Albums of 2009, No 6: Florence and the Machine – Lungs

Florence's quirky pop debut harked back to the days when artists could reach the higher echelons of the charts with music that's both uncompromising and inventiveWhich other albums made out critics' poll 2009 list? Florence Welch may have had the biggest-selling album by a new "alternative" artist this year, but it was hardly achieved by safe-and-sound commercial sense. Stylistically, Lungs wasn't remotely in hock to Lily or Amy, and there were no concessions to mellifluous pop-soul à la Duff...

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