Lights (Ellie Goulding album)

Lights
Studio album by Ellie Goulding
Released	26 February 2010 (2010-02-26)
Recorded	2008–09
Genre	Synthpop folk pop
Length	34:51
Label	Polydor
Producer	Fred Falke Frankmusik Liam Howe Ash Howes Ben Lovett Fraser T Smith Richard "Biff" Stannard Starsmith
Ellie Goulding chronology
An Introduction to Ellie Goulding (2009) Lights (2010) Run into the Light (2010)
Singles from Lights
"Under the Sheets" Released: 9 November 2009 "Starry Eyed" Released: 21 February 2010 "Guns and Horses" Released: 16 May 2010 "The Writer" Released: 8 August 2010
Alternative cover
Bright Lights cover
Singles from Bright Lights
"Your Song" Released: 12 November 2010 "Lights" Released: 13 March 2011

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Daily Telegraph
Drowned in Sound	6/10
The Guardian
The Fly
The Independent
NME	6/10
Pitchfork Media	6.8/10
Rolling Stone
Spin	7/10

Lights is the debut studio album by English singer 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, who complimented Goulding's electronic edge, while less favourable reviews felt the sound was generic. Lights debuted atop the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 36,854 copies. In North America, the album charted at number 21 in the United States and number 66 in Canada. It spawned four singles: "Under the Sheets", "Starry Eyed", "Guns and Horses" and "The Writer".

The album was re-released on 29 November 2010 under the title Bright Lights, including six new tracks. It produced two additional singles—a cover of Elton John's "Your Song", which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and became Goulding's second highest-charting single in the UK, and "Lights", which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Goulding's most successful single in the US. Following the reissue, the album saw a surge in sales in both the UK and Ireland. On 8 March 2011, the album was released in the United States with two songs removed and featuring three songs that were previously not available on the original version, but were included on the Bright Lights reissue.

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