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*Joe Newman
*Gus Unger-Hamilton
*Gwilym Sainsbury
*Thom Green
*Charlie Andrew
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*Starsmith
*John Fortis
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| title28 = [[Midnight Star|Midas Touch]]
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*Boaz Watson
*June Watson
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*Jonny Lattimer
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*Jomphe
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*Dow-Smith
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*Goulding
*Eliot
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Revision as of 20:26, 10 September 2013

This article is about the Ellie Goulding album. For other albums with the same title, see Halcyon (disambiguation).

Untitled

Halcyon is the second studio album by English recording artist Ellie Goulding, released on 5 October 2012 by Polydor Records. It was recorded between 2011 and 2012, during promotion of her her debut album Lights (2010). The album sees Goulding working with several producers, including Jim Eliot, Starsmith, Billboard, Justin Parker, MONSTA, Madeon and Mike Spencer, as well as collaborations with artists such as Tinie Tempah and Calvin Harris. Musically the album incorporates indie pop and synthpop which was heard on Goulding's previous album as well as including new genres such as dream pop.

Halcyon received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented Goulding's more aggressive showcase of her voice, with some critics calling it "luxuriously epic" and commending Goulding as "poised at the edge of artistic and career possibilities". However, less favourable reviews felt that "the main flaw of Halcyon is that it occasionally feels a bit too much" and that the album concedes to "factory-standard chart dance". The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling 33,425 copies in its first week. It also debuted at number nine on the United States' Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 34,000 copies, while reaching the top five in New Zealand, the top ten in Canada and Ireland, and the top twenty in Australia.

"Anything Could Happen" was released as the lead single from Halcyon on 17 August 2012, peaking at number five on the UK Singles Chart. "Figure 8" was released as the album's second single having commercial success in New Zealand where it was certified platinum, "Explosions" was released as the album's third single, peaking at number thirteen on the UK singles chart. To further promote the album Goulding embarked on a nine-day promotional tour across the United Kingdom. The Halcyon Days Tour, was unveiled along with North American dates, beginning in Miami Beach, Florida.

On 26 August 2013, the album was reissued as an expanded version titled Halcyon Days. The lead single from the reissued album, "Burn", was released 5 July 2013. It has topped the UK Singles Chart, becoming Goulding's first number-one single on the chart. It has charted in the top five in Scotland and Ireland, as well as in the top ten in Australia, New Zealand and Germany.

Background

After signing a recording deal with Polydor Records in July 2009,[1] Goulding's debut album, Lights, was released in February 2010 to generally positive reviews from music critics.[2] The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and has since sold 850,000 copies in the United Kingdom and 1.6 million copies worldwide.[3]

In February 2011, Goulding told the Daily Star that she had plans to release a follow-up to Lights sometime in 2011, commenting, "I'm not going to go away for ages. It'll be out this year or the start of next."[4] In April 2012, Goulding stated that she hoped the album would be released in October 2012.[5] The majority of the tracks on Halcyon were recorded with producer Jim Eliot of Kish Mauve (also known for his work with Kylie Minogue and Ladyhawke) in a converted barn near Lyonshall, Herefordshire, the village where Goulding grew up.[6][7][8] Recording sessions for the album also took place at Studio Splendido in Wales; AIR Studios, The Ballroom, EMI Studios, Fly Eye Studio, Starsmith HQ and Strongroom Studios in London; Red Rhino Studios and Troublemakers Studio in Montreal; and Biffco Studios in Brighton.[9]

In an interview with Carson Daly on his 97.1 AMP Radio show on 6 August 2012, Goulding explained the inspiration behind the album's title, saying, "[Halcyon is] like a bird that basically during the winter, it would lay its eggs by the sea and bring calm to the stormy waters and a lot of my songs on this record are about the ocean and water."[10] She also unveiled two songs from the album—"Only You" and the title track "Halcyon".[10]

