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Ellie Goulding Burns Up U.K. Charts with "Halcyon" Reissue

September 10, 2013 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Halcyon DaysBritish dance-pop singer Ellie Goulding enjoyed her biggest worldwide success to date with the release of sophomore album Halcyon in 2012. Late last month, a heavily-expanded edition of the album was released with the hopes of taking that success even further.

The 27-year-old Goulding earned national acclaim in England when she won the Critic's Choice BRIT Award and topped the BBC's Sound Of... poll in 2010 - just the second artist to achieve both, two years after Adele did so in 2008. Her vocals fit nicely against intimate arrangements (a cover of Elton John's "Your Song" hit No. 2 in the U.K. in 2010; she personally sang the song for the first dance of Prince William and Duchess Catherine) or electronic rhythms (2011 single "Lights" was a No. 2 hit in the United States). Follow-up Halcyon, assessed as a strong follow-up by many critics, featured U.K. hits in "Anything Could Happen" and "Explosions"; the former was a No. 1 Dance single in the U.S. and featured in advertisements for the much talked-about HBO series Girls.

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The inevitable third-quarter repackaging of the album, Halcyon Days, is packed with not only all the tracks from the existing deluxe edition of the original album (including a remix of "Lights" by Australian duo Pnau and "I Need Your Love," a hit single by producer/remixer Calvin Harris which features Goulding's vocals) but a 10-track bonus disc, featuring U.K. chart-topper "Burn," co-written and co-produced by Ryan Tedder of the pop-rock band OneRepublic. There's also a cover of "How Long Will I Love You," a 1990 single by The Waterboys.

Halcyon Days is available now; full specs and order links are after the jump.

Halcyon Days (Polydor 3747041 (U.K.)/Cherrytree/Interscope B0019011-02 (U.S.), 2013)

Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.

Disc 1: Halcyon and deluxe edition bonus tracks

  1. Don't Say a Word
  2. My Blood
  3. Anything Could Happen
  4. Only You
  5. Halcyon
  6. Figure 8
  7. Joy
  8. Hanging On
  9. Explosions
  10. I Know You Care
  11. Atlantis
  12. Dead in the Water
  13. I Need Your Love - Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding
  14. Ritual
  15. In My City
  16. Without Your Love
  17. Hanging On (feat. Tinie Tempah)
  18. Lights (Pnau Remix) *

Disc 2: Halcyon Days

  1. Burn
  2. Goodness Gracious
  3. You My Everything
  4. Hearts Without Chains
  5. Stay Awake (with Madeon)
  6. Under Control
  7. Flashlight (with DJ Fresh)
  8. How Long Will I Love You
  9. Tessellate **
  10. Midas Touch - Ellie Goulding x Burns **

Disc 1, Tracks 1-13 released as Polydor CD 3714241 (U.K.)/Cherrytree/Interscope B0017556-02 (U.S.), 2012
Disc 1, Track 13 also released on 18 Months - Fly Eye/Deconstruction/Columbia (U.K.)/Ultra/Roc Nation/Columbia (U.S.) 88697859232, 2012
Disc 1, Tracks 14-15 released on Polydor CD 3716940 (U.K.)/Cherrytree/Interscope B0017557-02 (U.S.), 2012
* U.K.-only track
** deluxe edition track

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, holding positions at Legacy Recordings and Rhino Records and contributing to Allmusic, Discogs, City Pages, Ultimate Classic Rock and Mondo Records, for whom he penned liner notes for his favorite piece of music: John Williams' Oscar-winning score to 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.' Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife, a cat named Ravioli, twin daughters and a large yet tasteful collection of music.

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  1. Dishy says

    September 11, 2013 at 9:25 am

    These reissues are getting to be absurd ...."the inevitable third quarter repackaging" - barf. Who can afford all this shit?

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