- Record Label: Island
- Release Date: Jun 2, 2015
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Universal acclaim- based on 703 Ratings
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Positive: 626 out of 703
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Mixed: 23 out of 703
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Negative: 54 out of 703
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May 21, 2023Vai se tornar um clássico com certeza! Que album bom e envelhece tão bem também!
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Apr 17, 2023Perfeito do início ao fim, o maior dela. Gostaria que ela voltasse um pouco com essa pegada novamente. High as Hope alcançou isso.
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May 15, 2022With bigger than life instrumentals and soaring vocals Florence and the Machine continue to deliver an immaculate body of work.
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May 13, 2022One of the best albums of all time, could listen to this masterpiece of repeat forever.
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May 11, 2022
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Jan 7, 2022Florence Welch and her band deliver a solid progressive and atmospheric alternative piece. It's sultry and enchanting, like a magic spirit inviting you into the wonders of the woods... sometimes reaching a bit the edges of a theatrical snoozefest.
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Nov 26, 2021O álbum em si é ótimo,mas bônus tracks como conductor deveria fazer parte da versão original do álbum,mas Florence + The Machine se consagrou uma das melhores bandas de rock alternativo da história.
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May 25, 2021an album exploring the theme of emotional vulnerability in a barroque, master way.
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Apr 5, 2021En este álbum Florence nos lleva a través de un asombroso viaje que describe travesía para encontrarse a si misma.
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Jan 23, 2021Florence's third album feels sincere as ever, as if you were reading her poems right off her journal. It's almost perfect.
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Jan 19, 2021
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Oct 31, 2020Just another incredible work from Florence that proves her talent in all of that amazing album
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Aug 28, 2020this album is just epic ! the complexity behind some tracks like what kind of man ! or the expolosive queen of peace
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Jul 27, 2020
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May 30, 2020This is such an emotional album, definitely one of the best albums i've ever heard, like the whole Florence's discography. / Este é um álbum tão emocional, definitivamente um dos melhores álbuns que eu já ouvi, assim como toda a discografia da banda.
Top 5 tracks/músicas
5- Various Storms & Saints
4- Long & Lost
3- Make Up Your Mind
2- Hiding
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Apr 22, 2020It's Big. It's Blue. It's Beautiful. HBHBHB feels like the most personal and honest album, where I feel like we are best able to connect with the band as artists. There's a rawness behind most of the songs that leaves room to connect so deeply with their meaning.
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Mar 1, 2020On this very acclaimed work, Florence + The Machine brought back the real meaning to alternative/rock. 'How Big' still one of my personal favorite albums of all time, but the one thing that makes this album sound special is the 'Florence Package': deep lyrics + incredible instrumentals + great stories + spectacular voice, live and on studio.
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Feb 16, 2020Amazing, earth shattering, history making perfect álbum.
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Sep 8, 2019Truly one of the most solid and powerful albums of our generation. 10/10 an instant classic.
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Sep 1, 2019This is one of the best albums of all time. The lyrics are so pure and beautiful, melodies are magical and the aftertaste is something you cannot compare to any feeling you've ever felt.
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Jun 25, 2019How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is a great album with a lot of great songs. Hiding, Queen of Peace and What Kind of Man are just so great!!
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Jul 23, 2018I"ve been waiting almost 4 years for this album and i'm so happy with the result. How big, How blue, How beautiful is instantly my favorite of the year. F+TM are one of the best bands of our time. I'm just in love
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May 26, 2018Genre: Alternative
I've been a huge fan of Florence since her debut album back in 2009 and yet again she delivers. With her fantastic vocals I could listen to her sing anything (watch her "balls in your mouth" skit on Jimmy Fallon for proof) but her voice, combined with the sheer emotion she puts into every note, makes her my favourite artist around. Just a month to wait until her next album!!! -
Apr 8, 2018demasiado bueno, es el primer album que escucho de F+TM y realmente me gusto
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Jul 15, 2017Ship to Wreck - 10
What Kind of Man - 10
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful - 9
Queen of Peace - 10
Various Storms & Saints - 9
Delilah - 10
Long & Lost - 10
Caught - 8
Third Eye - 10
St Jude - 8
Mother - 10
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Dec 30, 2016This is an emotional iconic album, tracks so deeply and the chorus are the protagonists. The visuals are pure art, the booklet, the photoshoot are amazing. Simply, the best album of 2015
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Dec 20, 2016
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Jun 23, 2016the fact that they did a film for the album it's fantastic, i think that 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful' it's really over 'Lungs' and 'Ceremonials', why?, well, the production of songs like "Ship To Wreck" or "What Kind Of Man" are really great, they combine a lot of instruments as the album goes on, it's a travel to an odissey, as the film's name. Really Good Album and their best so far!