Composition

In March 2011, when asked about the album's musical direction in an interview with gossip website Dean Piper's World, Goulding stated, "It's started to sound very dark and very weird. This album is going to be even more emotional [...] I wanted to make it so there is hope. I want to make an effect whether it's happy or sad."[11] Goulding added, "This album for me is a journey from dark into light from confusion to understanding [...] I didn't set out to write a break-up record but I think it became one."[6] In an interview with MTV News on 29 August 2012, Goulding elaborated on the sound of the album, saying, "I've moved on quite a bit since the first album, because I've discovered so much; I've learned a lot more and I've grown up a lot more. I've gained more influences and different influences and people have influenced it; I suppose just circumstances. It's a bit more tribal and anthemic; a bit more piano and vocal than anything. The last album was very electronic, but it was tied in with my voice; this one, to me, is way more of a pop record."[12] Goulding revealed to The Sun that her former relationship with BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James provided inspiration for the album, stating, "The last record I felt like I was singing about stuff like that and I thought it was really sincere but I listen back and I think, God that was really naive, that was nothing. This time it's the real deal. There's stuff about Greg. I played it to him because I felt that was better then him hearing it randomly somewhere."[13]

The album's opening track, "Don't Say a Word", was described as "gorgeously electronic" while "morphing through synthscapes".[14] "My Blood" was written and produced by Goulding and Eliot and was described as echoing the vocals of Adele.[15] "Anything Could Happen" is an electro ballad written and produced by Goudling and Eliot, containing "spurting synths and a sky-kissing chorus".[16] The fourth track "Only You" was referred to as "somewhere in between, thunderous and electrifying but bereft of the kind of earworms that would make it compulsively replayable".[17] The title track "Halcyon" was co-written and co-produced by Goulding and is an electronic song.[14] The seventh track "JOY" was co-written by Goulding and was described as a "string-laden affair that showcases her helium-powered pipes".[16] The next song, a cover version of American artist Active Child's 2011 song "Hanging On", contains dubstep, downtempo and dream pop influences. "Explosions" starts with a choir and ambient drums; after the chorus, the piano drops and the production surges to a roar.[18] The tenth song on the album, "I Know You Care", was co-written by Goulding and Justin Parker. Lyrically the song speaks of "her trying to convince someone—us, her lover, herself—that they have something worth salvaging".[16] "Atlantis" is lyrically "a quintessential break-up song, balancing moving on, with the helplessness of love and love lost". "Dead in the Water" is the final song on the album,[15] besides the bonus track "I Need Your Love", a collaboration with Scottish musician Calvin Harris.

In an interview with Billboard, Goulding has commented meanings and inspirations for a few of the tracks from Halcyon. Don't Say A Word: "There's a conversation running through that song you can just pick up on between myself and Jim about death and dreams; what happens when you die." My Blood: "It's about when someone takes so much from you and then never gives anything back so you're really depleted and you've literally lost blood, and you're really weak; it's about being weakened by someone." Anything Could Happen: "It's apart of the Halcyon story; a journey. It's the end of the journey and happy ending." JOY: "It's definitely about getting over someone. It's like having a really beautiful revelation. It's universal; everyone ends up breaking up with someone at some point and maybe not, maybe people are just married forever. But I wanted that song to help people through something. I wanted it to give people hope." I Know You Care: "The lyrics are really vulnerable. I suppose the fact that it's just so bare, I wanted the track to be as the song is which is kind of laid bare. It's about a girl singing about the end of something, the loss of something, and she's kind of in denial as well." Atlantis: "I called this song 'Atlantis' mainly because of the random discussions that me and Jim would have day to day; the idea of something really beautiful and almost heavenly just disappears without a trace. The idea of something huge suddenly disappears. And the whole album has a theme of loss." Dead In The Water: "I found I kept reading stories about people getting lost at sea and it made me really sad. I wrote the majority of 'Dead In The Water' by the sea as well. I just think the idea of being all alone at sea, even though you're probably not alive anymore; the idea that if you are and you still have this spirit and you're in the ocean it's really sad. I like to think that if you get lost at sea, there's this secret underworld somewhere that everyone ends up going." [19]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[20]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[21]
The Daily Telegraph[22]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[23]
The Guardian[24]
The Independent[25]
Los Angeles Times[26]
NME5/10[27]
PopMatters7/10[28]
Rolling Stone[14]
USA Today[29]

