Album · Florence And The Machine
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful by Florence And The Machine
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is an album by Florence And The Machine, released in 2015. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 47 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Ship To Wreck”, on 26 lists with a best position of #3.
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, the third album from Florence and the Machine, came out on Island in 2015, and it finds Florence Welch returning from a year away with the drama dialled down and the nerves left exposed. Markus Dravs produced, and the band Welch founded with keyboardist Isabella Summers and guitarist Rob Ackroyd sounds leaner here: fewer layers, more room, with folk, blues and gospel pulling at the edges of the baroque pop.
The songs wrestle with personal conflicts and struggles, and Welch sings them like she's still in the middle of the fight. "What Kind of Man", "Ship to Wreck" and "Delilah" were singles, and "St. Jude" joined them on the countdowns. It gave the band a third straight UK number one and their first US chart-topper, earned five Grammy nominations and made the 2015 Mercury Prize shortlist.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ship To Wreck | 26 | #3 | – | 2015–2026 | |
| 2 | What Kind Of Man | 14 | #4 | – | 2015–2024 | |
| 3 | Delilah | 5 | #12 | – | 2015–2016 | |
| 4 | Queen of Peace | 1 | #34 | – | 2015 | |
| 5 | St. Jude | 1 | #84 | – | 2015 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.