Delirium (Ellie Goulding album)

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Delirium
File:Delirium (Ellie Goulding album).png
Physical standard edition artwork[1][lower-alpha 1]
Studio album by Ellie Goulding
Released 6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)
Recorded 2014–2015
Studio
Genre
Length 56:31
Label Polydor
Producer
Ellie Goulding chronology
Halcyon Days
(2013)
Delirium
(2015)
Brightest Blue
(2020)
Singles from Delirium (Ellie Goulding album)

Delirium is the third studio album by English singer and songwriter Ellie Goulding, released on 6 November 2015 by Polydor Records. Music critics were generally impressed by the overall production of the record, although they 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. The album spawned three singles: "On My Mind", "Army" and "Something in the Way You Move".

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".[7]

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 10 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Army" was sent to Italian radio on 15 January 2016 as the album's second single.[8] The song was released to contemporary hit radio in the United States on 19 April 2016.[9]

The third and final single from the album, "Something in the Way You Move", impacted contemporary hit radio in the United States on 19 January 2016.[10]

Other songs

"Lost and Found" was released on 23 October 2015 as a promotional single from Delirium.[11] During the week before the album's release, several radio stations premiered different tracks from the album. "Don't Panic" premiered on Graham Norton's BBC Radio 2 show on 31 October 2015,[12] while "Keep On Dancin'" debuted on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show on 2 November 2015.[13]

The album includes Goulding's song "Love Me like You Do", which was originally released as a single from the soundtrack to the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey and became a commercial success worldwide. The deluxe edition also includes Goulding's collaboration with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, "Outside", released as a single from his 2014 album Motion. The North American deluxe edition contains Goulding's collaboration with American electronic music trio Major Lazer (also featuring American-Jamaican singer Tarrus Riley), Powerful, released as a single from their 2015 album Peace is the Mission.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 70/100[14]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[15]
Clash 2/10[16]
Entertainment Weekly B−[17]
NME 3/5[18]
The Observer 4/5 stars[19]
Pitchfork 7.2/10[6]
PopMatters 7/10 stars[5]
Q 4/5 stars[20]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[21]
Spin 7/10[22]

Delirium received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 70, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[14] Peter Robinson of Q remarked that the album "seems to enjoy pushing pop's boundaries, and six years into her career feels like Goulding's first true superstar moment", while noting that her "nuanced lyrics steer Delirium away from homogeneity".[20] Michael Cragg of The Observer wrote that the album "goes straight for the pop jugular, unleashing a relentless barrage of bangers that almost always hit the spot."[19] Matt Collar of AllMusic opined that "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."[15] Eve Barlow of Spin commented, "Finally, [Goulding is] embracing the responsibility to provide stone-cold tunes without pretense", adding, "Perhaps she's finally come to terms with playing in the major leagues because she's sussed out the sweet spot between pop homogeneity and experimentation."[22] Despite criticising Goulding for copying pop trends and stating the "darker, deeper tones" may have been "a better fit for Meghan Trainor than Goulding", Pitchfork's Hazel Cills commended the singer for her "evocative storytelling and ability to craft great dance music".[6]

Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone compared Goulding's change in musical direction to "the country-to-pop transformation her pal Taylor Swift pulled off with 1989", stating that "[t]he 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."[21] Similarly, Mark Allister of PopMatters pointed out the album's "rather limited scope of lyric subjects" and concluded, "Goulding's sound has gained an even greater sheen and expectations have grown, and we'll see, in the coming months, whether Delirium is the big album that Goulding is aiming for."[5] Entertainment Weekly's Kyle Anderson viewed Delirium as "too well-constructed and honestly ambitious, and the tracks that land in Goulding's comfort zone [...] rank among her best work. But the album also fails to elevate Goulding to her desired plateau, ultimately making it a narrow and sometimes frustrating miss."[17] Matthew Horton of NME felt that "[t]here's something disappointing about [the album], however undeniable the quality of material."[18] In a negative review for Clash, Joe Rivers expressed that Goulding's voice is "too wispy to hold its own versus the maximalist rave-pop of the day. Throughout Delirium, her vocals are often double-tracked in an attempt to circumvent this, but it largely fails, and the singing is forever fighting for attention amid a swamp of crashing beats and over-zealous synths."[16]

Commercial performance

Delirium debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart and at number one on the UK Album Downloads Chart, with 38,429 copies sold in its first week, marking the biggest first-week sales of Goulding's career so far.[23] 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.[24]

In the United States, the album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with 61,000 album-equivalent units (42,000 in pure album sales), earning Goulding her highest-charting album yet.[25] As of February 2016, the album had sold 117,000 copies in the US.[26]