Halcyon received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on 17 reviews.[20] The Daily Telegraph's Neil McComick wrote that Goulding's voice is "really something special", concluding, "[A]s luxuriously epic as Enya yet with the kind of dynamism of Florence + the Machine, Goulding's poetically opaque lyrics gain real dramatic weight. On a big, bold album, Goulding gives the expression 'singing like a bird' a whole new dimension."[22] Melissa Maerz of Entertainment Weekly commented that the album has "harp solos, digitally tweaked cyborg harmonies, and at least one tribute to bodily fluids ('My Blood'). But they're anchored by giant, disco-ball hooks and the type of dance beats you might find on a NOW That's What I Call Music! comp."[23] Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times remarked that on Halcyon, Goulding "marries thoughtful ruminations on young love to whooshing synth riffs and hard-edged machine beats; the album claims electronic dance music as the natural province of sensitive singer-songwriters."[26] Michael Cragg of The Fly referred to the album as "a bold and confident step forward".[30]

Allmusic editor Matt Collar stated that Goulding "dresses up her powerful lark of a voice with a delicately laced veil of digital effects." He continued, "An ambitious work by an artist intent on developing her total sound, Halcyon finds Goulding poised at the edge of artistic and career possibilities."[21] In a review for Rolling Stone, Will Hermes expressed, "If the songwriting doesn't quite measure up to U.K. art-pop divas like Kate Bush, the hooks always go to town, and her voice—Dolly Parton-dazzling in the upper register—mates gorgeously with electronics".[14] PopMatters' Geoff Nelson concluded, "On Halcyon Goulding amplifies her music genealogy, both who she is and who she's been, in what is an often successful attempt to transition to iconic stardom [...] The outcome is a bit flawed and a very loud version of her biggest and smallest self."[28] USA Today's Jerry Shriver viewed that on Halcyon, Goulding "presents an edgier, more aggressive showcase for her swooping, stratosphere-piercing vibrato", while noting that "[h]er tone, balanced between girlish and womanly, is appealing, as is her clear intent to be an Artist. One wishes, however, she'd frolic in the heather now and then for contrast."[29] Despite calling the album a "well-crafted, stylish piece of work", Andy Gill of The Independent felt that "it's hard to love songs that try to hide."[25] The Guardian's Rebecca Nicholson opined that the album "isn't nearly as wet as its predecessor", but added that "the main flaw of Halcyon is that it occasionally feels a bit too much—and that's something Goulding, perennially painted as the timid type, may not be so sad about."[24] Hayley Avron of the NME critiqued, "Mainly, Halcyon sees Goulding's quirky-as-usual vocals lazily spliced into factory-standard chart dance. On 'Joy' and 'I Know You Care' her artistry is briefly allowed to breathe, away from the desperate bombast of the suffocating backing tracks."[27]

Halcyon received mixed reviews from Swedish music critics. At the website Kritiker, which assigns a normalised rating out of 5.0 to reviews from mainstream critics across Sweden, the album received an average score of 2.6, based on seven reviews.[31] Peter Lindholm of Metro gave the album three out of five and compared it to Florence and the Machine and Adele, while noting that the album contains "bombastic electropop and orchestral ballads".[32] Mattias Dahlström of Dagens Nyheter, rating the album two out of five, praised Goulding's vocals and observed "more complex arrangements", but dismissed the album's music as "anonymous radiopop".[33]

