Delirium (Ellie Goulding album)

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Delirium is the third studio album by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding; it was released on 6 November 2015 by Polydor Records. Music critics were generally impressed by the overall production of the record, although were ambivalent in regards to its originality. 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. "On My Mind" was released as the lead single from the album on 17 September 2015.

Background

Goulding has stated that the sound of the album is more pop oriented than her previous releases. Speaking in an interview, she said: "A part of me views this album as an experiment, to make a big pop album; I made a conscious decision that I wanted it to be on another level".[4]

Singles

"On My Mind" was released as the album's lead single on 17 September 2015. The song received positive reviews and performed well commercially, reaching the top ten in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom and number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. The tracks "Something in the Way You Move", "Lost and Found", and "Army" premiered ahead of Delirium as promotional singles on 9, 23, and 30 October 2015, respectively, and were made available for download upon pre-ordering the album through digital outlets.[5][6][7]

The standard edition of the album includes Goulding's global hit "Love Me like You Do", which was originally released as a single from the soundtrack to the film Fifty Shades of Grey. The deluxe edition also includes Goulding's collaboration with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, "Outside", released as a single from his 2014 album Motion. During the week before the album's release, several radio stations premiered different tracks from the album. "Don't Panic" was the first one to be premiered. It debuted at BBC Radio 2 on 31 October 2015.[8] "Keep On Dancin" premiered at BBC Radio 1 on 2 November 2015.[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[11]
Clash2/10[12]
NME[13]
Pitchfork Media7.2/10[3]
Rolling Stone[14]
Spin7/10[15]

Delirium received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a "weighted average" rating out of 100 from selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a Metascore of 70, based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[10]

Michael Cragg of The Observer praised the album "Delirium goes straight for the pop jugular, unleashing a relentless barrage of bangers that almost always hit the spot." Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone stated "she attempts a full-scale embrace of mainstream dance pop," and described Goulding's musical change as "not unlike the country-to-pop transformation her pal Taylor Swift pulled off with 1989."[14] Other reviews were more mixed with Hazel Cills of Pitchfork accusing Goulding of copying pop trends and saying the "darker deeper tones" may have been "a better fit for Meghan Trainor than Goulding." But still still praising the "evocative storytelling and ablity to craft great dance music".[3] Jamieson Cox of The Verge critiqued the album, stating that "Goulding is getting lost in these capable, ruthlessly catchy songs. Almost anything on Delirium could be a hit; only a few of these songs are Ellie Goulding hits."[16][17]

Commercial performance

Delirium debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart, and at number one on the UK Album Downloads Chart, after selling 38,429 copies in its first week, Goulding's best first week sale of her career so far.[18][19] In Australia, Delirium charted at number three, becoming her second album to land within the top 10 and her highest charting album in the country.[20]

In the US, the album debuted at number three with 61,000 units (42,000 in pure album sales), giving Goulding her highest charting album yet.[21]

