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Halcyon
Pop · 2012 · 17 tracks · 1h 10m

Halcyon

Ellie Goulding

A lush, aquatic landscape of layered vocals and shimmering synths. Darker and more experimental than her debut, it captures the ache of moving on.

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It's like a beautiful, electronic funeral for a relationship you're finally ready to leave.

A vast, shimmering landscape of heartbreak and hard-won hope, submerged in aquatic synths.

Halcyon · vs · Ellie Goulding
Melancholic+4.0σ

Melancholic saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks · 1h 10m
01
Don’t Say a Word
4:08
02
My Blood
3:54
03
Anything Could Happen
4:46
04
Only You
3:51
05
Halcyon
3:24
06
Figure 8
4:08
07
Joy
3:09
08
Hanging On (edit)
3:22
09
Explosions
4:04
10
I Know You Care
3:26
11
Atlantis
3:53
12
Dead in the Water
4:44
14
Ritual
3:50
15
In My City
3:22
16
Without Your Love
4:20
17
Hanging On
4:14
18
Lights
3:31
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive tribal drum break and layered 'oohs' that propel the climax of Anything Could Happen.
The haunting, wordless vocal loop that opens Don't Say a Word, setting a dark and ritualistic tone.
The stark transition from electronic density to the lonely, skeletal piano of Dead in the Water.
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