Commercial performance

Halcyon debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and at number one on the UK Download Albums Chart,[34] selling 33,425 copies in its first week, 10.3% less than the opening figure for Lights.[35] The following week, it fell to number seven on sales of 11,082 copies.[36] In the United States, the album debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 with 34,000 copies sold in its opening week.[37] Elsewhere, it reached number three in New Zealand, number eight in Canada and Ireland,[38][39] number sixteen in Australia, number twenty-two in Germany, number twenty-three in Switzerland, number twenty-seven in Belgium and number eighty-five in France.[40]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Don't Say a Word"
  • Eliot
  • Goulding
4:07
2."My Blood"
  • Eliot
  • Goulding
3:54
3."Anything Could Happen"
  • Goulding
  • Eliot
  • Eliot
  • Goulding
4:47
4."Only You"
  • Goulding
  • Eliot
  • Eliot
  • Goulding
3:51
5."Halcyon"
  • Goulding
  • Eliot
  • Eliot
  • Goulding
3:25
6."Figure 8"
  • Goulding
  • Jonny Lattimer
4:08
7."JOY"
  • Goulding
  • Eliot
  • Eliot
  • Goulding
3:14
8."Hanging On"
Billboard3:22
9."Explosions"
  • Goulding
  • John Fortis
Fortis4:03
10."I Know You Care"
Parker3:26
11."Atlantis"
  • Goulding
  • Eliot
  • Eliot
  • Goulding
3:53
12."Dead in the Water"
Starsmith4:44
13."I Need Your Love" (Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding) (bonus track)
  • Harris
  • Goulding
Harris3:58
Total length:46:54
UK bonus video[41]
No.TitleLength
14."Paper Planes and Playground Games" (short film) (via digital insert)9:07
International bonus track[42][43][44][45][46][47]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Lights" (Single Version)
Stannard, Howes3:30
Austrian iTunes Store bonus track[48]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Your Song"
Ben Lovett3:09
UK deluxe edition bonus tracks[49]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Ritual"
  • Goulding
  • Stannard
  • Howes
MONSTA3:50
15."In My City"
  • Goulding
  • Mathieu Jomphe
Billboard3:20
16."Without Your Love"
  • Goulding
  • Dow-Smith
Starsmith4:19
17."Hanging On" (featuring Tinie Tempah)
  • Grossi
  • Rechtshaid
  • Patrick Okogwu
Billboard4:15
18."Lights" (Pnau Remix)
  • Goulding
  • Stannard
  • Howes
  • Stannard
  • Howes (remix by Pnau)
4:05
19."Paper Planes and Playground Games" (short film) (via digital insert)  9:07
UK iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks[50]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Hanging On" (featuring Tinie Tempah)
  • Grossi
  • Rechtshaid
  • Okogwu
Billboard4:13
15."Ritual"
  • Goulding
  • Stannard
  • Howes
MONSTA3:50
16."In My City"
  • Goulding
  • Jomphe
Billboard3:19
17."Without Your Love"
  • Goulding
  • Dow-Smith
Starsmith4:19
18."Anything Could Happen" (Blood Diamonds Remix)
  • Goulding
  • Eliot
  • Eliot
  • Goulding (remix by Blood Diamonds)
4:58
19."Hanging On" (video)  4:15
20."Anything Could Happen" (video)  4:17
21."Paper Planes and Playground Games" (short film)  9:07
UK special edition bonus tracks[51]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."The Ending"
  • Goulding
  • Jomphe
Billboard4:41
15."High for This"
Xaphoon Jones4:19
International deluxe edition bonus tracks[52][53][54][55]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Ritual"Goulding, Stannard, HowesMONSTA3:50
15."In My City"
  • Goulding
  • Jomphe
Billboard3:20
16."Without Your Love"
  • Goulding
  • Dow-Smith
Starsmith4:19
17."Hanging On" (featuring Tinie Tempah)
  • Grossi
  • Rechtshaid
  • Okogwu
Billboard4:15
18."Lights" (Single Version)
  • Goulding
  • Stannard
  • Howes
  • Stannard
  • Howes
3:30
Austrian iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus track[56]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
19."Your Song"
  • John
  • Taupin
Lovett3:09
Australian and US iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks[57][58]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Hanging On" (featuring Tinie Tempah)
  • Grossi
  • Rechtshaid
  • Okogwu
Billboard4:13
15."Lights" (Single Version)
  • Goulding
  • Stannard
  • Howes
  • Stannard
  • Howes
3:30
16."Ritual"
  • Goulding
  • Stannard
  • Howes
MONSTA3:50
17."In My City"
  • Goulding
  • Jomphe
Billboard3:19
18."Without Your Love"
  • Goulding
  • Dow-Smith
Starsmith4:19
19."Anything Could Happen" (Blood Diamonds Remix)
  • Goulding
  • Eliot
  • Eliot
  • Goulding (remix by Blood Diamonds)
4:58
Tesco exclusive bonus tracks[59]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Stay Awake"
Madeon3:28
15."Hanging On" (featuring Tinie Tempah)
  • Grossi
  • Rechtshaid
  • Okogwu
Billboard4:15
16."Anything Could Happen" (White Sea Remix)
  • Goulding
  • Eliot
  • Eliot
  • Goulding (remix by White Sea)
5:05
17."Hanging On" (Draper Remix)
  • Grossi
  • Rechtshaid
Billboard (remix by Draper)5:25
Halcyon Days re-release bonus tracks[60]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Burn"
  • Kurstin
  • Tedder (vocals)
3:51
15."Goodness Gracious"
  • Kurstin
  • Joe Kearns (vocals)
3:46
16."You My Everything"
  • Robbie Lamond
  • Eg White (vocals)
  • Sigma (add.)
3:29
17."Hearts Without Chains"
Smith3:45
18."Stay Awake" (featuring Madeon)
  • Leclercq
  • Goulding
Madeon3:26
19."Under Control"
  • Oligee
  • Cory Enemy
4:06
20."Flashlight" (featuring DJ Fresh)
DJ Fresh3:33
21."How Long Will I Love You"Mike ScottJohn Fortis2:34
Halcyon Days deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
26."Tessellate"
  • Joe Newman
  • Gus Unger-Hamilton
  • Gwilym Sainsbury
  • Thom Green
  • Charlie Andrew
Xaphoon Jones / Noah Breakfast3:57
27."Midas Touch" (Ellie Goulding x Burns)
  • Boaz Watson
  • June Watson
Burns3:45


