Riffiter listeners rate Lungs 4.3/5 from 13 ratings.

When was Lungs released?

Lungs was released in 2009 on Moshi Moshi.

How many tracks are on Lungs?

Lungs has 20 tracks, with a runtime of 68 minutes.

Lungs is catalogued under Indie.

Lungs runs at a median tempo of 119 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.

What albums are similar to Lungs?

Listeners of Lungs also rate xx by The xx, AM by Arctic Monkeys, Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey.

Lungs was produced by Isabella Summers, James Ellis Ford, Charlie Hugall and Paul Epworth, among 6 credited in total. Isabella Summers produced 6 of them.

Album · 2009

Lungs

by Florence + the Machine

Lungs is a 2009 indie album by Florence + the Machine. It runs 20 tracks across 68 minutes on Moshi Moshi. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.3/5 from 13 ratings.

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4.3 /5
13 ratings: 79 /100
9 critics: 20
Tracks: 68 min
Runtime: 119 bpm
Tempo: C major
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Riffiter Jun 7, 2026
Lungs announced a voice that treats every song like a séance: harps, pounding toms and Florence Welch's hurricane contralto turn breakups into pagan rituals. "Dog Days Are Over" became inescapable; "Cosmic Love" out-dramatizes everything near it. Gothic maximalism as debut statement — overwrought by design, irresistible in practice.
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The A.V. ClubA−
Entertainment WeeklyA−
AllMusic4.5/5
The Observer4/5
Spin4/5
The Guardian4/5
Pitchfork7.2/10
Rolling Stone3.5/5
NME6/10
Metacriticaggregate79/100
AnyDecentMusic?aggregate7.3/10

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Lungs (10th Anniversary Edition)Anniversary edition · 2019 · 24 tracks
1. 1Dog Days Are Over
2. 2Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
3. 3I'm Not Calling You A Liar
4. 4Howl
5. 5Kiss With A Fist
6. 6Girl With One Eye
7. 7Drumming Song
8. 8Between Two Lungs
9. 9Cosmic Love
10. 10My Boy Builds Coffins
11. 11Hurricane Drunk
12. 12Blinding
13. 13You've Got The Love
14. 14Bird Song
15. 15My Boy Builds Coffins (Acoustic)
16. 16My Best Dress (Demo)
17. 17Donkey Kosh (Demo)
18. 18Hospital Beds
19. 19Falling
20. 20Ghosts (Demo)
21. 21Postcards From Italy (Demo)
22. 22Swimming
23. 23Are You Hurting The One You Love?
24. 24Oh! Darling (Live At Abbey Road, UK / 2009)

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Lungs is the debut album by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine, released on 3 July 2009 by Island Records. The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart for five weeks after its release. On 10 January 2010 the album returned to number two extending its stay at the runner-up spot to six non-consecutive weeks. The following week it reached its new peak position of number one for two consecutive weeks. So far it has spent sixty-five consecutive weeks within the top forty and thirty-three of those inside the top ten. It also peaked at number two for six weeks on the Irish Albums Chart.

The album was a main contender for the 2009 Mercury Prize and received largely positive reviews from music critics. Additionally, it won the MasterCard British Album award at the 2010 BRIT Awards. Lungs has sold more than three million copies worldwide. Florence and the Machine recorded Lungs in the United Kingdom with four different producers—Paul Epworth (who has previously worked with several other British artists, including Bloc Party, Maximo Park and Kate Nash), James Ford (who is part of the electro group Simian Mobile Disco), Stephen Mackey (former member of Pulp) and newcomer Charlie Hugall. Most of the songs on the album were mixed by Cenzo Townshend. The album is noted for having a much more expansive production than Florence and the Machine's previously recorded demos. Several songs on Lungs are about violence and death. When questioned about this by the NME, lead singer Florence Welch responded: "Well, what other subject is there? I remember realising that my parents were going to die and weeping. Weeping as if my father had actually died."

In brief

Is Lungs good?: Riffiter listeners rate Lungs 4.3/5 from 13 ratings.
When was Lungs released?: Lungs was released in 2009 on Moshi Moshi.
How many tracks are on Lungs?: Lungs has 20 tracks, with a runtime of 68 minutes.
What genre is Lungs?: Lungs is catalogued under Indie.
What BPM is Lungs?: Lungs runs at a median tempo of 119 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Lungs?: Listeners of Lungs also rate xx by The xx, AM by Arctic Monkeys, Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey.
Who produced Lungs?: Lungs was produced by Isabella Summers, James Ellis Ford, Charlie Hugall and Paul Epworth, among 6 credited in total. Isabella Summers produced 6 of them.