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Ceremonials by Florence And The Machine
Ceremonials is an album by Florence And The Machine, released in 2011. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 78 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Shake It Out”, on 53 lists with a best position of #3.
Ceremonials, Florence and the Machine's second album, landed on Island on 28 October 2011, and it treats restraint like a character flaw. Paul Epworth, who had already worked on 2009's Lungs, produced the whole standard edition, and across 2010 and 2011 he and the band built a cathedral-sized sound around Florence Welch's voice: harp, pounding drums, stacked backing vocals, all of it tilted toward baroque pop with a gothic chill.
Critics heard Kate Bush in it and praised the arrangements and the sheer force of Welch's singing. "What the Water Gave Me" came first as a teaser, "Shake It Out" became one of the band's biggest singles, and a Calvin Harris remix of "Spectrum (Say My Name)" gave them their first UK number-one single. The album opened at number one at home, cracked the American top ten for the first time, and drew a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Ceremonials on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shake It Out | 53 | #3 | – | 2011–2026 | |
| 2 | No Light, No Light | 11 | #16 | – | 2011–2025 | |
| 3 | What the Water Gave Me | 12 | #11 | – | 2011–2022 | |
| 4 | Spectrum | 2 | #14 | – | 2012 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.