Hardest of Hearts

Her entire verse is pretty much influenced by the specific story "Eyewall" in the book  

On 1/19/2024 at 11:26 AM, lanaismamom said:

so after summirizing everything i could make this list (excluding officially released demos, all covers and live variations) (i will also compose masterpost out of leaked stuff later):

1 Pre F+TM

— Ashok - Plans (released, 2007)
1. A New Year's Anxiety
2. Lean From The Middle
3. Sunday
4. Radix
5. Always Ashok
6. Franky Boy
7. Under The Thumb
8. Decadence
9. Geri Gigolo
10. Slow Tune
11. Happy Slap (Will later become Kiss With A Fist)

— Florrible and Misrabella (Unreleased Someone Spilt Snakebite On My Espadrille EP, 2008, some copies of the CD exist)

1. Little Donkey (Early version of Donkey Kosh)
2. The Troublemaker (Unleaked)
3. Small Hands
4. Halloween
5. Filthy Fingers (Early version of Girl With One Eye)
6. Bad Diet (Unleaked)
7. Disco Soldiers (Unleaked)
8. Love Rat (Unleaked)

— Unreleased
• Tear Out My Tongue (Ye Olde Hope)

2. F+TM
Unreleased Songs
— Lungs:
• Bricks
• Paper Massacre (Unfinished, snippet leaked)
• Unknown Unfinished Song (Possibly The Hanging Song, Alex James from article: That was one of those sessions where you just stand back and watch. I was banging away on a Gibson 335. I knew it was brilliant at the time but one song in particular was never finished, there wasn't even any bass on it. It's like listening to Aretha Franklin.)

• Sinking (produced by Alex James, might be the same as Swimming, or alternate version of Swimming)
• The Hanging Song (produced by Borell, 2007, unleaked)
• Building Bricks (produced by Borell, 2007, unleaked)
• Coffin Song (My Boy Builds Coffins Unleaked Version)
• The Building Song (registered, might be the same as Building Bricks)

• No Falling Stars (Cosmic Love Demo, unleaked)

• Box Song (unleaked)

— Ceremonials:

• I Still Bleed Red
• Love Note
• Oh Eden
• Contours
• No. 1 With A Bullet
• I Can Run
• Reunion
• Made Of Stone
• Gram Of Life (Breath of Life Demo, another alternate title is Snow White And The Huntsman)
• It’s Alright (Lover to Lover Demo)
• If Only For Tonight (Only If For A Night Demo)

• Soak (Unconfirmed)

— How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful:
• Honey Like (leaked)
• Tantalus (leaked)
• I Wanna Be With You
• Unbeliever

• Within and Without
• Constellation (side project, snippet leaked)
• "Sisters" (snippet leaked, title is unknown, said to be early HBHBHB era)

• Let Me Leave (Make Up Your Mind Demo, snippet leaked)
• Mother (Demo; the part 7 of the Odyssey series, snippet appeared)
• Paper Massacre (Possible rework of the song during HBHBHB sessions)
• All Magic Gone (Unconfirmed)

— High As Hope:
• Baptize
• Covered In Blood (WTF)

• To Be Human (co-written by Florence, recorded by Sia & Labrinth, version by Florence exists, most likely a side project, that wasn't meant for her album, snippet leaked)

• Easier (co-written by Florence, recorded by CamelPhat ft. LOWES, version by Florence exists, most likely a side project, that wasn't meant for her album, snippet leaked)
• God Lay Low/Veronica's Hymn (Appeared in the HBO Series The Third Day, most likely a side project, that wasn't meant for her album)
• Mirage (Registered alongside Light Of Love)
• Strange Friendship (unleaked)
• Moderation (Demo, unleaked)

• South London Forever (Demo in circulation)

— Dance Fever:
• My Love (Demo)
• Mermaids (Demo)
• 3 Unknown Demos
 

Leaked Demos 
• Donkey Kosh (Leaked Version)
• My Best Dress (Leaked Version)

• Don’t Tell Me (Alternate Version of I’m Not Calling You a Liar/Ghosts)

• I’m Not Calling You A Liar (Ukulele Version)
• Girl With One Eye (Demo)

• Swimming (Demo)
• Throwing Bricks (Bricks Alternate Version)

• Falling (Demo)

• Between Two Lungs (Demo)

• Bird Song (Alternate Version)
• Birds Song (Demo)
• Bird Song (Acapella)

• My Boy Builds Coffins (Demo)
 

 

huh I made one of these a while ago but there are some differences here...

