How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (studio album)
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 746 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,332.
(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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| ! | 12/14/2025 01:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,416 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 19:54 | Araldo | 1,469 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2025 19:43 | araidernomore | 411 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 02:06 |  Special | 2,660 | 72/100 |
| ! | 10/21/2025 06:46 | stanchoiaz | 196 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Although the hits are not as big the songs are overall more consistent making for a strong album. 9/10!
Its possible their best album, enjoyable listen.
This was the first Florence I got. Liked it so it made me explore some of her others. Was quite disappointed with them. In my opinion this is her best by a long shot.
How enormous, how cerulean, how gorgeous ~ I love this album. It brings me joy in an otherwise less than joyful world.
Also find this to be Florence's best record. Not as repetitive as the bombastic arena baroque pop from previous records can get. More interesting to the ear as well, tonal shifts, nice instrumentation and the usual pretty strong songwriting.
I used to not like it as much but then i found out that i had been listening to the "deluxe" version and the tracks i didnt care for were all bonus tracks.
Vatsal 06/24/2020 12:41 | #254406
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.
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.
I like it more than Ceremonials. Ship to Wreck is an amazing song, What Kind of Man and Queen of Peace are really good. Some filler tracks, but overall, it's an enjoyable album
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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!
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