''Acoustic'' (also referred to as ''Lights.Acoustic'') is the second
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. (EP) by Canadian musician
Lights
Light is an electromagnetic radiation, part of which stimulates the sense of vision.
Light or Lights may also refer to:
Illumination
* Light bulb
* Traffic light
Arts and entertainment Music
* Lights (musician) (born 1987), Canadian singer-son ...
. It was released in Canada on July 20, 2010.
Reception
The
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
review by Andrew Leahey awarded the album 3 stars stating "When Lights released her debut album, ''
The Listening'', in 2009, she almost seemed like the female equivalent of
Owl City
Owl City is an American electronic music project created in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. It is one of several projects by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young, who created the project while experimenting with music in his pa ...
: a young adult performing cute, sparkling electro-pop with the assistance of a few synthesizers and a swarm of MySpace fans. She also co-produced the album, whose lush, layered sound sometimes put more emphasis on the production than the music itself. This acoustic EP takes the opposite approach by dialing back the instruments and focusing on Lights’ voice, presenting each song as if it were written for a coffee shop rather than an arena. Stripped of their production, the five tracks show that Lights is a fairly talented songwriter, and the three selections that also appeared on ''The Listening'' still fare well in a stripped-down, back-to-basics format. Bonus: Lights tosses a cover of
Rancid’s “Fall Back Down” into the mix, proving that she’s not as innocent as her dreamy pop songs might suggest."
[Leahey, A.]
AllMusic Review
accessed May 9, 2011
Track listing
Personnel
*João Carvalho – mastering
*Lights– vocals, guitar, engineer, mixing, producer,
Charts
References
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Lights (musician) albums
2010 EPs
Live EPs