How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
by Florence + The Machine
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Florence + The Machine bestography
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Florence + The Machine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Florence + The Machine is Lungs which is ranked number 722 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,373.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | stanchoiaz | Top 34 Music Albums of 2015 | 9/34 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  RasmV | Top 57 Music Albums of 2015 | 29/57 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | 2015 Honorable Mentions | 14/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 16/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zdwyatt | Top 61 Music Albums of 2015 | 34/61 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 234 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,179 | |||
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How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/25/2026 06:46 | ASOARE | 2,540 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2026 05:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,782 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2026 07:01 |  serpico | 912 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5417): By Tamthebam BestEverAlbums 08/19/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5409): By bermolder
Purplepash 07/14/2025 10:19 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful comments
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My favourite Florence + The Machine album. There's no bad song or filler in this album, and Florence's voice is tremendous. One of the best of 2015, it's beautiful! (Edited)
Vatsal TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/24/2020 12:41 | #254406 | TOP COMMENT
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This is honestly the best Florence and the machine record. consistent. cohesive. catchy. complex. No duds, no fluff, no filler stuff. Just a straight-up practically flawless album. (Edited)
zags7000 06/04/2015 08:32 | #142985 | TOP COMMENT
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It's very tough to follow up her previous work and no this isn't as great as those. However, this still holds up as a really strong album.
By far not as great as Ceremonials. Don't like the new style that much. Florence, get back to your great, mysterious art pop as quick as you can!
Have never heard the previous two albums despite them selling more than this one. Agree with another commentary, no filler tracks. All wonderful. Great voice. (Edited)
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