Is this Florence and The Machine's best song?

[Velvet Night]

WKOM is definitely one of her best songs, but my favourite will always be Queen of Peace.
 

You know it really says something about how amazing Florence is that there are so many different answers to this! 

 

[Florence Belch]

7 hours ago, stevyy said:

I can't not let 'yall know that HBHBHB is one of my lifetime soulmate albums.

 

My soulmate artist. 

 

According to my LastFM: (October 2011 - present)

 

01 - 3,895 streams - Dance Fever

02 - 3,170 streams - How Big How Blue How Beautiful

03 - 1,911 streams - High As Hope

04 - 1,104 streams - Ceremonials

05 - 529 streams - Lungs

 

Lives:

01 - 625 streams - Symphony of Lungs

02 - 381 streams - MTV Unplugged

02 - 209 streams - Dance Fever LIve from MSG

 

12,832 lifetime streams.

Ooooooh, you absolutely devoured by stanning Dance Fever so hard: just for Cassandra alone, that album is magic

 

What is your favorite live arrangement on Symphony of Lungs?

[Florence Belch]

3 hours ago, Rafael said:

Seeing this thread makes me kinda sad to see that F+TM is very underrated compared to the masterpiece of a catalog they have. They should x10 bigger than they already are.

Knowing how big of an introvert, private person Florence is, and how Lungs' and Ceremonials' successes made her spiral in the alcool abuse, I think their current success is the best they could ask for.

 

I'm tempted to do an ultimate ATRL megarate of their discography in the upcoming months, since they are so universally loved

[amamoy]

Cosmic Love is to me, but WKOM is great too

 

2 hours ago, Florence Belch said:

Knowing how big of an introvert, private person Florence is, and how Lungs' and Ceremonials' successes made her spiral in the alcool abuse, I think their current success is the best they could ask for.

 

I'm tempted to do an ultimate ATRL megarate of their discography in the upcoming months, since they are so universally loved

Oh, that's a great idea! 

[greento]

2 hours ago, Florence Belch said:

I'm tempted to do an ultimate ATRL megarate of their discography in the upcoming months, since they are so universally loved

YES please this is a need 

[stevyy]

3 hours ago, Florence Belch said:

Ooooooh, you absolutely devoured by stanning Dance Fever so hard: just for Cassandra alone, that album is magic

 

What is your favorite live arrangement on Symphony of Lungs?

I have many.

The first track I always go to because it was the first song by her that I stanned obsessedly, is Rabbit Heart.

But then You've got the Love totally mesmerized me as well upon first listen. 

 

Howl is also up there! Also: Swiming!!!

 

BTW, my streams which I have posted, are not comprehensive, especially for Lungs which came out before I tracked my streams. Plus, I only got Spotify in 2017. So everything before that was scrobbled via bought digital products and in the early 2010s my music consumption from CD was still like 40%. 

 

I remember it vididly:

 

The year was 2011. I was in my tiny dorm room at University here in GER. Florence dropped Ceremonials. I bought it via amazon.de (at the time amazon gave you the digital version when you bought the CD. So I downloaded the digital album, since my CD had just been ordered. I burnt in on a CD, plugged it in my good stereo system which I had. Then I lay myself down on my bed, pressed play and Only If For a Night alone made me leave my body. I've had this type of body-leaving experience 3 times in my life:

 

first time: Butterfly by Mariah

2nd time: MTV Unplugged by Alanis

3rd time: Ceremonials by Florence

 

It was then and there... in which I lay in my bed, eyes closed and I thought to myself: I can never die because then I couldn't listen to this music anymore. 

 

I imprint on artists. I never let go of them. They stay with me forever. 

 

That is why to this very day my alltime ranking is stuck with the ever same people. 

[1989]

3 hours ago, Florence Belch said:

I'm tempted to do an ultimate ATRL megarate of their discography in the upcoming months, since they are so universally loved

PLEASE I would be so here for this 

[Mikeymoonshine]

She has so many great songs so no but I love this one. Definitely one of my faves from HBHBHB. My fave is probably Shake it Off or What The Water gave me. I love the way she sings those. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Mikeymoonshine

[1989]

No, her best song is Breaking Down, which also happens to be in the top 5 songs of all time 

[JoeAg]

don't know why the video ain't working for me, mess  but yeah I do love What Kind of Man!

 

I think their best song overall though is a tie between Never Let Me Go and The Bomb  two perfect chansons

[Florence Belch]

56 minutes ago, stevyy said:

I have many.

The first track I always go to because it was the first song by her that I stanned obsessedly, is Rabbit Heart.

But then You've got the Love totally mesmerized me as well upon first listen. 

 

Howl is also up there! Also: Swiming!!!

 

BTW, my streams which I have posted, are not comprehensive, especially for Lungs which came out before I tracked my streams. Plus, I only got Spotify in 2017. So everything before that was scrobbled via bought digital products and in the early 2010s my music consumption from CD was still like 40%. 

 

I remember it vididly:

 

The year was 2011. I was in my tiny dorm room at University here in GER. Florence dropped Ceremonials. I bought it via amazon.de (at the time amazon gave you the digital version when you bought the CD. So I downloaded the digital album, since my CD had just been ordered. I burnt in on a CD, plugged it in my good stereo system which I had. Then I lay myself down on my bed, pressed play and Only If For a Night alone made me leave my body. I've had this type of body-leaving experience 3 times in my life:

 

first time: Butterfly by Mariah

2nd time: MTV Unplugged by Alanis

3rd time: Ceremonials by Florence

 

It was then and there... in which I lay in my bed, eyes closed and I thought to myself: I can never die because then I couldn't listen to this music anymore. 

 

I imprint on artists. I never let go of them. They stay with me forever. 

 

That is why to this very day my alltime ranking is stuck with the ever same people. 

Rabbit Heart is such a special song for them too, so I understand what you're feeling about it! Mine is always Howl, one of their best live songs, since it sounds even more grandious than it already is! 

 

Ceremonials is really out of this world, Only If For A Night is easily in the top 5 of their best songs ever

[Florence Belch]

1 hour ago, amamoy said:

Cosmic Love is to me, but WKOM is great too

 

Oh, that's a great idea! 

 

1 hour ago, greento said:

YES please this is a need 

 

58 minutes ago, 1989 said:

PLEASE I would be so here for this 

Perfect, y'all and the overwhelmingly positive response here have convinced me! By mid December I'll make it, so ATRL can finally have its big Florence moment 

Edited 57 minutes ago by Florence Belch

[stevyy]

13 minutes ago, Florence Belch said:

Rabbit Heart is such a special song for them too, so I understand what you're feeling about it! Mine is always Howl, one of their best live songs, since it sounds even more grandious than it already is! 

 

Ceremonials is really out of this world, Only If For A Night is easily in the top 5 of their best songs ever

Earlier this year, I was obsessed with her cover of Drake's song Take Care which is also on Ceremonials (Deluxe). 

 

Florence has the ability to make dull rap tunes sound majestic and out of this world. 

 

I hope that we're getting a Symphony of Ceremonials in the future as well. 

 

BTW I am aware that I'm calling them, her. But it is my way of expressing my love for Florence Welch who I think is one of the greatest artists that has ever lived at this point. 

 

Whenever I hear her sit down for an interview and then I hear her speak with this ultra gentle voice... the politeness, the shyness... I'm done. Florence is so humble. (and then on stage, she explodes). 

Edited 48 minutes ago by stevyy

[Littlejfrey]

Yes and the video elevates the song even more, if it's possible