- indie rock, rock, alternative rock, art rock
- 70 min
- 16 tracks
- Island
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is the third studio album by the English indie rock band Florence and the Machine, released on 29 May 2015 by Island Records. After her year-long break from music, the lead vocalist, Florence Welch, returned to configure the album, recording material that dealt with personal conflicts and struggles.
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Character-led, grave, spare and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 77/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.4/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Billboard4/5 ★
- The Daily Telegraph4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork7.6/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin7/10
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Tracks
- 1Ship to Wreck3:55
- 2What Kind of Man3:36
- 3How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful5:35
- 4Queen of Peace5:07
- 5Various Storms & Saints4:09
- 6Delilah4:53
- 7Long & Lost3:15
- 8Caught4:24
- 9Third Eye4:20
- 10St. Jude3:45
- 11Mother5:50
- 12Hiding3:53
- 13Make Up Your Mind4:01
- 14Which Witch (demo)4:19
- 15Third Eye (demo)4:16
- 16How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (demo)4:33
16 tracks, 70 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Florence + the Machine
- Label
- Island
- Released
- May 29, 2015
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- BE
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