The Listening (Lights album)

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The Listening
Studio album by
Lights
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)
Recorded2006–09
The Salt Room Studios
The Red Room Studios
(St. Catharines, Ontario)
Sony ATV Launch Pad Studios
(Toronto, Ontario)
Chalice Recording Studios
(Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length43:18
Label
Producer
  • Lights
  • Thomas "Tawgs" Salter
  • Dave "Dwave" Thomson
Lights chronology
Lights
(2008) 		The Listening
(2009) 		Acoustic
(2010)
Singles from The Listening
  1. "Saviour"
    Released: July 13, 2009
  2. "Ice"
    Released: October 12, 2009
  3. "Second Go"
    Released: February 16, 2010

The Listening is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic recording artist Lights. It was released on September 22, 2009, by Sire Records, with global distribution handled by parent Warner Music Group, although in Lights' native Canada the album is released instead by Universal Music Canada under licence. By July 2017, the album was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), denoting sales in excess of 80,000 copies.[2][3] The liner notes for The Listening thank, among others: "Jesus for giving me everything I have" as well as Skate4Cancer and Wonder Woman.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference allmusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification". Canadian Recording Industry Association. October 2010. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
  3. ^ Felgueiras, Tony (November 19, 2010). "LIGHTS Golden". Toro. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  4. ^ The Listening (liner notes). Lights. Universal Music Canada. 2009. 0252712881.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)