Delirium
| Ellie Goulding
Delirium
Delirium is the third studio album by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding. It debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, earning Goulding her highest-charting record in the latter country and her highest first-week sales figures in both territories. The album spawned three singles: "On My Mind", "Army" and "Something in the Way You Move". - Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
After flirting with indie dance singer Ellie Goulding takes a strong turn toward club-ready synth-pop.
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The Guardian
The moment has come to shake things up, to do something radically different.
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Rolling Stone
The songwriting on Delirium doesn’t always feel worthy of her ambitions, but Goulding is technically peerless and versatile, maintaining her power and flare throughout and crushing every glassy jam she’s put in front of.
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The Independent
One’s mostly struck by how blandly unassertive are her songs of romantic disillusion.
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Music OMH
A smash in the US at least, it failed to make the Top 40 here.
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Time
She stacks the album with one dance-floor banger after another.
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Drowned In Sound
Having laid all this groundwork over the last five years, Delirium is Goulding’s definitive leap for the upper reaches of pop stardom.
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Line of Best Fit
It retains a surprising amount of individuality for an album almost certainly destined for the top of the charts.
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The Verge
The British singer's new album is gleaming and ruthlessly catchy-but, is it her?
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Consequence of Sound
Ultimately, chunks of Delirium cement Goulding’s place in our current pop soundscape. Delirium is less likely to define her personal brand or carve out a niche in a field already dominated by gigantic, stadium-sized personalities.
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Redbrick
Ellie Goulding's new album is her latest move into a fully-fledged popstar.
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Time Out
The singer delivers on her promise of a big pop album: ‘Delirium’ is slicker than a Kardashian selfie.
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Spin
Ellie’s coming into the proverbial net, low on ballads and armed with 16 bangers to pelt at fans and peers alike.
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Idolator
The magnificent aspect of Delirium is that Ellie for the first time in her career touches on all corners of pop in one cohesive project.
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Forge Press
Despite the album a ground-breaking experiment, it does provide a nice feast of pop, vaguely scattered with Goulding’s folk style which will hopefully get Goulding fans through the grim winter months to come.
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Evening Standard
Breathy singer attempts a bigger sound as she tries to square up against the female pop hierarchy.
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The Irish Times
It’s all a little predictable, but when it works, it works.
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Clash Magazine
If you like listening to fey exhaling over the same uninspiring backing track 16 times in a row, then you're in luck, but for the rest of us, it's a largely fruitless exercise.
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The National
Delirium is the sound of an artist treading in her comfort zone, while groping through the stratosphere for superstardom.
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Entertainment Weekly
Delirium has the formula for success and Goulding did everything right—maybe too right, as Delirium can feel bloodless and anonymous, a victim of its own meticulous execution.
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Stereo Champions
Eclectic, mature, lyrically vast, there’s so many words to describe Delirium but none that will do it justice.
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All Music
Ultimately, it's the unexpectedly appealing combination of Goulding's distinctive voice and the melismatic R&B bent of the songs on Delirium that makes for such an ecstatic listen.
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Exepose
Overall, Delirium feels like a natural progression for Goulding as she manages to turn relationship issues into shimmery and powerful pop.
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Hit The Floor Magazine
This is one experiment that has most definitely paid off, solidifying Ellie as one of the UK’s best pop artists.
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Pop Matters
Goulding’s voice spans three and a half octaves, and she glides up and down her register with ease, sounding wispy and ethereal with her high notes and sensual and resonant in her low.
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The Galleon
Goulding seems to have lost her identity in order to appeal to the masses.
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Beyond The Stage Magazine
Ellie Goulding’s new album Delirium is a more mainstream approach than her last albums that had more of the dance and rave sounds.
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Stafford Union
Delirium feels a lot more like a natural progression than a surprise kick to the groin for her original fans.
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Digital Spy
Delirium is Ellie's big pop moment - both in scale and sound - and it's a stage that suits her nicely.
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Hackney Gazette
Trouble is these glints of promise are almost submerged under a swamp of semi-anonymous buffers.
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Pop Crush
Ellie Goulding is now a proper pop star.
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Music Connection
Each song is a lighthearted dance anthem that will keep club audiences moving.
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Nylon
Ellie Goulding’s ‘Delirium’ is one of 2015’s best pop albums; the brit has found her footing.
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Renowned for Sound
Goulding carries the potential to create great pop music, but Delirium plays it safe far too often to show off her skills.
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The Upcoming
A rich collection of catchy songs primed for setting alight any club-night atmosphere.
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A Bit of Pop Music
Delirium is definitely not her best record yet and not necessarily what her fans from the first hour would have hoped for probably, but she delivers a solid pop record that will definitely appeal to a big audience.
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Demo Magazine
Delirium is definitely a full-fledged pop album, but Ellie Goulding has still managed to keep in touch with her affinity for electronic music.
