On May 29, 2015, “Island” label released “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”, the third Florence and the Machine studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “The Pool”, “Angel”, “Urchin”, “Lightship”, “123”, “Sarm Studio”, and “No. 1 Baltic Place” in London, “Bedrock Rehearsal” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Markus Dravs, Kid Harpoon, John Hill, Paul Epworth, James Ford, Charlie Hugall, Isabella Summers, Brett Shaw and Dan Wilson.
Personnel:
- Florence Welch – lead and backing vocals, body percussion, stamps, claps, piano, percussion
- Rob Ackroyd – acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele
- Leo Abrahams – acoustic and electric guitar
- Kid Harpoon – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, piano, CP 70 synth, drums, percussion, bass, brass writing, brass arrangements
- Alex Beitzke – guitar
- Steve Jones – electric guitar
- Rusty Bradshaw – piano
- Orlando Leopard – piano, bass, harmonium, organ, additional arrangements
- Iain Berryman – piano, harmonium, acoustic guitar, body percussion, cornet
- James Hallawell – Hammond organ, Farfisa, piano, organ
- Isabella Summers – Rhodes organ, synths, bass, keys, strings, stamps, claps, drums, percussion, programming
- Robin Baynton – Rhodes organ, piano, organ
- Mark Saunders – bass
- Richard Pryce – bass
- Lucy Shaw – bass
- Chris Hayden – drums, percussion
- Matt Ingram – drums, percussion
- James Ford – drums, percussion, guitar, bass, piano, keys, synth, programming, woodwind arrangements
- Paul Epworth – drums, percussion, bass, guitar, synths, organ
- Charlie Hugall – percussion, programming
- Brett Shaw – additional percussion
- Tom Monger – harp
- Markus Dravs – glockenspiel, percussion, synths, bass synth, programming, body percussion, electric guitar, woodwind arrangements
- Janelle Martin – backing vocals
- Nim Miller – backing vocals
- Baby N’Sola – backing vocals
- John Hill – synths, brass writing, brass arrangements
- Wayne Francis – saxophone
- John Barclay – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
- Philip Cobb – trumpet, flugel trumpet
- Andy Crowley – trumpet
- Tom Rees-Roberts – trumpet
- Nick Walters – trumpet
- Daniel Newell – trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugel
- Adman Dayes – trombone
- Andy Wood – trombone, Euphonium
- Richard Edwards – tenor trombone
- Nigel Black – French horn
- Pip Eastop – French horn
- Sam Jacobs – French horn
- Elise Campbell – French horn
- Oren Marshall – tuba
- Eliza Marshall – flute, alto flute
- Ed Tarrant – Euphonium
- Rebecca Wood – oboe, Cor Anglais
- Pete Harrison – bassoon
- Pete Prokopiw – harp, cimbalom, programming
- Will Owen – brass arrangements, string arrangements
- Ali Helnwein – brass arrangements, string arrangements, strings
- Sally Herbert – orchestration, conducting, flute arrangements, brass arrangements, string arrangements, brass orchestration, brass conducting, woodwind arrangements
- Ian Humphries – violin
- Ian Belton – violin
- Emlyn Singleton – violin
- Patrick Kiernan – violin
- Julia Singleton – violin
- John Smart – violin
- Ann Morfee – violin
- Natalia Bonner – violin
- Sonia Slany – violin
- Gillon Cameron – violin
- Ciaran McCabe – violin
- Alison Dods – violin
- Everton Nelson – violin
- Rick Koster – violin
- Oli Langford – violin
- Bruce White – viola
- Nick Barr – viola
- Fiona Bonds – viola
- Ian Rathbone – viola
- Max Baillie – viola
- Rachel Robson – viola
- Ian Burdge – cello
- Chris Worsey – cello
- Nick Cooper – cello
- Sophie Harris – cello
- Benson – additional keys, programming, flute arrangements, brass arrangements, string arrangements, backing vocals
- Robin Baynton – engineer, strings recording, brass recording, flute recording, woodwind recording
- Mat Bartram – brass recording, strings recording, flute recording, engineer
- Ronan Phelan – brass recording assistant, strings recording assistant, flute recording assistant
- Joe Kearns – engineer
- Jimmy Robertson – engineer
- Charlie Hugall – engineer, mixing
- Jonathan Sagis – engineer assistant
- Iain Berryman – engineer assistant, additional engineering
- Dan Cox – additional engineering
- Brett Shaw – engineer, mixing
- Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
- Craig Silvey – mixing
- Eduardo de la Paz – mixing assistant
- Will Donbavand – mixing assistant
- Ben Roulston – engineer
- Alex Beitzke – engineer
- Geoff Swan – mixing assistant
- John Catlin – mixing assistance
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Tabitha Denholm – creative direction, insert photography
- Brian Roettinger – art direction
- Tom Beard – cover photography, insert photography
- Vincent Haycock – insert photography
Track listing:
- Ship to Wreck – Florence Welch, Tom Hull
- What Kind of Man – Florence Welch, Tom Hull, John Hill
- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
- Queen of Peace – Florence Welch, Markus Dravs
- Various Storms & Saints – Florence Welch, Markus Dravs
- Delilah – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
- Long & Lost – Florence Welch, Ester Dean
- Caught – Florence Welch, James Ford
- Third Eye – Florence Welch
- St. Jude – Florence Welch, James Ford
- Mother – Florence Welch, Paul Epworth
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