★★★★★
First things first. Ellie Goulding has not "gone dubstep". There were more than a few rumours, or rather slightly sexist assumptions, that Goulding would be embracing the wub, bass drop and rewind now she's an item with the movement's poster boy Skrillex, but it's not to be. Instead, Halcyon sounds very much how you'd expect it to sound - namely, an Ellie Goulding album. That's not to say that this is a simple retread of Lights...
- www.musicomh.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
English artist Ellie Goulding has recaptured the form of her dazzling debut album in style. Halcyon, a well-rounded contemporary pop record, is poised to leave listeners wowed, amazed and all-ears for more. Initially, Don't Say A Word and the melodramatic My Blood lack definitive impact, instead easing listeners into the album. Primed for a pivotal single, though, Halcyon then ignites via euphoric pop anthem Anything Can Happen. The song shimmers excitedly, brimming with a certain electricity...
- www.beat.com.au
2013-01-29
★★★★★
Release Date: March 8th, 2011 If you're not living under a rock, or pay attention to pop culture, there's a huge chance you've heard of British singer Ellie Goulding. I've been familiar with her for a long time, but I was never curious enough to listen to any of her records. In 2012, she released sophomore record Halcyon, but a couple of years prior, she released Lights, her debut album. The album was re-released in 2011 in the US, which is the version I have...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-01-04
★★★★★
Release Date: October 9th, 2012 Last Friday was November 23rd, which is Black Friday here in the United States. Thankfully, most stores had Black Friday deals throughout the entire Thanksgiving weekend, including both of British indie-pop artist Ellie Goulding's records, 2010's Lights and 2012's Halcyon. I decided to pick both albums up because the sales were only good until that day. I didn't want to take any chances, despite not having really been familiar with her beforehand...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-11-29
★★★★★
's been a shape-shifter long before she started experimenting with radical coiffures to match the style of her dubstep beau, . Since bagging the BRIT Awards' Critics Choice in 2010, she's flummoxed the lot of us by refusing to stick in one spot. Witness the transition from the sparkly pop of her debut album, 2010's , to that soppy, saccharine cover of 's Your Song. It's little wonder, then, that Halcyon finds her in metamorphosis again...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
In theory, a slew of honors -- including the Critic's Choice prize at the BRIT Awards and a No. 1 debut record at home -- should be a harbinger of great things to come for UK electro-folk import Ellie Goulding. Of course, trans-Atlantic success isn't quite as easy to translate on a one-to-one ratio...
- www.boston.com
2011-03-14
★★★★★
Buy / Listen: 7Digital | Amazon | eMusic | We7 | Spotify Being bestowed with the title of 'Sound of X Year' can be a blessing or a curse and is a gauntlet nine out of 10 artists are destined to fail to live up to. With Ellie Goulding's debut, Lights, the hype machine has unfortunately claimed another victim...
- www.state.ie
2011-01-25
★★★★★
Hype is a cruel thing really. It guarantees expectation, not album sales. It builds you up as the next Beatles and can leave you looking like the Pigeon Detectives. Above all people tend to see hype as a privilege, as a god given gift to those artists blessed with an outstanding talent. In actual fact it's a rather large monkey on your back...
- www.gigwise.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
After winning the BBC Sound of 2010 accolade, and getting the Brits Critics Choice award Ellie Goulding had (perhaps unfairly) a lot to live up to. Debut album 'Lights' is a strong album, but unfortunately the praise that goes before her suggests there is more to Ellie Goulding than is here...
- www.music-news.com
2010-11-02
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