This is the fan-made album artwork that happened to be on the one I downloaded forever ago, and I liked it so much that I just keep it whenever I include the instrumentals in my library:.
This album has a lot of singles, and all of them are fantastic. The second single, as also already mentioned, was Dog Days Are Over. This is not, however, a bad thing. This is one of those instances where a label asks for something, gets exactly the opposite of what they want, and it ends up marketing well and the artist still gets to be themselves: Rabbit Heart is backed by an infectiously joyful melody, a hip-hop infused dance beat, and bright pianos, but the lyrics are quite dark in their way.
The fourth single is a juggernaut calling Drumming Song. This song is probably the most insanely infectious song on the album, and certainly one of my favorite singles, though choosing a favorite is hard. Remember: single version. Completely new vocal track. The music video features Florence dancing around on a giant crescent moon amongst a party of lovers, with confetti flying through the air.
At the BRIT awards, Florence performed a live version of the song, featuring verses added by rapper Dizzee Rascal, and this was released as the next single from the album. Your only chance of getting it would be to rip the audio from the music video. A Lot of Blood. Disc 1 standard song tracklisting found on the regular edition. The deluxe version includes entirely new songs, some demos of old songs, and one alternate version.
Bird Song is split into two parts: the first song is a minute and a half intro to the song. The two parts of the song have never been combined into one track. On the Austrlian version of the deluxe edition is the first appearance of my favorite Florence song, which was also the first Florence song I heard: Swimming. I would like to get my hands on the box set one of these days, but as of now it has become somewhat expensive and hard to find.
You can still get it in her official webstore though. Disc 1 standard song tracklisting from the regular edition. There had been an EP released featuring six songs from this performance, but with the exception of Drumming Song and Girl With One Eye, all of the performances had never before been released Drumming Song and Girl With One Eye, while still the same performances, have are extended a bit and include more of Florence chatting with her band-mates and tuning of some instruments.
Not much difference, but still, it is technically a newly released recording. This version is probably a demo of the song that was either leaked and mislabeled by file-sharers, or released by accident in place of the final version.
The demo differs from the final version in that the first chorus features different vocals, Florence belts out the chorus instead of singing the low refrain, and there are some subtle differences in the instrumental track, including some sound effects that were either diminished or completely removed in the final version. If you want to go hunting for this version, the best thing you can do is look for the Eclipse soundtrack on the internet.
While the final version of Heavy In Your Arms is included on any official release of the Eclipse soundtrack meaning, any release that you purchase legally , rifling through illicit versions the soundtrack or just searching for the song itself might yield the mislabeled demo version of Heavy In Your Arms.
The most distinctive difference between the demo and the final version are the first-chorus vocals, which are not the same vocals used in the second chorus, but a completely unique vocal that was cut from the final version of the song.
And so, we have one more release to cover. When I compile B-Sides, I have them formatted with studio tracks first, then soundtrack contributions, then live performances. There are a ton of remixes of songs from Lungs, featured in various places.
There is one more element of Lungs to tackle: demos. There are quite a lot of them, and finding them can be somewhat time consuming. Florence Welch and her longtime calloborator Isabella Summers have, as a band, undergone many name changes. Isa is still an active member of the band and co-wrote many of the songs on Lungs. I enjoy that Lungs is all over the place, it makes it a treasure trove.
There are no rejects, I enjoy everything she has ever done, I enjoy every officially released song, most covers, and all of her demos.
Thanks for reading, and enjoy! The anniversary edition is also the first official release of their cover of Postcards From Italy despite some wikipedia articles saying it was a B-Side to Kiss With A Fist , and most importantly, the incredibly rare and difficult to find studio acoustic version of My Boy Builds Coffins that up until now was only available on that obscure Drumming Song vinyl single that was only sold through the Florence and the Machine store not to be confused with the EP that included the acoustic Dog Days Are Over, Rabbit Heart, and Drumming Song OR the remix EP that included the Jack Beats remix and the Boy 8-bit remix, like everything during the Lungs era there were a million versions of it.
Although of everything from the tenth anniversary release, my favorite thing has to be that this alternate cover art for Lungs was finally released in high quality, up until now we only had scans from the box set edition of Lungs. I think she took some of the concepts from Lungs and expanded on them, and ran with a particular sound. You can hear early versions of her evolved sound in songs like Blinding, Cosmic Love, and Hurricane Drunk. I think she enjoys more exploring this kind of soundscape style that slowly builds.
Every song is a five minute explosion with choirs and tambourines and organs and it feels a bit meandering to me. With all that being said, please enjoy this fantastic high quality shot from the Lungs photoshoot that was finally released in full size for the tenth anniversary!
And thanks to all the people who have read and commented on this post over the years. How did you find all that information? I read all of it. And I also like Bedroom Hymns. Bedroom Hymns is one of my favorites from Ceremonials as well. My all-time favorite Florence song is probably Howl or Swimming. Oh, and the rest of your blog looks like a really interesting read as well.
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