Track listing

Delirium — Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro (Delirium)"
  • Kearns
  • Ketley
1:54
2."Aftertaste"
Kurstin3:46
3."Something in the Way You Move"
  • Goulding
  • Kurstin
Kurstin3:47
4."Keep On Dancin'"
  • Tedder
  • Zancanella
  • Anders Kjær[a]
  • Synthomania[a]
3:46
5."On My Mind"
  • Martin
  • Ilya
3:33
6."Around U"
  • Goulding
  • Fred Gibson
  • Tristan Landymore
  • Joe Janiak
3:17
7."Codes"
  • Goulding
  • Martin
  • Kotecha
  • Salmanzadeh
Ilya3:16
8."Holding On for Life"
Kurstin4:15
9."Love Me like You Do"
  • Martin
  • Payami
4:12
10."Don't Need Nobody"
  • Goulding
  • Kotecha
  • Peter Svensson
  • Ludvig Söderberg
  • Jakob Jerlström
  • Martin
  • Svensson
  • The Struts
3:33
11."Don't Panic"
  • Goulding
  • Kurstin
  • McDonald
Kurstin3:16
12."We Can't Move to This"
  • Goulding
  • Fred Gibson
  • Alex Gibson
  • Kurstin
  • McDonald
3:28
13."Army"
  • Goulding
  • Martin
  • Kotecha
  • Payami
  • Martin
  • Payami
3:57
14."Lost and Found"
3:36
15."Devotion"
  • Åhlund
  • Payami
3:46
16."Scream It Out"
3:09
Total length:56:31
Delirium — Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."The Greatest"
Little3:31
18."I Do What I Love"
  • Goulding
  • Pourkarim
Pourkarim2:51
19."Paradise"
  • Goulding
  • Little
  • Kurstin
  • Little[a]
3:44
20."Winner"
  • Goulding
  • Pourkarim
  • Pourkarim
  • Gustaf Thörn[c]
3:20
21."Heal"
  • Goulding
  • Guy Lawrence
  • James Napier
  • Lawrence
  • Jimmy Napes
4:52
22."Outside" (Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding)
  • Calvin Harris
  • Goulding
Harris3:47
Total length:78:36
Delirium — Target exclusive edition (bonus tracks)[22]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
23."Powerful" (Major Lazer featuring Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Riley)
3:26
24."Let It Die"GouldingJoe Kearns[23]3:31
25."Two Years Ago"
  • Goulding
  • Eliot
Eliot[23]5:01
Total length:90:34
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[b] signifies a vocal producer
  • ^[c] signifies an assisant producer
Sampling credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Delirium.[24]

