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51-626: The Rivoli Ballroom is the only intact 1950s ballroom remaining in London , England . It is famed for its original decor and interior fittings, including red velvet, flock wallpaper , chandeliers, glitter balls and oversized Chinese lanterns. The venue is often used as a film location and plays host to many dance and musical events. The current building was originally the Crofton Park Picture Palace which opened in July 1913. It

102-412: A normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 79, based on 22 reviews. James Christopher Monger of AllMusic praised it as "one of the most musically mature and emotionally mesmerizing albums of 2009" and stated, "With an arsenal of weaponry that included the daring musicality of Kate Bush , the fearless delivery of Sinéad O'Connor , and

153-432: A recording contract with Island Records . Prior to recording the album, Welch spent a long time honing her sound while working with guitarists, intent on "[making] it into something that was a wave of sound that would envelop, something that was soaring, slightly church-like and then-doomlike." The band elected to record a shorter rendition of "Kiss with a Fist" as their debut single. Welch, however, began expanding upon

204-599: A 12-track bonus disc including live versions, remixes, Welch's mashup collaboration with Dizzee Rascal , "You Got the Dirtee Love", and " Heavy in Your Arms ", which was released as a single from the soundtrack to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010). The live recordings are taken from the band's performance at the 2010 iTunes Festival , most of which were not previously available on the band's iTunes Festival: London 2010 EP. On 27 February 2011, Lungs: The B-Sides

255-411: A Broadway musical. But her delivery is so raw that every mess feels genuine." Rolling Stone ' s Jon Dolan expressed that "[t]he best bits feel like being chased through a moonless night by a sexy moor witch." Slant Magazine ' s Nick Day referred to the band's music as "particularly sensitive to studio gloss" and praised Welch's singing as "a fine balance between elegance and frenzy." In

306-497: A ballroom. They are also designed large to help the sound of orchestras carry well throughout the whole room. A special case is the annual Vienna Opera Ball , where, just for one night, the auditorium of the Vienna State Opera is turned into a large ballroom. On the eve of the event, the rows of seats are removed from the stalls , and a new floor, level with the stage , is built. Sometimes ballrooms have stages in

357-466: A big crescendo." For a brief while, Welch and Summers performed as a duo called Florence Robot/Isa Machine in small London venues. Over the coming months, Robert Ackroyd (guitar, backing vocals), Chris Hayden (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Mark Saunders (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Tom Monger (harp) were recruited to form a band, renamed Florence and the Machine. In November 2008, Welch signed

408-560: A debut album in 2009, after Susan Boyle 's I Dreamed a Dream . On 17 January 2010, after spending 28 consecutive weeks in the top 40, the album topped the UK chart for the first time, selling 51,005 copies. It spent a second consecutive week atop the chart, with 42,359 copies sold. On 8 March 2019, Lungs was certified sextuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), and had sold 1,813,557 copies in

459-587: A digital EP subtitled The B-Sides (2011), and a Tenth Anniversary Edition (2019). Lungs received generally positive reviews from music critics, with Welch drawing comparisons to the likes of Kate Bush and Fiona Apple . It appeared on several year-end critics' lists in late 2009. The album won the award for British Album of the Year at the Brit Awards . Commercially, Lungs reached number one in Poland and

510-517: A guest appearance by Kano . It is, however, more usual to find jive, rock and roll and swing bands making use of the ballroom. Television host Justin Lee Collins also filmed his chat-show series Good Times there in March 2010. On 27 October 2010, Kings Of Leon performed a set for BBC Radio 1 . The music video released for Lana Del Rey 's promotional single , " Burning Desire ", was filmed at

561-410: A large room such as the main drawing room , long gallery , or hall may double as a ballroom, but, a good ballroom should have the right type of flooring , such as hardwood flooring or stone flooring (usually marble or stone). . For most styles of modern dance, a wooden sprung floor offers the best surface. In later times the term ballroom has been used to describe nightclubs where customers dance,

