Ellie Goulding- Lights VS Halcyon
Lets get one thing clear I'm only discussing the albums in their original releases without all those unnecessary bonus tracks later added on Bright Lights and Halcyon Days which for me should only have ever been EP's.
Now that's out of the way
I love her debut the lyrics are wonderful, vocals effortless and production as a whole really good only thing missing was the title track. I always liked how it was such a sparkly wistful album with a melancholic undertone which her lyrics really brought.
But for me Halcyon stands head and shoulders above anything else she has yet done. It was such a 180 a total flip from the airy fairy pixie of lights to this really dark and sad almost broken woman. The production, instrumentation and manipulation of her vocals on songs like Atlantis was just superb and that joyful resigned nature that plagues the album is just beautiful. So for me Halcyon wins.
And everyone else?
Now that's out of the way
I love her debut the lyrics are wonderful, vocals effortless and production as a whole really good only thing missing was the title track. I always liked how it was such a sparkly wistful album with a melancholic undertone which her lyrics really brought.But for me Halcyon stands head and shoulders above anything else she has yet done. It was such a 180 a total flip from the airy fairy pixie of lights to this really dark and sad almost broken woman. The production, instrumentation and manipulation of her vocals on songs like Atlantis was just superb and that joyful resigned nature that plagues the album is just beautiful. So for me Halcyon wins.
And everyone else?
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But I think the singles that were released from Lights were much better than the singles she released from Halcyon.
Same here Halcyon had so many more singles from the original My Blood,, Halcyon, Joy, I Know You Care but alas we got Halcyon Days instead....
Halcyon has a few tracks I'm not keen on (Dead In The Water, Don't Say A Word, In My City, Without Your Love) but on the whole I think I prefer it. It's got way more variation than Lights, and has a lot of tracks that I REALLY love (Figure 8, I Know You Care, My Blood, Halcyon, Hanging On, I Need Your Love).
And if you bring in the repackages as well, Halcyon Days is just fantastic. "Bright Lights" is just okay.
I love DSAW that right there is how you open an album with a statement of intent. when that started you knew she meant business.
As for the re-releases I think BL is more in keeping with the original and doesn't diminish it. Halcyon Days especially the standard edition takes away from the original album and adds little.
My favorite off of Lights, is Your Biggest Mistake.
My favorite off of Halcyon, is Dead In the Water.
I love Guns n' Horses, The Writer, Wish I Stayed, Halcyon, and Figure 8 very much too, though.
My favourite from Lights: This Love (Will Be Your Downfall)
My Favourite from Halcyon: Atlantis
I avoided buying Halcyon because I guessed it would be re-released, and I really like that as well, so for me they're pretty equal to be honest. Quite different from each other, but both very enjoyable.