Oh Eden is believed to have been slated for how big

Within and Without is an alternate title for Over the Love (or could be another version I guess) - so would be more like Ceremonials

Easier and To Be Human were songs she never intended for herself (written for other people), but yes the working demos exist

God Lays Low was only intended to be performed for the on the HBO The Third Day series - not an album

Baptize is technically a "side project" as well - a demo she did with Silk City, the song became Dua Lipa's Electricity

I have never heard of Soak or All Magic Gone (... where did you hear of them, now I'm super curious hahaha)

None of the things under the Ceremonials heading have been leaked – or at least, haven't circulated in like 10 years (... again would be soooo interested if you know different?)

Have also only ever heard the original Paper Massacre + fan edits of it (... spill the tea lol)

 

 

 

On 2/14/2022 at 2:01 AM, Cherry Blossom said:

i used to have one but then she found out and her team emailed me asking me to remove it  i’ll try and complete a google drive over the next few weeks

I posted a copy of my reddit one here a while back... but I keep the Reddit one updated: https://www.reddit.com/r/FlorenceAndTheMachine/comments/nxmk2u/florence_unreleasedunofficialalternate/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

If you want a link or download to anything specific let me know

 

23 hours ago, DaddyKnows said:

We need her Easier demo. Florence's side projects are always great.

 

the fact that it definitely exists some where in the world drives me insane (the snippet is so good)

On 10/2/2021 at 8:22 AM, HigherThanHope said:

I feel like we would've heard about Ceremonials if it was happening; if another 1-2 MAX week(s) go(es) by with no updates, then it's def not. 

 

Feel like COVID Vinyl production put a stop to this if it was ever planned, sadly. 

 

I mean – as far as I know – the 10th anniversary Lungs edition wasn't announced until it was released on the actual anniversary date (there were obviously rumours beforehand but nothing close to official) so maybe...

But definitely the production issue could be a problem.

On 9/15/2021 at 2:19 PM, DeadSeaOfMercury said:

Have we heard anything about a ceremonials 10th anniversary vinyl box set with deluxe tracks, demos and such?

 

We have not heard anything, but I have some theories (ok, more like wishes) which maybe mean its likely:

1. Ceremonials is the only one out the 4 albums which hasn't had some limited/special/collectors/etc release... so I mean, it would make a lot of sense to release one

2. Ceremonials is probably their most well known album (kinda when she was becoming most popular)... so again, 10th anniversary edition would probably do quite well

3. There is SO MUCH fcking unreleased material from around this time it hurts – 6 titles (Contours, Love Note, Made of Stone, No. 1 with a Bullet, Oh Eden, Reunion) which – according to repertory listings – fit right in with other ceremonials tracks (another 2 titles, I Can Run & I Still Bleed Red, are also possible, but they seem to be just post-ceremonials era)

 

So yeah, I'm putting this out in the universe and hopefully it becomes a reality... would also looooovvveee to see a studio-quality acoustic version of Spectrum (ugh its so good) on there...

 

On 9/21/2021 at 11:11 AM, Glitter Boy said:

if Paper Massacre makes it Imma scream. Kinda remember one of the members of the band saying the song was being reworked before HBHBHB, so maybe they finished it, it didn't fit any of the further albums, and they could consider it for Ceremonials 10? Right?  

Sorry, I just need that song in full HQ. And any other from the era. It would be awesome. Please no more covers / demos.

 

I honestly don't think it was ever finished  the last (and maybe only) time I remember her talking about it was a 2012 interview where she says "I quite like it...maybe I'll fix it up for fun" – I feel like if that happened, we would know by now (just because it's so hyped)

On 8/22/2021 at 12:12 PM, Glitter Boy said:

An upscale indicates that a song was encoded to show a higher quality register when the file itself is lower quality. For example, if I have a 128 kbps song and I use a converter to FLAC, I can say "hey, here you have a FLAC file!" but then I check the spectrum of its quality (through a tool titled Spek) and it shows it's not real lossless. Here you have an example (using a different song, it's a screenshot of the Spek tool but I wrote the approximate values of the qualities according to where do the colors top):

 

A lossless looks like this:

 

And the Conductor file in the folder shows like this:

 

Thus, it must be around 128 kbps, but it was encoded to be FLAC/ALAC and it shows an apparent higher quality of 786 kbps, but it does not have that quality.

Sorry for the long reply, I just thought it would be easier to understand it using screenshots

 

Sorry I don't check this board that often – but thanks for that explanation!! 

and that makes A LOT of sense... apparently I accidentally opened the .mp3 in RX and then saved it as a .wav (oops)

Just re-uploaded them with the proper one + made sure all the .mp3 are now 320 kbps 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4rwfuk5sfmzv8ks/AAD_OutIT_SupljOPYRPkuJha?dl=0  

 

4 hours ago, Glitter Boy said:

Conductor is an upscale  but the other two are certainly higher quality than the ones I had! Thanks for sharing  

No problem!... also wait what do you mean by "upscale"?