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612-531: A limited "tenth anniversary edition" was available for pre-order. It was released digitally on 16 August, with the LPs and cassettes released the same day. An exclusive box set was released on 4 October. The box set comprises the original LP; a second LP with "three previously unreleased demo tracks, a rare acoustic version of "My Boy Builds Coffins", a cover of the Beatles ' " Oh! Darling " Live at Abbey Road , and

663-512: A lot going on, but Welch never confuses breadth with depth". Entertainment Weekly ' s Joseph Brannigan Lynch opined that Welch's "immaculately constructed indie pop recalls Regina Spektor , but without the studied artiness: Welch is more concerned with raw emotional release." Spin ' s Melissa Maerz stated, "From the way she sings, in big gulps and Teen Wolf growls, to the mystical art-rock ballads she bedazzles with sleigh bells , harps, and choirs, there's enough drama here for

714-518: A mashup of "You've Got the Love" and Dizzee Rascal's " Dirtee Cash " titled " You Got the Dirtee Love ", was released on iTunes the day after the ceremony. "You Got the Dirtee Love" reached number two on the UK chart. On 5 January 2010, "Hurricane Drunk" was originally announced as the sixth single from the album. A video for the song was filmed in Paris on 8 January 2010 and premiered on 29 January after

765-538: A number of B sides [and] rarities." It also includes "postcards and inserts, showcasing previously unseen images from the Lungs era" chosen by Welch herself. " Kiss with a Fist " was released on 9 June 2008 as the lead single from Lungs , peaking at number 51 on the UK Singles Chart . " Dog Days Are Over " was released on 1 December 2008 as the album's second single. While the 2010 reissue charted higher,

816-399: A railway-carriage. The bar at the end of the room has a tiled front of Arabesque interlaced patterns. Lighting is provided by exotic saucer-shaped lamps decorated with a mixture of Georgian and oriental patterns. The panelling motif established in the foyer is continued on various doors, to the ladies powder room and the gentleman's cloakroom for example, and there is also signage throughout

867-646: A real joy about this debut. It's the sound of someone who has found their voice and is keen to use it – as loudly and freely as possible." Lungs was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize . The following year, the album won the MasterCard British Album award at the Brit Awards . Lungs debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart (behind Michael Jackson 's 2005 compilation album The Essential Michael Jackson ), selling 63,020 copies in its first week —the second highest amount for

918-626: A review for The Guardian , Dave Simpson viewed that Welch "has created a sonic labyrinth of xylophones , percussion, Gregorian chants and werewolves . It can sound affected, occasionally crass, but there's enough adventure to make this worth backing for the Mercury ." Jamie Fullerton of NME commended the work of producers James Ford and Paul Epworth, writing that they "create epic cauldron -swirls of Terminator -theme drums, Massive Attack atmospherics and twinkle-eye harp matched by Florence's grappling of skyward choruses", but found that "with

969-564: A style derived from the Ante-Donatello Brotherhood, was handled by two of Welch's friends: photographer Tom Beard and art director Tabitha Denholm , who are partners at the studio Partizan. Denholm also plays with the band's manager Mairead Nash in the DJ duo Queens of Noize . For the album cover, Denholm created a concept built around a pair of lungs worn visibly on Welch's chest. Welch's personal stylist Aldene Johnson handled

1020-515: A surviving 1950s dance hall in a former cinema." The ballroom is at 350 Brockley Road, which is opposite Crofton Park railway station and on several bus routes. Ballroom A ballroom or ballhall is a large room inside a building , the primary purpose of which is holding large formal parties called balls . Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions and palaces , especially historic mansions and palaces, contain one or more ballrooms. In other large houses,

1071-491: Is currently owned by Bill Mannix. The Brockley Road frontage is based on an Art Deco elevation which dates from 1931. A broad flight of steps passes into a deep-recessed central foyer. Pilasters , topped with plasterwork urns, terminate the elevation and the frontage currently features two signs reading 'Dancing' and 'Tonight'. The ballroom comprises an eclectic mix of neo-classical, Deco and oriental motifs set within an exotic and luxuriant decorative scheme mainly dating from