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May 23, 2016
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Mar 26, 2016Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork Pisou na Bjork
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Mar 10, 2016Tão profundo é o seu contexto ,HB³ é um álbum que envolve mais do que letras com intuito de fazer sucesso mas sim , toda a filosofia de Florence dentro de suas músicas e isso faz com que seus trabalho seja tão lindo e inigualável
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Feb 13, 2016Florence and the Machine, thank you for great job! "HBHBHB" - best album of 2015! I love this song! It's best album F+tM! Good luck om Grammy, Flo! XXX
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Jan 30, 2016How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful tem músicas fortes que te levam ao extremo com What Kind of Man, Queen of Peace, Delilah e Ship To Wreck e serenas que acalmam a alma como Long & Lost, St Jude.
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Jan 4, 2016This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 25, 2015We waited so much time for this! And it delivers! Its so different from the 2 other albums, yet its so Florence! I bet this album is gonna be nominated for best album at the Grammys next year, its one of the only ones that receives praise by both critics & fans!
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Nov 25, 2015This album is for gods... I love every single song in it, Florence + The Machine has done a great job. For a moment I thought that I was listening to Angels to sing and play their harps.
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Sep 28, 2015This record returns to the sound of Lungs in a lot of ways, abandoning some of the heavy electronic sounds in Ceremonials.
It doesn't have as quick an impact as either of her previous records. Some songs feel like filler, but it grows on you over time. -
Sep 26, 2015How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is the band's best record yet, as they create even grander musical statements but with less musical instruments. This album also contains a brass section in its third track which is the second best musical moment of the entire year, second only to Kendrick's "U" in To Pimp a Butterfly.
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Sep 13, 2015I was waiting a long for this and I'm not disappointed, this is great, I'm in love with Third Eye. I still don't know which is my F+TM favorite album because they are all great!!
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Sep 13, 2015No boundries are pushed here. Welch sounds the same as she did on the over produced "Ceremonials" which is a shame because I find her voice to be annoying and redundant now. "Third Eye" is the best song on the whole album, but even that one song coulden't save this ship from sinking. The biggest disappointemnt of 2015 by far.
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Sep 4, 2015esse album é um hinario de deus, como deus é lindo cantando gente, cd maravilhoso cheio de hinos! e a Florence tem uma voz incrivel, hinario que mereceu +100 verde tour
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Sep 1, 2015
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Aug 26, 2015What a wonderful masterpiece. This is the first Florence + the Machine album I hear and I really liked it, specially the songs "What Kind Of Man", "Caught", "Storms & Saints" and "Ship To Wreck". Florence's voice is pretty good. Let's go hear Ceremonials!
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Aug 17, 2015A perfect contribution by Florence + the Machine to the music. This album is a big jump in Florence's career because of the composition and lyrics that contains. The songs are amazing and the sounds of every one is such an hypnotic thing that you can't stop hearing. Very recommended. The best songs for me are 'Ship to Wreck', 'What Kind of Man', 'Queen of Peace' and 'Third Eye'.
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Aug 7, 2015The Intensely beautiful sound of Florence Mary Leontine Welch does not disappoint in this new album... though I think the album starts off stronger than it ends, I am inevitably left feeling moved with the album as a whole. I especially think "Ship To Wreck" and the album's title song are particularly moving.
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Jul 21, 2015Although the first songs that came out sound less orchestral that typical FATM, the whole album doesn't disappoint at all. What surprised me the most is that some of the most intense songs are bonus tracks.
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Jul 18, 2015A stunning, beautifully crafted album which ties together so many themes - life, love, self-destruction, longing, creation, connection to something bigger, transcendence, nature, duality. Her voice has never been more powerful and more free.
Be sure not to miss out on the glorious deluxe tracks.
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Jun 16, 2015
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Jun 16, 2015Oh dear, where to begin? I love her ability to give goosebumps and shed my tears in her sadder songs on this track (absolutely spectacular) and the ability to suddenly make me get up and dance to "What Kind of Man" or "Delilah". And my favorite is either "Delilah" or "Queen of Peace", I can't decide. I love the bonus tracks too! Weakest one..."As Far As I Could Get"
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Jun 14, 2015Not nearly as solid and coherent as Ceremonials and the main songs are not at the level of Lungs singles, this is such a disappointment specially with songs like HBHBHB
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Jun 14, 2015Much better than Ceremonials and Lungs!
simply Loved...................