Halcyon Days deluxe edition iTunes bonus videos
No.TitleLength
28."Hanging On" (Music Video)4:15
29."Anything Could Happen" (Music Video)4:17
30."Figure 8" (Music Video)4:03
31."Explosions" (Music Video)4:00
32."Burn" (Music Video)3:58
33."Tessellate" (Music Video)4:02

The UK special edition includes:[51]

  • Album with exclusive bonus track in mintpack cardboard wallet packaging
  • One of 2000 unique Polaroids documenting the worldwide run-up to the album release, each signed and dated by Goulding
  • A specially commissioned piece of jewellery
  • A3 poster using an exclusive image from Goulding's artwork shoot
US collector's editions[61]

Premium bundle includes:

  • Exclusive deluxe Halcyon album with special bonus track
  • Limited edition numbered Halcyon poster by Kii Arens
  • 7" vinyl signed by Goulding
  • Lead single "Anything Could Happen" immediately available for download
  • 100 random orders will randomly receive a photograph taken personally by Goulding

Standard bundle includes:

  • Standard Halcyon album
  • Limited edition numbered Halcyon poster by Kii Arens
  • Lead single "Anything Could Happen" immediately available for download

Nike exclusive remix

On 15 April 2013, a remix album was released for free streaming and downloading online containing a non-stop mix of remixes of most songs on the Halcyon album.[62] The album was also used to promote the Nike Women's Half Marathon that Ellie would be partaking in, which took place on 28 April 2013.[63] Several of the remix artists have also posted the full versions of their remixes online through mediums like SoundCloud.

  1. "Anything Could Happen" (Birdy Nam Nam Remix)
  2. "My Blood" (Kastle Remix)
  3. "Dead in the Water" (Drop Lamond Remix)
  4. "Hanging On" (Ahadadream Remix)
  5. "Without Your Love" (AMTRAC Remix)
  6. "Figure 8" (Toyboy & Robin Remix)
  7. "Don't Say a Word" (Star Slinger Remix)
  8. "Only You" (Special Features Remix)
  9. "Explosions" (Stay Positive Remix)
  10. "Atlantis" (Everything Everything Remix)
  11. "Halcyon" (FTSE Remix)

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Halcyon.[9]