  • Ellie Goulding – lead vocals (all tracks); backing vocals (tracks 10, 18, 20); live percussion (tracks 18, 20); A&R, creative direction
  • Emmanuel Franklyn Adalebu – drums (track 12)
  • Klas Åhlund – bass, keyboards, production, programming, synths (track 15)
  • Richard Andrews – design
  • Erik Arvinder – strings (track 20)
  • Max Baillie – viola (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Joakim Berg – acoustic guitar (track 14)
  • Cory Bice – assistant engineering (tracks 10, 13–15); backing vocals (track 13)
  • David Bukovinszky – cello
  • Ian Burdge – cello (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Julian Burg – engineering (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 16, 19); recording (track 11)
  • Mattias Bylund – string arrangements, string editing, string recording, strings
  • Tom Campbell – assistant engineering (track 22)
  • Peter Carlsson – vocal editing (track 9); backing vocals (tracks 9, 13)
  • Emil Chakalov – violin (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Reiad Chibah – viola (tracks 16, 19)
  • Rob Cohen – assistant engineering (track 4)
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Simone Daly-Richards – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Simon Davey – mastering (track 22)
  • Jim Eliot – additional synths, guitar, vocal production (track 16)
  • Jason Elliott – string engineering (tracks 1, 16, 19); choir engineering (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Carl Falk – backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, production, programming (track 14)
  • Kristoffer Fogelmark – backing vocals (track 14)
  • Fred – additional production, instrument arrangements, vocal recording (track 6); engineering, vocal production (tracks 6, 12); backing vocals, drums, keyboards, percussion, production, programming, synths (track 12)
  • Robin Fredriksson – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Richard George – violin (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 2–21)
  • Benjy Gibson – drums (track 12)
  • Rickard Göransson – backing vocals (track 13)
  • Bobbie Gordon – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Oscar Görres – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Cassandra Gracey – creative direction
  • John Hanes – engineering for mix (tracks 2–17)
  • Calvin Harris – all instruments, mixing, production (track 22)
  • Joshua Hayes – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Sam Holland – engineering (tracks 5, 7, 9, 10, 13–15); backing vocals (tracks 7, 13)
  • Oscar Holter – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Ilya – backing vocals (tracks 5, 9); bass, guitar, keyboards, production, programming (tracks 5, 7)
  • Mattias Johansson – violin
  • Dawn Joseph – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Rob Katz – engineering (tracks 13, 14)
  • Joe Kearns – keyboards, mixing, production, programming (track 1); engineering (tracks 1, 6); string production (tracks 1, 16, 19); vocal production, vocal recording (track 6); choir production (tracks 8, 16, 17); additional vocal production, additional vocal recording, choir recording (track 16)
  • Chris Ketley – string arrangements, string production (tracks 1, 16, 19); choir arrangements, choir production (tracks 8, 16, 17); choir recording (track 16)
  • Anders Kjær – additional production (track 4)
  • Bob Knight – string supply (tracks 1, 16, 19); choir supply (tracks 8, 17)
  • Savan Kotecha – backing vocals (tracks 7, 9, 13)
  • Greg Kurstin – engineering (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16, 19); bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, piano, production (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 16, 19); vocal production (tracks 6, 12); recording (track 11); additional production, vocal recording (track 12)
  • Oli Langford – violin (tracks 16, 19)
  • Mattias Larsson – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Guy Lawrence – production (track 21)
  • Jeremy Lertola – backing vocals (track 7), assistant engineering (tracks 10, 13, 14)
  • Jamie Lillywhite – A&R
  • Joel Little – bass, drums, keyboards, piano, production (track 17); engineering (tracks 17, 19); additional production, programming, vocal production (track 19)
  • Silke Lorenzen – backing vocals (track 13)
  • Kristian Lundin – additional vocal recording (track 13); additional production, vocal editing, vocal production, vocal recording (track 14)
  • Max Martin – keyboards (tracks 5, 9); programming (tracks 5, 9, 13); production (tracks 5, 9, 13, 14); bass, drums, percussion (track 9); backing vocals (tracks 9, 13, 15)
  • Randy Merrill – mastering assistance
  • Jimmy Napes – production (track 21)
  • Everton Nelson – violin (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Liam Nolan – vocal recording (track 12)
  • Emma Owens – viola (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Alex Pasco – engineering (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 16, 19); recording (track 11)
  • Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – engineering (track 10)
  • Ali Payami – percussion (track 9); backing vocals (tracks 9, 13); production, programming (tracks 9, 13, 15); bass, drums, keyboards (tracks 9, 15); guitar (track 13); synths (track 15)
  • Cameron Gower Poole – vocal engineering (track 22)
  • Laleh Pourkarim – additional vocal recording (track 7); vocal recording (track 14); backing vocals (tracks 14, 18); bass (track 18); drum programming, live percussion, production, synths (tracks 18, 20); engineering (track 20)
  • Richard Pryce – double bass (tracks 16, 19)
  • Janet Ramus – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Rich Rich – engineering (track 4)
  • David Roemer – photography
  • Jenny Sacha – violin (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Doris Sandberg – backing vocals (track 13)
  • Hayley Sanderson – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Jenny Schwartz – backing vocals (tracks 7, 13)
  • Martin Sköld – bass guitar (track 14)
  • Ludvig Söderberg – backing vocals (track 9)
  • The Struts – bass, drums, keyboards, production, programming (track 10)
  • Peter Svensson – additional backing vocals, bass, drums, keyboards, production, programming (track 10)
  • Synthomania – additional production (track 4)
  • Ryan Tedder – backing vocals, guitar, instrumentation, production, programming (track 4)
  • Gustaf Thörn – backing vocals (tracks 14, 20); assistant engineering (tracks 18, 20); assistant production, bass, guitar, organ, piano, string arrangements (track 20)
  • Sarah Tuke – violin (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Lloyds Wade – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Annabel Williams – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • The Wolf Cousins Royal Choir – gang vocals (track 10)
  • Chris Worsey – cello (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Noel Zancanella – instrumentation, production, programming (track 4)

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[49] Gold 20,000*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[50] Gold 30,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[51] Gold 0‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[52] Gold 100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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