The Listening

by Lights

The Listening cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 September 2009
  • Label: Sire
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 43:13
  • Community rating: 3.27/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut studio album from Canadian artist Lights, 'The Listening', is a sparkling collection of cosmic synthpop. The record is driven by lush, atmospheric electronics and earnest, bittersweet melodies, capturing a distinctly starry-eyed and uplifting approach to late-2000s electropop.

Genres

Descriptors: Ballad, melodic, space, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Saviour (3:28)
  2. Drive My Soul (3:20)
  3. River (3:03)
  4. The Listening (3:35)
  5. Ice (2:55)
  6. Pretend (3:23)
  7. The Last Thing on Your Mind (3:19)
  8. Second Go (3:16)
  9. February Air (3:48)
  10. Face Up (3:25)
  11. Lions! (3:17)
  12. Quiet (3:13)
  13. Pretend - Reprise (3:05)

Credits

  • Garnet Armstrong - layout, design
  • Reformavw.com - layout, design
  • Thomas Salter - producer, written-by
  • Dave Thomson - producer, written-by
  • Jack Ross - booking
  • Nick Storch - booking
  • Ross Warnock - booking
  • The Agency Group - booking
  • Jian Ghomeshi - management
  • Wonderboy Entertainment Inc. - management
  • Amanda VanDenBrock - management [wboy operations manager]
  • Ashley Poitevin - management [wboy public relations]
  • Joao Carvalho - mastered by
  • Caitlin Cronenberg - photography by [photographs by]
  • Lee Towndrow - photography by [photographs by]
  • Matty Green - engineer
  • Mark Stent - mixed by

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