  • Ellie Goulding – vocals (all tracks); production (1–5, 7, 11); acoustic guitar (2, 5); bass (4, 5); electric guitar (11); art direction
  • Richard Andrews – design
  • Graham Archer – choir engineering (3, 4, 7, 10); string engineering (4, 7, 10)
  • Max Baillie – viola (4, 7, 10)
  • Ben Baptie – mixing assistant (1–5, 7–9, 11, 12, 15–17); additional engineering (3)
  • Marc Bell – engineering (15)
  • Billboard – production (8, 15, 17)
  • Fiona Bonds – viola (4, 7, 10)
  • Natalia Bonner – violin (4, 7, 10)
  • Ian Burdge – cello (4, 7, 10)
  • Jonny Byers – cello (4, 7, 10)
  • Gillon Cameron – violin (4, 7, 10)
  • Joe Clegg – drums (16)
  • Hannah Dawson – violin (12)
  • Philippe Dumais – assistant engineering (8, 15, 17)
  • Jim Eliot – drums, drum programming, percussion, piano, production, sound effects, synthesiser (1–5, 7, 11); backing vocals (2)
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing (1–5, 7–9, 11, 12, 15–17)
  • John Fortis – keyboards, production, programming (9)
  • Nina Foster – violin (4, 7, 10)
  • Richard George – violin leader (4, 7, 10)
  • Cassandra Gracey – art direction
  • Gareth Griffiths – violin (4, 7, 10)
  • Calvin Harris – instruments, mixing, production (13)
  • Sophie Harris – cello (4, 7, 10)
  • Sally Herbert – choir arrangement and conducting (3, 4, 7, 10); string arrangement and conducting (4, 7, 10)
  • Natalie Holt – viola (12)
  • Ash Howes – additional keyboards, additional programming, mixing, vocal production (14)
  • Rick Koster – violin (4, 7, 10)
  • Ashley Krajewski – additional programming, engineering (9)
  • Rachael Lander – cello (12)
  • Olli Langford – violin (4, 7, 10)
  • Jonny Lattimer – vocal production (6)
  • Jamie Lillywhite – A&R
  • London Community Gospel Choir – choir (3)
  • Philippe Look – guitar (15)
  • Kirsty Mangan – violin (9, 12)
  • John Metcalfe – viola (4, 7, 10)
  • Adam Miller – string engineering (12)
  • MONSTA – engineering, production (6, 14); additional vocal production (6)
  • Rocky Morris – arrangement, instruments (6); drums, keyboards, music, programming (14)
  • George Murphy – engineering (9)
  • Naweed – mastering (1–12, 14–17)
  • Emma Parker – violin (4, 7, 10)
  • Justin Parker – backing vocals, mixing, piano, production, programming (10)
  • Joel M. Peters – assistant choir engineering (3, 4, 7, 10); assistant string engineering (4, 7, 10)
  • John Prestage – assistant string engineering (12)
  • Simon Procter – photography
  • Kate Robinson – violin (4, 7, 10)
  • Rufio Sandilands – arrangement, instruments (6); backing vocals, drums, keyboards, music, programming (14)
  • Lee Slater – drum engineering (16)
  • Mike Spencer – additional production, additional vocal production, engineering, instruments, mixing (6)
  • Biff Stannard – vocal production (14)
  • Starsmith – production (12, 16); piano, string arrangement, synthesiser (12); backing vocals, bass, electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, Rhodes (16)
  • Tinie Tempah – rap (17)
  • Karen Thompson – mastering (13)
  • Richard Vincent – engineering (8, 17)
  • Matty Ward – violin (4, 7, 10)

Charts

Certifications

Region Provider Certification(s)
New Zealand RIANZ Gold[79]
United Kingdom BPI Platinum[80]

Release history

Region Date Label Edition
Germany[44][53] 5 October 2012 Polydor Records Standard, deluxe
Netherlands[45][54]
Ireland[81][82]
United Kingdom[41][49][51] 8 October 2012 Standard, deluxe, special
France[43] Standard
Russia[83]
Canada[84] 9 October 2012 Standard, deluxe
Italy[85][86]
United States[47][55]
Standard, deluxe, collector's
Australia[42][52] 12 October 2012 Polydor Records Standard, deluxe
Poland[46] 16 October 2012 Standard
Mexico[87] 6 November 2012 Deluxe
Australia[88] 23 August 2013 Halcyon Days
  • Standard
  • Deluxe
Ireland[89]
Finland[90]
United Kingdom[91] 26 August 2013
United States[91] 27 August 2013
  • Cherrytree Records
  • Interscope Records

References

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