On 7/16/2021 at 11:25 AM, Glitter Boy said:

This is all I could find! I'm only missing Pure Feeling and Conductor (they were just 128 kbps YouTube rips and I didn't want to add anything below 320), An Offering Demo, Cosmic Love acoustic and Hurricane Drunk acoustic. I was pretty sure I had them but I think I no longer have them  but I put the rest there!

  Reveal hidden contents

https://dbree.org/v/96df2a

Here are the three HBHBHB "extras" from my library if you'd like them: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4rwfuk5sfmzv8ks/AAD_OutIT_SupljOPYRPkuJha?dl=0 – Lossless HQ Audio files and regular MP3 files.

On 7/3/2021 at 9:04 PM, 88AYM said:

Is there a dl link to everything on that list? Thanks so much for sharing!

(oops sorry this reply is so late) Most of them can be found on youtube. If you want any specific ones though, I have the majority downloaded in my music library, so let me know and I'll make a dropbox or something.

 

11 hours ago, lanaismamom said:

there are 4 snippets of florence, heres one of them

https://dbree.me/v/60f4b0

is it new material or like past projects outtakes? 

 

Freaked out a little when I found these a few weeks ago – was honestly concerned it was new material/at first (which I really don't think is chill) so I didn't breathe a word about them lol.

But, at least 3 of them are "old"... yes the 3rd one seems like some kind of alternative to make up your mind.

The other songs already exist, but she (co)wrote them... 1st is her singing To Be Human (Sia ft. Labrinth) from the Wonder Woman soundtrack. Sounds like (most of) the intro verse, pre-chorus, and then some random single lines.

4th is Easier (CamelPhat ft. LOWES). Second half of the first verse, chorus, and a bit of the second verse.

I have tried to find what the 2nd clip is of, but haven't been able to, SO now I'm going to pretend I never heard it

On 3/23/2021 at 2:24 PM, ultr4vilnce said:

is there a masterpost somewhere of all florence's unreleased? im tired of using youtube </3

 

Okay so, this is a list of everything I have that isn't part of the 4 main albums and their related deluxe editions/singles/EPs (basically I'm listing pre-FATM, collabs, demos/acoustic versions, covers, unreleased, etc). I'm sure a few things may be missing, but my collection is pretty extensive lol. There are some random songs she's done backing vocals for that I didn't include because she's barely in them. I also didn't include tracks which sample her songs. The first 3 sections are in a somewhat chronological order (definitely not exact at all), I tried with the last section, but she’s done so many covers over the years and I kinda gave up.

 

Pre-FATM and Unreleased/Unofficial/Lesser known songs

Sunday (Ashok) - Florence sings on the majority of the band’s tracks but this is the only one which is just her

Happy Slap (Ashok) - Became Kiss With A Fist

Halloween - “Florrible and Misrabella”

Small Hands - “Florrible and Misrabella”

Little Donkey - “Florrible and Misrabella”

Bricks + Throwing Bricks

Tear Out My Tongue/Ye Olde Hope (Unreleased Demo)

Tear Out My Tongue/Ye Olde Hope (Live)

Paper Massacre (Unfinished)

As Far As I Could Get (Vinyl Exclusive)

Conductor (Target Album Exclusive)

Pure Feeling (Target Album Exclusive)

Covered In Blood/WTF (Unreleased)

Tantalus (Unreleased)

Honey Like (Unreleased)

Baptize - Alternate (better) version of Dua Lipa’s Electricity (Unreleased)

Veronica’s Hymn - in the HBO Series The Third Day

 

Demos and Alternate Versions of FATM songs*

Don’t Tell Me (Alternate Version of I’m Not Calling You a Liar/Ghosts)

An Offering (Rabbit Heart Demo)

I’m Not Calling You A Liar (Ukulele Version)

Swimming - Demo

Falling - Demo

Between Two Lungs - Demo

Bird Song - Alternate Version/Acapella

Filthy Fingers (Alternate version of Girl With One Eye) - “Florrible and Misrabella”

Dog Days Are Over - Demo

Cosmic Love- Acoustic

Blinding - Acoustic

You’ve Got the Love - Acoustic (a few different acoustic versions she’s done live)

Hurricane Drunk - Acoustic/Alternate Version

My Boy Builds Coffins - Demo

Girl With One Eye (Bayou Percussion Version) – Technically a remix I guess, but it's great

What The Water Gave Me - Demo

No Light, No Light - Acoustic

Spectrum - Acoustic (there are a couple different acoustic versions of spectrum she’s done live, and they are SO GOOD)

What The Water Gave Me - Acoustic (live)