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1122-436: Is kitsch and flamboyant, the effect created through red velour padded walls with gilt picture-frame style panels and decorated pilasters, scallop-shaped lights, a red velour pelmet, French chandeliers and Chinese lanterns. Either side of the ballroom are two bars, running the length of the hall, one dating 1958 and the other of 1960. The right hand bar of 1958 features booths and tables with leather upholstery arranged similar to

1173-417: Is not of special interest. It has found favour with pop video producers and style shoots – Tina Turner's " Private Dancer " video was shot there and rock band Oasis , pop group S Club 7 , singers Charlotte Church and Martine McCutcheon , fashion model Kate Moss are some glitterati to make use of the venue for shoots. It is probably most famously remembered for its use in the 1983 Elton John video for

1224-553: The Celebrity Big Brother 2010 final on Channel 4 . However, on 3 March 2010, a reissue of "Dog Days Are Over" was announced through the band's website. The single was released digitally on 11 April and as a seven-inch vinyl the following day, along with a new music video. It reached a peak of number 23 on the UK Singles Chart, later reaching a new peak of number 21 in 2023 following renewed interest in

1275-659: The Top Rank Suites in the United Kingdom for example were also often referred to as ballrooms. The phrase "having a ball" has grown to encompass many events where person(s) are having fun, not just dancing. Ballrooms are generally quite large, and may have ceilings higher than other rooms in the same building. The large amount of space for dancing , as well as the highly formal tone of events have given rise to ballroom dancing . The largest balls are now nearly always held in public buildings, and many hotels have

1326-411: The 1950s. The main auditorium ceiling survives from the earlier cinema. From the off-street entrance steps a small foyer is reached featuring a raked floor and Deco-style marquetry panelling. The main motif is a geometric composition of intersecting curves in a shape with broad segmental top, tapering centre and curved base. The design is accentuated through the use of dark wood inlay and a diamond shape in

1377-428: The 2008 release only reached number 89 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was used in the theatrical trailer for the 2010 film Eat Pray Love , starring Julia Roberts . The Yeasayer remix of "Dog Days Are Over", which is included on Between Two Lungs , was released on 12 October 2010 on iTunes . " Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) " was released as the third single from the album on 22 June 2009, peaking at number 12 on

1428-464: The Machine recorded Lungs in the United Kingdom with five different producers— Paul Epworth , James Ford , Stephen Mackey , Eg White , and Charlie Hugall. Most of the songs on the album were mixed by Cenzo Townshend . The album's sound is described as indie rock , indie pop , baroque pop , art rock , art pop , alternative rock and soul with influences of punk blues , electro-rock and garage rock . The imagery of Lungs , featuring

1479-562: The Night ” which released in 2024 was filmed in the ballroom. On 21 December 2007, the building was granted Grade II-listed status by English Heritage in response to press concern about a possible sale, which might have led to its closure and demolition. The venue was listed for the following reasons: In conclusion it was noted: "The Rivoli Ballroom is a highly unusual building which is of special architectural interest for its flamboyant interior and special historic interest for its rarity as

1530-640: The Rivoli Ballroom by Ridley Scott in 2013. The Rivoli Ballroom has been a location for some films. In 2014, the ballroom was used for a flashback sequence shot in the 1940s for the superhero film Avengers: Age of Ultron . Some scenes of the 2016 film The Infiltrator were shot here. In March 2015, Noel Gallagher played a 'secret gig' for Absolute Radio , promoting his second solo album Chasing Yesterday . In August 2017, Martine McCutcheon filmed her music video for "Any Sign Of Life" from her latest album, Lost and Found . In November 2019

1581-541: The UK Singles Chart. " Drumming Song " was released as the album's fourth single on 7 September 2009, reaching number 54 in the UK. " You've Got the Love " was the fifth single to be released from the album, and reached a new peak of number five on the UK Singles Chart in January 2010. The band had recorded a version of this the Source song which had been a live staple and issued it as a B-side to "Dog Days Are Over", but

