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Lights
Pop · 2010 · 9 tracks · 36m

Lights

Ellie Goulding

A shimmering blend of bedroom-recorded folktronica and high-gloss pop. Breathless vocals float over acoustic guitars and crystalline synthesizers.

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It's like if a folk singer got lost in a neon-lit London club at 4 AM.

A bright, crystalline euphoria tinged with the quiet vulnerability of a bedroom diary.

Lights · vs · Ellie Goulding
Stargazing+4.0σ

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

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 36m
01
Guns and Horses
3:35
02
Starry Eyed
2:58
03
This Love (Will Be Your Downfall)
3:54
05
The Writer
4:11
06
Every Time You Go
3:25
07
Wish I Stayed
3:40
08
Your Biggest Mistake
3:25
09
I’ll Hold My Breath
3:45
10
Salt Skin
4:16
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the organic acoustic strumming on 'Guns and Horses' suddenly gets swallowed by a rushing electronic pulse.
The shimmering, multi-tracked vocal explosion in the chorus of 'Starry Eyed' that feels like a physical burst of light.
The stripped-back, vulnerable piano opening of 'The Writer' that showcases the raw cracks in her upper register.
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