Heartlines - Acoustic

Breaking Down - Acoustic

Lover to Lover - Acoustic

Shake it Out - Acoustic

Never Let Me Go w/ Blood Orange - Live (blood Orange has a great remix of the song)

Over the Love (Of You) - Alternate version w/ SBTRKT

Sweet Nothing - Acoustic (live - BBC Radio 1)

Delilah - Demo

What Kind of Man - Acoustic (live - a few slightly different versions)

Ship to Wreck - Acoustic (live)

Queen Of Peace - Acoustic (live)

St Jude - Acoustic (live)

Mother - Odyssey Version (i.e. the part 7 of the odyssey series)

Hunger - Acoustic

Patricia - Acoustic

Sky Full of Song - Acoustic

 

 

Collaborations (Including one-off live performances)

She’s No Sense - The Big Pink

Riverside - Kid Harpoon (flo does backing vocals)

Suspicious Minds w/ Glasvegas (live)

Still Life w/ The Horrors (live)

Here Lies Love - David Byrne/Fatboy Slim

If I Rise w/ A. R. Rahman (live)

Toothpaste Kisses - w/ The Maccabees (live)

Gimme Shelter w/ The Rolling Stones (live)

Fireworks w/ Drake (live) - haven’t found any great recordings

I Come Apart - A$AP Rocky

Midnight - Cosmo (Cosmo was a project by Felix White which released like 6 songs, Florence does background vocals for a lot of the other tracks)

Southern Man w/ Neil Young (live)

Hey Girl - Lady Gaga

When In Disgrace With Fortune and Men’s Eyes - Rufus Wainwright

Wild Season - Banks & Steelz

Constellations - Jack Ü (Unreleased)

Wild Horses w/ The Rolling Stones (live)

Nobody Get What They Want Anymore w/ Marlon William (live)

Light On w/ Maggie Rogers (live)

 

Covers (Includes live performances)

Pearls and Roses (live cover/alternate version of Ashok’s Under the Thumb) - the only recording of it I’ve found isn’t great

“Team Perfect” covers of Green Day’s album Nimrod + a couple Blink 182 (collab with Dev Hynes)

Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover) - Live, haven’t been able to find any good recordings of it

Since U Been Gone w/ Mark Ronson (Kelly Clarkson cover) - Live

I’m Going Down - w/ Kid Harpoon (Bruce Springsteen cover)

If I Had a Heart/Blinding (live - covers part of Fever Ray’s If I Had a Heart before singing Blinding)

Can’t Speak French (Girls Aloud cover)

Oh! Darling (The Beatles cover)

Walking on Broken Glass (Annie Lennox cover) - live

The Rat (The Walkmen cover)

Don’t Let Go (En Vogue cover) - Singing with the original song

Borderline (Madonna cover) - Singing with the original song

Halo (Beyonce cover)

Take Care (Drake cover) - live BBC Radio 1

Back to Black (Amy Winehouse cover) - live

The Chain (Fleetwood Mac cover) - live

My Baby Just Cares for Me cover w/ Jools Holland

I Don’t Wanna Know (Mario Winan cover)

Last Christmas (Wham cover)

All I Want For Christmas (Mariah Carey cover) - Partial (like 30 seconds)

Part of Your World (from the Little Mermaid) - about 40 seconds long

Amazing Grace (done live a couple times)

Rebel Rebel (David Bowie cover) - live for the MET Gala 2011 (have only been able to find a short recording of the rehearsal)

Something’s Got a Hold on Me (Etta Jame’s cover) - studio and live recorded

Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads cover)

Hitchin a Ride (Green Day cover) - live w/ Dev Hynes

Galaxy of the Lost (Lightspeed Champion cover)

Times Like These (Foo Fighters cover) - live

Tiny Dancer (Elton John cover)

Flakes (Mystery Jets cover)

I Love It (Icona Pop cover) - live w/ Dev Hynes

Stay With Me (Sam Smith cover) - live

I Love You All the Time w/ The Maccabees  (Eagles of Death Metal cover)

I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye cover)

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young cover)

Love Hurts (The Everly Brothers cover) w/ Father John Misty - live

People Have the Power (Patti Smith Cover) - only sings part of the song (live - can’t find a great quality one though)

All You Need is Love (The Beatles cover) - Performed live a few times w/ The Maccabees

Where Are Ü Now (Skrillex/Diplo cover) - live BBC Radio 1

Fairytale of New York (The Pogues cover)

Silver Springs (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

 

*If an acoustic version has (live) beside it, that means there is no “official” acoustic recording, but that she’s done the song acoustically before – usually several times – there is a least one really high quality recording out there of each in this section (these versions are different from the MTV Unplugged versions).

 

Feel free to ask if you want links or downloads to any specific ones