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1632-571: The United Kingdom by August 2019. Following the band's performance of " Dog Days Are Over " at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards , Lungs jumped from number 44 to number 14 on the US Billboard 200 with sales of 21,000 copies, an increase of 165% from the previous week. The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on 25 June 2018. It had sold 1,142,000 copies in

1683-467: The United Kingdom, and number 14 in the US Billboard 200 , selling over 3 million copies worldwide. The album was supported by six singles, all of which were supplemented by accompanying music videos. " Kiss with a Fist " peaked at 51 in the United Kingdom while " Dog Days Are Over " and " Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) " also charted in Australia and Belgium. Three further singles followed the release of

1734-588: The album, " Drumming Song ", a cover of the song " You've Got the Love ", and " Cosmic Love ". Their cover of the Source and Candi Staton song became the group's first top-10 entry. To promote the album, Florence and the Machine embarked on the Lungs Tour between 2008 and 2011. A live album from this concert was released in 2010, titled Live at the Wiltern . Prior to recording Lungs , Florence Welch had considered or attempted several different projects in

1785-413: The building some of which, to the 'Buffet' for example, appears to be contemporary with the late 1950s refurbishment. There is a second function room, dating from the late twentieth century, with a neo-classical decorative scheme with gilded Corinthian capitals, a modillion cornice and Adam-esque garlands along the beams which support a ceiling adorned with photographs of Old Master paintings; this room

1836-489: The centre is picked out in glass or mirror. Although 1920s in inspiration, it is characteristic of the 1950s fashion for reviving the Deco aesthetic that had been unwillingly abandoned with the onset of WWII. The foyer leads directly into the ballroom, a large auditorium with a shallow barrel-vaulted ceiling, complete with raised viewing dais, stage, proscenium, fixed banquettes and a sprung maple dance floor. The decorative scheme

1887-418: The crude punk style which influenced "Kiss with a Fist" by listening to more contemporary music , particularly Arcade Fire 's debut album Funeral (2004). The influence of the recordings would manifest itself on the concept she had devised for Lungs , which, according to Welch, was a "scrapbook of the past five years... it's about guilt, fear, love, death, violence, nightmares, [and] dreams". Ultimately,

1938-515: The dark, unhinged vulnerability of Fiona Apple , the London native crafted a debut that not only lived up to the machine-gun spray of buzz that heralded her arrival, but easily surpassed it." Ryan Dombal wrote for Pitchfork that Florence Welch "bursts mouth wide wide over garage rock , epic soul , pint-tipping Britbeat, and—best of all—a mystic brand of pop that's part Annie Lennox , Grace Slick , and Joanna Newsom ." Q noted that "there's

1989-436: The front of the room where the host or a special guest can speak. That stage can also be used for instrumentalists and musical performers. This list only includes ballrooms with permanent wood floors. The size of the floor only includes the largest contiguous area without obstructions. The websites and materials about some places add up multiple spaces, rooms, and balconies, and floors. However, this list ranks ballrooms based on

2040-589: The likes of 'I'm Not Calling You A Liar' and 'Howl' boasting similarly windy production yet no identifiable tunes the results sound aimless—if harmless." Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club felt that "[a]t times, Lungs borders on exhausting, careening as it does from one over-the-top track to the next. [...] But with a voice as strong and emotive as hers, it's not surprising that Welch has little use for moments of quiet contemplation." Despite criticising instances of "over-smoothed" production on certain tracks, The Observer ' s Sheryl Garratt concluded that "there's

2091-444: The majority of Welch's earlier self-penned compositions were rejected for the album—except "Kiss with a Fist" and "Between Two Lungs"—because they did not mesh well with the album's themes. Fortunately for the group, they rehearsed and improvised some of the material in the relaxed setting of Summers' studio, allowing Welch to refine the tribal drumming backdropping Lungs ' s tracks, most notably "Dog Days Are Over". Florence and