Best songs '' Ship To Wreck '' '' What Kind of a Man '' '' How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful '' and Which Witch -
Jun 10, 2015"How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful" without a doubt is the second best Florence disc after Ceremonials. Without losing its essence, Florence bet more on alternative rock and nailed it. One of the best works of the year so far, Florence + The Machine deserves all the recognition in the world.
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Jun 8, 2015It is clear that F+TM would never make another album better than LUNGS. But HBHBHB could still be considered a satisfying one. The arrangements are kind disappointing without harps.
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Jun 8, 2015Florence has hit the jackpot with this beautiful cd of lost love songs.Immerse in it...so perfect and vocally crisp.A must-buy.Warm and cohesive listen.
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Jun 7, 2015Less eclectic than "Lungs," less bombastic than "Ceremonials," Florence + The Machine's latest album is more focused on introspection than those previous efforts, which sound more like escape attempts. "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful" shines with some of Florence's best, most unflinching lyrics, though the shift in style might leave some fans pining for a bit more of the old bombast.
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Jun 5, 2015Florence + The Machine sleep and wake up with all the amazing things how they ever do, it is a little of rock-dance, so special, lovely, big, blue and beautiful.
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Jun 5, 2015Florence has delivered a raw, introspective album after her grandiose sophomore album "Ceremonials" and has once again delivered, with many lyrical gems hidden throughout the songs.
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Jun 4, 2015A stunning album with songs that initially sound "smaller" than those on Ceremonials, but in fact warm to one's heart and puts it back together after ripping it apart. Absolutely mind-blowing. Lovely.
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Jun 4, 2015
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Jun 3, 2015Best album yet from F+TM. Lyrically it's amazing. Production is good, but not amazing.
Best Song: Third Eye
Standouts: Ship To Wreck, What Kind of Man, HBHBHB, Which Witch, Queen of Peace
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Jun 3, 2015Developed, intruiging stilistically, excellent vocals and a tremendous display of variety. I'm aware that a solid 10 is a ridiculous score, but despite my thorough disliking of some of the songs (mother, caught, delilah), this album might be her finest creation yet (hard to say as they are all pretty good)
best songs: long and lost, various storms and saints, queen of peace, what kind of man -
Jun 3, 2015This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 3, 2015Such an emotional and heartwrenching album. It's my Album of the Year so far, behind it would be Vulnicura, another break-up album. These kind of albums understand how it feels like to have your heart spit out like bubblegum, and so they hit harder than records by Katy Perrys or Taylor Swifts.
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Jun 2, 2015
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Jun 2, 2015Another good album from Florence + the Machine. Her vocals sound great as ever and these songs will be amazing live. Definitely worth a listen and a few replays..
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Jun 2, 2015This album is really good. "Florence + The Machine" "How Big How Blue How Beautiful" is the band best album. A very great pop album with outstanding vocals and lyrics from Florence Welch.
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Jun 2, 2015It's jarring if you're a hardcore Flo fan at first but after a few listens it is brilliant. You have to get your head around the difference of this album and her others before however when you appreciate the album in its glory then it is perfect and very enjoyable.
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Jun 2, 2015The almost whole album have some "Shake it Out" and "Spectrum" (songs of the 2011 previous album, "Ceremonials") beats. Songs like "Third Eye", "Caught" and "Hiding" remind us the first album of the band, "Lungs". But, in general, all the sound experience of Florence's potent voice, combined with the incredible instrumental stuff of "The Machine", is grateful as hell.
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Jun 2, 2015I love Florence + the Machine, but I cound not get this one... I don't know. I expected sooooo much, but now I'm desappointed, frustrated and disconsolate. I'll still listen What Kind of Man, Delilah and Ship To Wreck, because they are amazing musics, but the rest of the album... I pass, I'm so sorry... :(
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Jun 2, 2015This is incredibly personal and beautiful album by Florence + The Machine while still maintaining some of the upbeatness from Lungs and the darkness from Ceremonials
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Jun 2, 2015
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Jun 2, 2015Amazing Album! Florence just doesn't dare to disappoint. I loved the sweet and sad Various Storms and Saints and Long & Lost, the powerful rhytm and lyrics of Queen of Peace and Delilah. She is just as vocally powerful as ever
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Oct 8, 2015Third LP How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful dispenses with that ethos [positivity on the aftermath of heartbreak], embracing the raging/wallowing period that's delivered through biblical and Greek mythological references.
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Jul 9, 2015Some of the album's most memorable moments come when the power is dialed down, as with the moving "Long & Lost." But there's no denying how captivating this group can be when the arrangement allows them to fly free.
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Jun 15, 2015The greater the risk, the greater the reward. And I can think of no better reward than this album.