Ellie Goulding - Lights Review

Lights

Ellie Goulding

Release Date: 1st Mar, 2010
Label: Polydor
Genre: Pop

It seems Ms Goulding can do no wrong at the moment, despite the incredible amounts of hype piled on her after topping the Sound of 2010 poll conducted by the BBC. After two extremely well received singles in ‘Under The Sheets’ and ‘Starry Eyed’, it’s time to see what a full-length effort from the Hereford born singer can muster. Her style comes in as mainly acoustic, with a touch of folk and electronic pop sprinkled liberally across the ten tracks. It’s hard to pick fault, but if anything it is the use of fairly formulaic electronic elements that may not be to some people’s tastes. It would be churlish to pick the best tracks from an LP this strong, which certainly shows great potential for the future if she can keep it up.

Reviewed by Pete Muscutt

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About The Artist

Ellie Goulding

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Ellie Goulding (born Elena Jane Goulding on 30 December 1986) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Hereford, she grew up in Kington, Herefordshire and currently lives in London, England. According to Starry Eyed Songfacts, after attending the University of Kent studying drama for a couple of years, Ellie moved to West London for the purpose of developing her songs and music career. Touring since 2008 she released her debut single "Under The Sheets" on 15 November 2009. The track was produced by Starsmith, with whom she has been working since the beginning of her career. On 8 January 2010, Goulding topped the BBC Sound of 2010 music list. Previous winners include the likes of Little Boots, Corinne Bailey Rae and Mika. On 16 February 2010, she won the Critics' Choice award at the BRIT Awards, which has previously been given to acts such as Adele and Florence + the Machine. Ellie Goulding's debut album, titled Lights, was released on 1 March 2010 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. It was re-released 29 November 2010 as Bright Lights with six new tracks. It has so far produced two additional singles: "Your Song," a cover of Elton John's song (which went on to become her biggest single to date in the UK, reaching #2) and the title track "Lights (Single Version)." Following this re-release, the album saw a surge in sales in both the UK and Ireland. On March 8, 2011, the album was released in the United States with alternate cover art and featuring three songs that were previously not on the original version but were included on Bright Lights, those songs being "Lights," "Animal," and "Your Song." Goulding co-wrote three songs for Diana Vickers debut album Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree, titled "Remake Me & You", "Notice" and "Jumping Into Rivers" (all three co-written with Vickers and Guy Sigsworth). She also co-wrote a track with George Astasio, Gabriella Cilmi, Jason Pebworth and Jon Shave for Cilmi's second album Ten, titled "Love Me Cos You Want To". http://elliegoulding.com/

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50 Comments

  1. IamPedroRM 16 May 2012

    UK cover please!!!!!

  2. Axiemeister 15 May 2012

    US cover is clearly better than the UK cover y'all are on drugs ^_^

  3. daulkim 14 Apr 2012

    ♥

  4. MarcosSena 07 Apr 2012

    US cover sucks, it doesn't express the mood of the album at all

  5. thetimeiisnow 11 Mar 2012

    'Bright Lights' cover so much better!

  6. vitorsouto 23 Feb 2012

    8.000.000 ♥

  7. takakayu 12 Feb 2012

    US cover looks terrible, does not fit the album at all.

  8. JaggedPieces 10 Feb 2012

    UK cover is better.

  9. super-pangolin 20 Jan 2012

    US cover is shit. It was partly the magic of the original cover that made me fall in love with the album.

  10. Gould-Digger 10 Jan 2012

    Can't they include 'Bright Lights' as an album on here?

  11. MarcosSena 31 Dec 2011

    my god, I love this album soooo much

  12. MarcosSena 07 Dec 2011

    @DontBother- haha you wish

  13. DontBother- 03 Dec 2011

    Bright Lights >>>>> Lights

  14. magicgiraffe 20 Nov 2011

    Yesss back to the UK cover!

  15. RushingFM 28 Oct 2011

    @VitorSouto_ , actually no, I believe this is the tracklist for the 'Lights' album as was first originally released.

  16. RushingFM 28 Oct 2011

    US Cover is Better [2]

  17. MarcosSena 23 Oct 2011

    stop changing the fucking cover. if you don't like the original cover, listen to the album as [album artist=Ellie Goulding]Lights (US Edition)[/album]

  18. Game-Overr 17 Oct 2011

    a capa nao é essa '-'

  19. MistyCami 08 Sep 2011

    Perfect album, almost all the songs are pretty perfect.

  20. Fiercuhhhhh 02 Sep 2011

    vote for the original cover http://www.last.fm/music/Ellie+Goulding/Lights/+images/55615703

  21. swiftie-13 31 Aug 2011

    Perfect album! 0_0 Those are RARE

  22. nastiamusic 29 Aug 2011

    nice album!

  23. nicksdale 24 Aug 2011

    <3

  24. MarcosSena 20 Aug 2011

    stop chaging the cover to the US version

  25. igstarship 14 Aug 2011

    US Cover is Better

  26. blustarent 13 Aug 2011

    <3 ellie XD

  27. Mrclarkson92 02 Jul 2011

    Lastfm is drunk

  28. Callypsox3 29 Jun 2011

    original tracklist : http://www.musictory.com/music/Ellie+Goulding/Album/Lights

  29. violin_politics 10 Jun 2011

    What happened to the tracklist?!

  30. LuiiizN 09 Jun 2011

    OMG this tracklist no!

  31. Markwhore 03 Jun 2011

    ?????????

  32. RyanRossFreak 01 Jun 2011

    ??? What happened

  33. RyanRossFreak 16 May 2011

    I like both covers tbh

  34. NatashaJonas 16 May 2011

    <3

  35. karterpax 10 May 2011

    bkn....

  36. Windy3 01 Apr 2011

    like it!

  37. favourite_game 24 Mar 2011

    We want the original cover!!! [5]

  38. iheartziyi 08 Mar 2011

    Vote up the UK cover if you prefer it: http://www.last.fm/music/Ellie+Goulding/Lights/+images/55770639

  39. demidz92 08 Mar 2011

    This is the US version of the album... Can't believe they didn't include Little Dreams!

  40. stupidfukk 08 Mar 2011

    UK cover is so much better.

  41. IamPedroRM 06 Mar 2011

    Don't change the original cover for the US cover please!!!!

  42. magicgiraffe 23 Feb 2011

    I think the original cover is a better picture, but the US version's not bad.

  43. groovemebabe 11 Feb 2011

    as much as I prefer the US cover, the original cover should stay since Ellie is British and it's been around for longer

  44. MysteryMonreal 05 Feb 2011

    We want the original cover!!! [4]

  45. k-rolina92 05 Feb 2011

    I LOVEEEEE THIS NEW COVER

  46. LouisaViolet 05 Feb 2011

    I like this cover. Is it for the US Version or the Single?

  47. IamPedroRM 03 Feb 2011

    We want the original cover!!!

  48. otavioasimoes 03 Feb 2011

    Masterpiece.

  49. BasementBrother 02 Feb 2011

    v Shame on me, It's the single cover. :D

  50. BasementBrother 31 Jan 2011

    Is this the US-Cover? Anyways, it looks 100 times better than the EU-Cover.

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