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Bright Lights (Ellie Goulding Album)
''Lights'' is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding, released on 26 February 2010 by Polydor Records. Goulding collaborated with several producers on the album, including Starsmith, Fraser T. Smith, Frankmusik, Richard "Biff" Stannard, Ash Howes, Liam Howe, Fred Falke and Mumford & Sons' Ben Lovett. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. Commercially, it debuted atop the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 36,854 copies. In North America, ''Lights'' charted at number 21 in the United States and at number 66 in Canada. Four singles were released from the album: "Under the Sheets", " Starry Eyed", "Guns and Horses" and "The Writer". The album was re-released as ''Bright Lights'' on 29 November 2010, including seven new tracks. It spawned two additional singles—a cover version of Elton John's "Your Song", which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, and "Lights", which reached number two on the ''Billboard' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellie Goulding
Elena Jane Goulding ( ; born 30 December 1986) is an English singer and songwriter. Her career began when she met record producers Starsmith and Frankmusik, and she was later spotted by Jamie Lillywhite, who became her manager and Artists and repertoire, A&R. After signing to Polydor Records in July 2009, Goulding released her debut extended play, ''An Introduction to Ellie Goulding'', later that year. In 2010, she became the second artist to top the BBC's annual Sound of... poll and win the Critics' Choice Award at the 2010 Brit Awards, Brit Awards in the same year. She released her debut studio album, ''Lights (Ellie Goulding album), Lights'', in 2010; it debuted at on the UK Albums Chart and has sold over 850,000 copies in the UK. In November 2010, the album was reissued as ''Bright Lights'', spawning two singles: a cover of Elton John's "Your Song (Ellie Goulding song), Your Song", which reached on the UK Singles Chart; and "Lights (Ellie Goulding song), Lights", which pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Writer (song)
"The Writer" is a song by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding from her debut album, ''Lights'' (2010). It was released as the album's fourth and final (not including the ''Bright Lights'' re-release) single on 8 August 2010. Background Goulding told Sky Songs that "The Writer" is "the most personal and emotional song I've written yet", adding, "It's about how you'd do anything and change absolutely ''everything'' about yourself if necessary, just to be noticed by this one person." Critical reception ''The Observer''s Polly Vernon named "The Writer" the "love song of the summer" and called it "raw, eloquent, generally gorgeous", while describing Goulding's voice as "ghostly sweet, saved from sickliness by guttural Björk-ish quirks." OddOne of Unreality Shout felt that " t once has she sounded more warming than in this beautifully written love song of devotion to a lover", but noted that "being her first ballad, she does fall at some hurdles, like the middle 8: whilst E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
