The album has no filler, and even when it gets close (with songs like 'Atlantis'), its never. Following a breakup, Halcyon is a malevolent storm of an album, with sounds ranging from harps to dubstep. Me being the stan that I am (clock the flair), it kills me how underrated this record is. In 2010, she became the second artist to both top the BBCs annual Sound of. THROWBACK Ellie Goulding - Halcyon (Album) THROWBACK.
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. Elena Jane 'Ellie' Goulding (born 30 December 1986) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. 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. 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. Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
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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. Listen to your favorite songs from Halcyon by Ellie Goulding Now. 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. Albums include Bangarang, Lights, and Halcyon. 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. Ellie Goulding discography and songs: Music profile for Ellie Goulding, born 30 December 1986.