Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.
Florence and the Machine •
Florence Welch – vocals ; backing vocals ;
body percussion ; stamps, claps ; piano, percussion • Chris Hayden – drums ; percussion • Rob Ackroyd – electric guitar ; acoustic guitar ;
ukulele • Mark Saunders – bass •
Isabella Summers –
Rhodes organ ; programming, drums, synths, bass, keys ; strings, stamps, claps ;
Rhodes, percussion • Rusty Bradshaw – piano • Tom Monger – harp
Additional musicians •
Kid Harpoon – drums, percussion, bass,
CP70 synth ; electric guitar ; brass writing, brass arrangements ; acoustic guitar, piano •
Leo Abrahams – acoustic guitar ; electric guitar • James Hallawell –
Hammond organ ;
Farfisa, piano, organ •
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 • Nigel Black – French horn •
Pip Eastop – French horn • Sam Jacobs – French horn • Elise Campbell – French horn • John Barclay – trumpet ;
piccolo trumpet • Philip Cobb – trumpet ; flugel trumpet • Andy Crowley – trumpet • Tom Rees-Roberts – trumpet • Andy Wood –
Euphonium ; trombone • Ed Tarrant – Euphonium •
Richard Edwards –
tenor trombone • Oren Marshall – tuba • Steve Jones – electric guitar • Robin Baynton – Rhodes organ ; piano ; organ • 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 • Fiona Bonds – viola • Ian Rathbone – viola • Max Baillie – viola • Rachel Robson – viola • Ian Burdge – cello • Chris Worsey – cello • Nick Cooper – cello • Sophie Harris – cello • Richard Pryce – bass • Lucy Shaw – bass • Eliza Marshall – flute,
alto flute • Matt Ingram – drums, percussion • Benson – additional keys, programming, flute arrangements, brass arrangements, string arrangements ; backing vocals •
Daniel Newell – piccolo trumpet,
flugel, trumpet • Everton Nelson – violin • Rick Koster – violin • Oli Langford – violin • Bruce White – viola • Nick Barr – viola • Iain Berryman – piano,
harmonium, acoustic guitar ; body percussion, cornet •
James Ford – programming ; woodwind arrangements ; drums, bass, guitar, keys, percussion, piano, synths • Rebecca Wood – oboe,
cor anglais • Pete Harrison –
bassoon •
Paul Epworth – drums, bass, guitar, synths, organ, percussion • Orlando Leopard – piano, bass, harmonium, organ, additional arrangement •
Charlie Hugall – programming, percussion • Wayne Francis – saxophone • Nick Walters – trumpet • Adman Dayes – trombone • Brett Shaw – additional percussion • Alex Beitzke – guitar
Technical • Markus Dravs – production •
Kid Harpoon – production ; co-production • Robin Baynton – engineering ; strings recording, brass recording, flute recording ; woodwind recording • Jonathan Sagis – engineering assistance • Iain Berryman – engineering assistance ; additional engineering •
Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing • Geoff Swan – mixing assistance •
Ted Jensen – mastering • John Hill – co-production •
Joe Kearns – additional engineering ; engineering • Mat Bartram – brass recording ; strings recording ; flute recording ; engineering • Ronan Phelan – brass recording assistance ; strings recording assistance ; flute recording assistance • Craig Silvey – mixing • Eduardo de la Paz – mixing assistance • Dan Cox – additional engineering • Paul Epworth – production • James Ford – production • Jimmy Robertson – engineering • Charlie Hugall – production, engineering ; mixing • Will Donbavand – mixing assistance • Isabella "Machine" Summers – production • Ben Roulston – engineering • Alex Beitzke – engineering • John Catlin – mixing assistance • Brett Shaw – production, engineering, mixing
Artwork •
Tabitha Denholm – creative direction, insert photography • Brian Roettinger – art direction • Tom Beard – cover photography, insert photography • Vincent Haycock – insert photography ==Charts==