Track listing

Standard edition
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Intro (Delirium)"  
  • Kearns
  • Ketley
1:54
2. "Aftertaste"   Kurstin 3:46
3. "Something in the Way You Move"   Kurstin 3:47
4. "Keep On Dancin'"  
  • Tedder
  • Zancanella
  • Anders Kjær[a]
  • Synthomania[a]
3:46
5. "On My Mind"  
  • Martin
  • Ilya
3:33
6. "Around U"  
3:17
7. "Codes"   Ilya 3:16
8. "Holding On for Life"   Kurstin 4:15
9. "Love Me like You Do"  
  • Martin
  • Payami
4:12
10. "Don't Need Nobody"  
  • Svensson
  • The Struts
3:33
11. "Don't Panic"   Kurstin 3:16
12. "We Can't Move to This"  
3:28
13. "Army"  
  • 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
Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[2]
No. Title Producer(s) Length
17. "The Greatest"   Little 3:31
18. "I Do What I Love"   Pourkarim 2:51
19. "Paradise"  
  • Kurstin
  • Little[a]
3:44
20. "Winner"  
  • Pourkarim
  • Gustaf Thörn[c]
3:20
21. "Heal"  
  • Lawrence
  • Jimmy Napes
4:52
22. "Outside" (Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding) Harris 3:47
Total length:
78:36
North American deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[27][28]
No. Title Producer(s) Length
23. "Powerful" (Major Lazer featuring Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Riley)
3:25
Total length:
82:01
Target exclusive deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[29]
No. Title Producer(s) Length
24. "Let It Die"   Kearns 3:31
25. "Two Years Ago"   Eliot 5:01
Total length:
34:03

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[b] signifies a vocal producer
  • ^[c] signifies an assistant producer

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Delirium.[30]

Musicians

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  • Ellie Goulding – lead vocals (all tracks); backing vocals (tracks 10, 18, 20); live percussion (tracks 18, 20)
  • Joe Kearns – keyboards, programming (track 1)
  • Chris Ketley – string arrangements (tracks 1, 16, 19); choir arrangements (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Everton Nelson – violin (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Emil Chakalov – violin (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Richard George – violin (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Jenny Sacha – violin (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Sarah Tuke – violin (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Max Baillie – viola (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Emma Owens – viola (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Ian Burdge – cello (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Chris Worsey – cello (tracks 1, 16, 19)
  • Greg Kurstin – bass, drums, guitar, piano, keyboards (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 16, 19)
  • Ryan Tedder – backing vocals, guitar, instrumentation, programming (track 4)
  • Noel Zancanella – instrumentation, programming (track 4)
  • Ilya – backing vocals (tracks 5, 9); guitar, bass, keyboards, programming (tracks 5, 7)
  • Max Martin – keyboards (tracks 5, 9); programming (tracks 5, 9, 13); drums, percussion, bass (track 9); backing vocals (tracks 9, 13, 15)
  • Fred – instrument arrangements (track 6); programming, synths, percussion, drums, keyboards, backing vocals (track 12)
  • Jenny Schwartz – backing vocals (tracks 7, 13)
  • Jeremy Lertola – backing vocals (track 7)
  • Sam Holland – backing vocals (tracks 7, 13)
  • Savan Kotecha – backing vocals (tracks 7, 9, 13)
  • Annabel Williams – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Bobbie Gordon – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Hayley Sanderson – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Lloyds Wade – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Joshua Hayes – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Simone Daly-Richards – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Janet Ramus – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Dawn Joseph – choir (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Ali Payami – programming (tracks 9, 13, 15); drums, keyboards, bass (tracks 9, 15); percussion (track 9); backing vocals (tracks 9, 13); guitar (track 13); synths (track 15)
  • Mattias Bylund – strings, string arrangements (track 9)
  • Mattias Johansson – violin (track 9)
  • David Bukovinszky – cello (track 9)
  • Peter Carlsson – backing vocals (tracks 9, 13)
  • Oscar Holter – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Robin Fredriksson – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Mattias Larsson – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Oscar Görres – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Ludvig Söderberg – backing vocals (track 9)
  • The Struts – programming, drums, bass, keyboards (track 10)
  • Peter Svensson – programming, drums, bass, keyboards, additional backing vocals (track 10)
  • The Wolf Cousins Royal Choir – gang vocals (track 10)
  • Benjy Gibson – drums (track 12)
  • Emmanuel Franklyn Adalebu – drums (track 12)
  • Doris Sandberg – backing vocals (track 13)
  • Cory Bice – backing vocals (track 13)
  • Silke Lorenzen – backing vocals (track 13)
  • Rickard Göransson – backing vocals (track 13)
  • Carl Falk – guitar, programming, keyboards, backing vocals (track 14)
  • Joakim Berg – acoustic guitar (track 14)
  • Martin Sköld – bass guitar (track 14)
  • Kristoffer Fogelmark – backing vocals (track 14)
  • Laleh Pourkarim – backing vocals (tracks 14, 18); bass (track 18); drum programming, synths, live percussion (tracks 18, 20)
  • Gustaf Thörn – backing vocals (tracks 14, 20); piano, organ, guitar, bass, string arrangements (track 20)
  • Klas Åhlund – synths, bass, keyboards, programming (track 15)
  • Jim Eliot – additional synths, guitar (track 16)
  • Oli Langford – violin (tracks 16, 19)
  • Reiad Chibah – viola (tracks 16, 19)
  • Richard Pryce – double bass (tracks 16, 19)
  • Joel Little – bass, drums, piano, keyboards (track 17); programming (track 19)
  • Erik Arvinder – strings (track 20)
  • Calvin Harris – all instruments (track 22)

