Florence & The Machine: Symphony of Lungs - BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall (2LP) [POLYDOR]

Why you'll love it

A 20-track 2LP set on 140g vinyl, with die-cut inner sleeves and a folded insert. It captures Florence Welch's first-ever BBC Proms appearance, at the Royal Albert Hall on September 11, 2024.

This edition

• 2LP set on 140g vinyl
• 20 tracks across four sides
• Die-cut paper inner sleeves
• Folded insert

About the album

There are anniversary shows, and then there's taking your debut album to the Royal Albert Hall with a full orchestra behind you. Florence Welch marked 15 years of Lungs at the BBC Proms, with Jules Buckley and his Orchestra reworking the songs that made her name, and the result sounds like it was always meant to be played this big, all swelling strings and that voice soaring up into the dome.

Lungs itself was a slow burner: it came out in July 2009, debuted at No. 2 and spent 28 straight weeks in the U.K. top 40 before finally reaching No. 1 in January 2010, picking up British Album of the Year at the Brits along the way. "Dog Days Are Over", "You've Got the Love" and "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" were always halfway to symphonic anyway, so hearing this material with an orchestra feels less like a makeover and more like a homecoming. It's a lovely companion to the studio album, and a fine excuse to turn the whole thing up loud. If you've only ever heard these songs through earbuds, prepare to be swept clean off your feet.

On Polydor, first out in 2024.