Lights
by Ellie Goulding
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 193 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 171 out of 193
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 193
  3. Negative: 12 out of 193

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Awards & Rankings

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#40 Most Discussed Album of 2011
85
#85 Most Shared Album of 2011

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. AllMusic
    Dec 19, 2011
    70
    Goulding is able to take the best parts of all of her contemporaries' styles and make them her own, coating everything in the breathy flutter of her voice.
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  2. Boston Globe
    Mar 14, 2011
    80
    Goulding's crackling voice is capable of affecting a prostrate pose in the midst of the swirl that suggests the latter's folk-tinged vulnerability.
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  3. Consequence
    Mar 10, 2011
    50
    The result is that most of what makes Goulding's work appealing, such as her voice and instrumentation, is lost underneath generic synthesizers that turn these songs into standard pop fare.
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