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2142-465: The music industry, including an interest in becoming a country singer, recording folk songs she had written, and collaborating with Razorlight 's frontman Johnny Borrell , but ultimately she was unsatisfied with those endeavors. Welch and Borrell wrote several songs together. In 2007, Welch fronted the hip hop -influenced group Ashok, recording an early version of " Kiss with a Fist ", titled "Happy Slap", for their debut studio album, Plans . It

2193-690: The size of one single open space with a hardwood floor. Video Lungs (album) Lungs is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine , released on 3 July 2009 by Island Records . After working on various projects, Florence Welch formed a band which included Robert Ackroyd, Chris Hayden, Mark Saunders, Tom Monger, and former collaborator Isabella Summers . The album features production from James Ford , Paul Epworth , Stephen Mackey , Eg White and Charlie Hugall , with additional production by band member Isabella Summers. The album has been reissued several times: an expanded version titled Between Two Lungs (2010),

2244-592: The song " I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues ". Live music plays a part at the Rivoli regularly. Indie rock band The White Stripes played a gig there on 12 June 2007. Florence + the Machine played a live show there on 7 July 2009, which appears on the DVD packaged with the special edition box set of Lungs , and returned there on 8 November 2012 for a Radio 2 Live In Concert broadcast. On 30 April 2014, Damon Albarn performed with his touring band The Heavy Seas, with

2295-419: The success of the previous singles made Island request "You've Got the Love" as a single. Welch went on to record new vocal takes with engineer Cenzo Townshend, replacing the first two verses and the first chorus. Townshend also remixed the bass and drums to be "a bit harder and the bottom end a bit heavier." Florence and the Machine's duet with rapper Dizzee Rascal at the 2010 Brit Awards on 16 February 2010,

2346-579: The track after its inclusion in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 . " Cosmic Love " was released on 5 July 2010 as the album's sixth and final single. The song reached number 51 on the UK Singles Chart. The band made a guest appearance in the 7 February 2011 episode of Gossip Girl , titled "Panic Roommate", where they performed an acoustic rendition of "Cosmic Love". Lungs received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic , which assigns

2397-404: The venue hosted Kylie's Secret Night , a television show hosted by Alan Carr and starring Kylie Minogue . The Ballroom was used for a dance scene in the season 3 finale of the television drama series Killing Eve . Parts of music video for "A Love like That", lead single of Katie Melua 's Album No. 8 , were filmed in Rivoli Ballroom. Sophie Ellis-Bextor ’s music video of “ Freedom of

2448-558: The wardrobe, "an Emma Cook chain dress that was in a kind of 1920s style", while Orlando Weeks, an art student and frontman of the band the Maccabees , built the prosthetic lungs, which he intended to give "a Victoriana , industrial punchbag kind of look". Florence and the Machine announced via their website on 24 September 2010 that Lungs would be re-released on 15 November as a two-disc package titled Between Two Lungs . The reissue features new sleeve art, liner notes by Welch, and

2499-422: Was designed by Henley Attwater with a simple barrel-vaulted auditorium. It became The Rivoli Cinema in 1929. The last film there was shown on 2 March 1957 after which the building was converted to a dance hall by local businessman Leonard Tomlin. It reopened as The Rivoli on Boxing Day, 1959 with a large Canadian sprung maple dance floor. Further improvements were made with the addition of a Member's Bar in 1960. It

2550-506: Was not until Welch began writing and recording with childhood friend Isabella Summers at Antenna Studios in London that Welch crafted a sound she wanted to develop further. Distraught but also inspired from a recently failed relationship, Welch recorded with "enthusiasm over skills", stating, "I'm quite glad I never learned to play the guitar, because I think I'd write songs that were more classically structured. As it is, I've had to create my own way of writing, which isn't typical. Everything's

2601-522: Was released exclusively in the United States to digital music retailers such as the iTunes Store and Amazon MP3 . This was followed by the release of a deluxe edition of Lungs in the US on 26 April 2011, featuring all 11 tracks from Lungs: The B-Sides on a bonus disc to accompany the original 13-track album. On 3 July 2019, ten years after the original release of the album, the band announced that

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