Name: Bright Lights
Brand: Polydor
SKU: 21623979
Price: 8.95 USD
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Bright Lights

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Album: Bright Lights
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Guns And Horses	More Info...	3:35
2)	Starry Eyed	More Info...	2:56
3)	This Love (Will Be Your Downfall)	More Info...	3:53
4)	Under The Sheets	More Info...	3:44
5)	The Writer	More Info...	4:11
6)	Every Time You Go	More Info...	3:25
7)	Wish I Stayed	More Info...	3:40
8)	Your Biggest Mistake	More Info...	3:25
9)	I'll Hold My Breath	More Info...	3:45
10)	Salt Skin	More Info...	4:15
11)	Lights Single Version	More Info...	3:30
12)	Human	More Info...	4:09
13)	Little Dreams	More Info...	3:18
14)	Home	More Info...	3:24
15)	Animal	More Info...	3:40
16)	Believe Me	More Info...	4:03
17)	Your Song Bonus Track	More Info...	3:11
2)	Starry Eyed	More Info...	0:03
3)	This Love (Will Be Your Downfall)	More Info...	0:04
4)	Under the Sheets	More Info...	0:03
5)	The Writer	More Info...	0:04
6)	Every Time You Go	More Info...	0:03
7)	Wish I Stayed	More Info...	0:03
8)	Your Biggest Mistake	More Info...	0:03
9)	I'll Hold My Breath	More Info...	0:03
10)	Salt Skin	More Info...	0:04
11)	Lights (New Edit)	More Info...	0:03
12)	Human	More Info...	0:04
13)	Little Dreams	More Info...	0:03
14)	Home	More Info...	0:03
15)	Animal	More Info...	0:03
16)	Believe Me	More Info...	0:04
17)	Your Song	More Info...	0:03

Album: Bright Lights
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Guns And Horses	More Info...	3:35
2)	Starry Eyed	More Info...	2:56
3)	This Love (Will Be Your Downfall)	More Info...	3:53
4)	Under The Sheets	More Info...	3:44
5)	The Writer	More Info...	4:11
6)	Every Time You Go	More Info...	3:25
7)	Wish I Stayed	More Info...	3:40
8)	Your Biggest Mistake	More Info...	3:25
9)	I'll Hold My Breath	More Info...	3:45
10)	Salt Skin	More Info...	4:15
11)	Lights Single Version	More Info...	3:30
12)	Human	More Info...	4:09
13)	Little Dreams	More Info...	3:18
14)	Home	More Info...	3:24
15)	Animal	More Info...	3:40
16)	Believe Me	More Info...	4:03
17)	Your Song Bonus Track	More Info...	3:11
2)	Starry Eyed	More Info...	0:03
3)	This Love (Will Be Your Downfall)	More Info...	0:04
4)	Under the Sheets	More Info...	0:03
5)	The Writer	More Info...	0:04
6)	Every Time You Go	More Info...	0:03
7)	Wish I Stayed	More Info...	0:03
8)	Your Biggest Mistake	More Info...	0:03
9)	I'll Hold My Breath	More Info...	0:03
10)	Salt Skin	More Info...	0:04
11)	Lights (New Edit)	More Info...	0:03
12)	Human	More Info...	0:04
13)	Little Dreams	More Info...	0:03
14)	Home	More Info...	0:03
15)	Animal	More Info...	0:03
16)	Believe Me	More Info...	0:04
17)	Your Song	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Having lived up to the hype bestowed upon her via the BBC Sound of 2010 and Brits Critics Choice awards she garnered at the beginning of the year, electronic-folk vocalist Ellie Goulding then fell into the increasingly popular trend of reissuing relatively new albums -- in this case, her chart-topping debut Lights. Reissued several months after the original album's release, Bright Lights adds a pretty generous amount of material, with seven previously unreleased songs joining Lights' initial ten. Of course, the whole project was spearheaded by her faithful, if unimaginative, cover version of Elton John's "Your Song," her biggest hit thanks to its use on a John Lewis TV advert, which sounds out of place alongside the rest of her more adventurous material on this album. Of the other new tracks, "Human" and "Animal" are smothered in the same lush acoustic/synth production and programmed beats that Starsmith incorporated throughout the original album, "Little Dreams" and "Lights" echo the sparkling electro-pop of Little Boots and La Roux, "Home" is a folk-oriented offering which showcases her gorgeously fragile vocals, and "Believe Me" is a glossy, dancefloor-friendly number co-written with former Longpigs frontman Crispin Hunt. There's nothing here as immediate as "Starry Eyed," as interesting as "Under the Sheets," or as delightfully melancholic as "Guns and Horses," but the majority of the new tracks are more memorable and more infectious than the rather repetitive, non-descript second half of Lights. So while it may not offer anything particularly new, Bright Lights is a consistently enjoyable addition to her catalog, suggesting that Goulding is becoming a more accomplished songwriter, which if nothing else, bodes well for album number two. ~ Jon O'Brien