mixed. Florence and the Machine announced via their website on 24 September 2010 that Lungs would be re-released on 15 November as a two-disc package titled Between Two Lungs. The reissue features new sleeve art, liner notes by Welch, and a 12-track bonus CD including live versions, remixes, Welch's mashup collaboration with, 'You Got the Dirtee Love', and ', which was released as a single from the to.