Technical

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  • Joe Kearns – production, mixing (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 vocals production, additional vocals recording (track 16); additional vocal engineering (track 20)
  • Chris Ketley – string production (tracks 1, 16, 19); choir production (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Jason Elliott – string engineering (tracks 1, 16, 19); choir engineering (tracks 8, 16, 17)
  • Bob Knight – string supply (tracks 1, 16, 19); choir supply (tracks 8, 17)
  • Greg Kurstin – production (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 16, 19); engineering (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16, 19); vocal production (tracks 6, 12); recording (track 11); additional production, vocal recording (track 12)
  • Alex Pasco – engineering (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 16, 19); recording (track 11)
  • Julian Burg – engineering (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 16, 19); recording (track 11)
  • Ryan Tedder – production (track 4)
  • Noel Zancanella – production (track 4)
  • Anders Kjær – additional production (track 4)
  • Synthomania – additional production (track 4)
  • Rich Rich – engineering (track 4)
  • Rob Cohen – engineering assistance (track 4)
  • Max Martin – production (tracks 5, 9, 13, 14)
  • Ilya – production (tracks 5, 7)
  • Sam Holland – engineering (tracks 5, 7, 9, 10, 13–15)
  • Fred – additional production, vocal recording (track 6); vocal production, engineering (tracks 6, 12); production (track 12)
  • Laleh Pourkarim – additional vocals recording (track 7); vocal recording (track 14); production (tracks 18, 20); engineering, vocal production (track 20)
  • Ali Payami – production (tracks 9, 13, 15)
  • Peter Carlsson – vocal editing (track 9)
  • Mattias Bylund – string recording, string editing
  • Peter Svensson – production (track 10)
  • The Struts – production (track 10)
  • Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – engineering (track 10)
  • Cory Bice – engineering assistance (tracks 10, 13–15)
  • Jeremy Lertola – engineering assistance (tracks 10, 13, 14)
  • Liam Nolan – vocal recording (track 12)
  • Rob Katz – engineering (tracks 13, 14)
  • Kristian Lundin – additional vocals recording (track 13); additional production, vocal recording, vocal production, vocal editing (track 14)
  • Carl Falk – production (track 14)
  • Klas Åhlund – production (track 15)
  • Jim Eliot – vocal production (track 16)
  • Joel Little – production (track 17); engineering (tracks 17, 19); vocal production, additional production (track 19)
  • Gustaf Thörn – engineering assistance (tracks 18, 20); production assistance (track 20)
  • Guy Lawrence – production (track 21)
  • Jimmy Napes – production (track 21)
  • Calvin Harris – production, mixing (track 22)
  • Cameron Gower Poole – vocal engineering (track 22)
  • Tom Campbell – engineering assistance (track 22)
  • Simon Davey – mastering (track 22)
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 2–21)
  • John Hanes – engineering for mix
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Randy Merrill – mastering assistance

Artwork

  • Ellie Goulding – creative direction
  • Cassandra Gracey – creative direction
  • David Roemer – photography
  • Richard Andrews – design

Charts

Certifications

Certification for Delirium
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[62] Platinum 15,000
Canada (Music Canada)[63] 2× Platinum 160,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[64] Gold 0
Mexico (AMPROFON)[65] Platinum+Gold 90,000
Norway (IFPI Norway)[66] 2× Platinum 60,000
Poland (ZPAV)[67] 2× Platinum 40,000
Singapore[68] Platinum Expression error: Missing operand for *.
United Kingdom (BPI)[69] Platinum 389,000[70]
United States (RIAA)[71] Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

See also

Notes

  1. Deluxe pressings feature a golden typeface colour.[2][3] Both digital versions (standard and deluxe) use a different typeface.[3][4]
  2. Track 1
  3. Track 1; vocals on tracks 6 and 8; choir on tracks 8, 16 and 17; strings on track 16
  4. Tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 12, 16 and 19
  5. 5.0 5.1 Track 4
  6. Tracks 5, 7, 9, 10, 13–15, 18 and 20
  7. Tracks 5, 7, 9, 10, 13 and 15
  8. Vocals on track 6
  9. Strings on track 9
  10. Track 9
  11. Track 10
  12. Tracks 12 and 17
  13. Track 14; vocals on track 13
  14. Track 14
  15. Track 15
  16. Vocals on track 16
  17. Tracks 17 and 19
  18. Track 17
  19. Tracks 18, 20 and 22
  20. Track 21
  21. Track 22

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