Lights (Ellie Goulding album)

Lights
Studio album by
Ellie Goulding
Released26 February 2010 (2010-02-26)
Recorded2008–2009
Genre
Length36:21
LabelPolydor
Producer
Ellie Goulding chronology
An Introduction to Ellie Goulding
(2009) 		Lights
(2010) 		Run into the Light
(2010)
Singles from Lights
  1. "Under the Sheets"
    Released: 9 November 2009
  2. "Starry Eyed"
    Released: 21 February 2010
  3. "Guns and Horses"
    Released: 16 May 2010
  4. "The Writer"
    Released: 8 August 2010
Bright Lights cover
Singles from Bright Lights
  1. "Your Song"
    Released: 12 November 2010
  2. "Lights"
    Released: 13 March 2011

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 Hot 100 and became Goulding's most successful single in the US. 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.

On 26 February 2020, Goulding re-released the album once again for its tenth anniversary. Entitled Lights 10, the re-release includes the seven bonus tracks previously featured on Bright Lights along with the six remixes featured on the 2010 EP Run into the Light.[5] For Record Store Day 2020, Goulding announced an LP release of this reissue; pressed as a double LP on recycled vinyl to reduce environmental impact.[6]

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  3. ^ Jackson, Alan (16 October 2010). "What I've learnt: Ellie Goulding". The Times.
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  5. ^ Elliott, Mark (26 February 2020). "'Lights': How Ellie Goulding Shone Bright on Her Debut Album". udiscovermusic.
  6. ^ "Ellie Goulding – Lights 10". Record Store Day. Retrieved 23 March 2020.