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Critic of Music
The deluxe tracks are about as useful as your wisdom teeth, but the standard edition tracks are all carefully crafted to allow Goulding to fully submerge herself in glowing-Pop goodness.
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The Courier
Delerium is the album which will make Ellie Goulding as she has propelled her music forward with a daring electronic pop sound which elevates her above the other female pop singers in the market.
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Pop Culture Daily
Few successes and a lot of missteps.
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Nothing But Hope and Passion
Another product of the capitalistic fame machine. Bow down for the catchiness.
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UMusic
It is hard to resist looping the album
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Kube Radio
It’s just a good pop record – just what she wanted.
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Financial Times
The results are oddly underwhelming, with Goulding struggling to stamp herself on the material.
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NYS Music
Overall, this album would be great to play as ambient music at a small party or to sing along to in the car.
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Ellipsis
Delirium truly does encapsulate everything you would want from an experimental artist who is not afraid to talk about reality.
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Digital Journal
She is one of those songstresses in music that can do no wrong from a vocal standpoint. There are no filler tracks on this CD.
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Under The Radar Magazine
As a whole, the collection is ideal for a Friday or Saturday night out.
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Las Vegas Weekly
It’s fairly generic, with little of the offbeat charm that made Goulding stand out when she debuted as a club-friendly singer-songwriter.
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Cherwell
It would appear that Goulding is sometimes let down in the production of her songs, losing the smooth, crooning qualities of her vocals to a low-budget synth keyboard
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The Music
The problem is, we don't really see any heart; it's a solid album, but not for the right reasons.
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Stereo Gum
What Goulding lacks now more than ever: a strong sense of self.
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Brent Music Reviews
It by no means reinvents the wheel, but as referenced above, there are more than enough worthwhile moments.
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Hot Press
Pop maven releases her catchiest collection yet.
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Spectrum Pulse
For as much as Ellie is a good writer, a lack of solid melodies or production to really support her voice really hurts this album, and it ends up feeling way more generic and formless than it should.
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Wizard Radio
Goulding’s voice has never been better; her trademark airy vibrato enthrals throughout, and is brilliant at conveying emotion and drama
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Philly Mixtape
Now, I’m not going to say Delirium is a good or a bad record, it’s an interesting one at its very best, and perhaps that’s the best part of it all.
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Pop Magazine
Clubbing, festival tunes and bopping around in the car, even a besties anthem, Goulding’s got you covered with Delirium.
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Stereo Board
This is an album of solid, effortlessly modern chart pop that never quite breaks loose.
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The Hoya
Her distinctive vocals and personal lyrics help her own the stylistic change.
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The Signal
While there are still some kinks to iron out, Goulding has definitely found a style that works for her and she’s comfortable enough to experiment with new sounds. “Delirium” is definitely a success.
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Daily Mail
Ellie Goulding's blonde, ambitious and just a bit bland.
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The Tribe
My favorite thing about this album is its adult sophistication and maturity that does not exaggerate what love is all about
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The Michigan Daily
It has moments of greatness, but the majority of its incompetence is a direct result of its lyrical base, production or mismatch of the two.
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Vanguard
By transcending in a different direction, Goulding is set to captivate a wider audience than perhaps her previous albums have allowed.
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Revolver
An album that is powerful, strong, cohesive and full of hope in its message.
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The Jet Fuel Review Blog
While Goulding tries to please everyone with this new record, the 28-year-old British songstress that the world has come to know and love has seemingly been lost in the mix.
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Daily Trojan
Granted, it is upbeat, but Goulding’s romantic propositions are realistic, unlike the adolescent and yearning questions that are prevalent in mainstream pop.
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Sentinel
It’s got lots of beats and it would probably be near-impossible NOT to dance to it.
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NPR
Goulding's experimental effort was worth the risk.
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the arts desk
Ellie Goulding's new album is one to be experienced rather than merely heard.
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AVIOUSLY
Her voice shines through, yet the undertones of the songs just don’t have the feel that is expected with her.
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Rocks Mag
The new album is a reflection of her challenging journey through life and a play on the word Delirium.
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Taiwan News
It gets repetitive, dance track after dance track, and lyrically it's fairly bland -- Love! Attraction! Ooh! -- but if you're looking for something that will get you to move, this will do it.
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The Highlander
With a combination of love and hate, Ellie Goulding is here to support you throughout your complicated relationship.
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Album Confessions
Goulding shows no fear and kicks the pop floodgates wide open to allow a bigger, brighter, 80s-like sound infiltrate her indie artist roots.
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Pear Shape
Ellie Goulding's latest record more than makes up for her unfortunate foray into EDM on her previous album.
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Salt Lake Tribune
A playlist of singles destined for frequent repeat on the radio and in the clubs, all with catchy rhythms and her "this can only be Ellie Goulding singing" distinctive vocal style.
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