album Ellie Goulding - 'Higher Than Heaven'

[Delirious]

Not at "Midnight Dreams" nearly hitting Top 40 in the US...

Midnight Dreams

 

Apple Music:

#19 Libya (NE)

#89 Papua New Guinea (NE)

iTunes:

#41 United States (+114)

#55 Norway (NE)

#65 Canada (NE)

#89 United Kingdom (NE)

#91 Switzerland (NE)

#137 France (NE)

Deezer:

#79 Portugal (NE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan kinda stanning omg?

 

iTunes:

 

#1 Turkey (=)

#1 United Kingdom (=)

#2 Brazil (NE)

#3 Spain (NE)

#4 Germany (+9)

#4 United States (=)

#5 Canada (-1)

#5 Mexico (-1)

#7 Switzerland (+2)

#10 Italy (+59)

#23 Australia (-9)

#23 France (NE)

#24 Bulgaria (-23)

#33 Japan (+68)

#40 United Kingdom (+54)

Edited April 8, 2023 by Delirious

[Cqmerqn]

 

[Delirious]

You know what I need?

 

An album just of super generic trendy Ellie aka a trap pop album. The COLLAPSE that would be

it'll get panned critically and by fans left and right but the locals and I will EAT this up!!!

 

1. Close To Me

2. How Long

3. Over Me

4. On My Mind

5. Hate Me

6. Codes with a more trappy production

etc.

[skwonderfactory]

This is by far her best album and quite an immaculate pop record.

 

Here’s my current ranking after two listens:

 

1. “Like A Saviour”

2. “Let It Die”

3. “By The End Of The Night”

4. “Midnight Dreams”

5. “Tastes Like You”

6. “Higher Than Heaven”

7. “Loves Goes On”

8. “Cure For Love”

9. “All By Myself”

10. “Intuition”

11. “How Long”

12. “Better Man”

13. “Easy Lover” featuring Big Sean

14. “Just For You”

15. “Temptation”

16. “Waiting For It”

 

Keep in mind prior to yesterday, I had only heard “Easy Lover” and “Let It Die” and none of the pre-release singles, I didn’t even know “All By Myself”.

 

While Brightest Blue is a very solid record, I feel this captures the spirit of Ellie more and calls back to themes seen on Halcyon and Delirium, with some of the sonic influences of those peaking through on Higher Than Heaven as well.

 

Yesterday during my first listen, I was reading the official lyrics from CD booklet scans and there are multiple typos and even a few lines that are straight up only partially correct of what Ellie is singing . It’s so rare you see this and her first album that has this issue.

 

 

Here is my album ranking:

 

Higher Than Heaven >> Brightest Blue >>> Delirium > Halcyon >> Halcyon Days >>>> Lights = Bright Lights >>> EG.0

[ughgabriel]

10 minutes ago, Cqmerqn said:

 

I really wanted to get the bright green LP but this is gorgeous too!! As long as I don’t get a crappy color 😭

[Danial]

23 minutes ago, Delirious said:

Not at "Midnight Dreams" nearly hitting Top 40 in the US...

Midnight Dreams

 

Apple Music:

#19 Libya (NE)

#89 Papua New Guinea (NE)

iTunes:

#41 United States (+114)

#55 Norway (NE)

#65 Canada (NE)

#89 United Kingdom (NE)

#91 Switzerland (NE)

#137 France (NE)

Deezer:

#79 Portugal (NE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan kinda stanning omg?

 

iTunes:

 

#1 Turkey (=)

#1 United Kingdom (=)

#2 Brazil (NE)

#3 Spain (NE)

#4 Germany (+9)

#4 United States (=)

#5 Canada (-1)

#5 Mexico (-1)

#7 Switzerland (+2)

#10 Italy (+59)

#23 Australia (-9)

#23 France (NE)

#24 Bulgaria (-23)

#33 Japan (+68)

#40 United Kingdom (+54)

the best song slaying

[Cqmerqn]

6 minutes ago, ughgabriel said:

I really wanted to get the bright green LP but this is gorgeous too!! As long as I don’t get a crappy color 😭

Haha it was such a shock to get a peach coloured one. I was fully expecting the gorgeous green! But I think I prefer this.

Edited April 8, 2023 by Cqmerqn

[P!NK2LOVE]

Such an exciting record! Puts me in such a state of euphoria whenever I’m listening to it. I’m loving the themes explored throughout as well  

[handstomyseIf]

2 hours ago, Better Mistakes said:

Any ATRLers at her Birmingham HMV signing?

yes SLAY. about to meet her!

[Delirious]

I absolutely love the peach tho it's so cute. it's like cotton candy

[ahauntingnearu]

I can easily say this (a) matches Halcyon as my favorite EG album, just depending on whether I want fun/happy (HTH) or sad/dark (H), and (b) is my third favorite album of the year after Jessie and Lana. She did THAT!

 

My mom loves it too

Edited April 8, 2023 by ahauntingnearu

[halcyonday]

13 minutes ago, ahauntingnearu said:

I can easily say this (a) matches Halcyon as my favorite EG album, just depending on whether I want fun/happy (HTH) or sad/dark (H), and (b) is my third favorite album of the year after Jessie and Lana. She did THAT!

 

My mom loves it too

Jessie Ware? i can't wait to listen to it  mom serving  

[halcyonday]

It's hard for me to judge and compare this album to the rest of her discography. 

Especially considering her previous albums were like this to me:

She used to always hit me right in my feelings so BB was such a miss for me  I can still appreciate several tracks tho. 

 

This feels like the more "pop perfection" version of Delirium, which I don't mind. Delirium had more various sounds and was more interesting and diverse, but this has the similar feel to 2022's Album Of The Year "The Kick" or this year's "Diamonds & Dancefloors". I love it, but I can agree it can sometimes feel like one long dance track, which isn't the worst, but also not the best. The Kick has the perfect mix of different sounds and banging anthems, while this only has the second part of it. 

 

Is it better than Brightest Blue? Probably yes, imo. It will surpass it in my scrobbles for sure, but I can still appreciate the range the showed with that record. Halcyon and Lights are so unique it's hard to compare to them, while with Delirium, it's almost like two sisters that have their own world. I do feel like Delirium has bigger duds (the deluxe tracks always blended together for me and I can't tell them apart year after. What the **** was Paradise? Winner? Heal?) At the same time Delirium has her best song Love Me Like You Do, and her cute babies Something In The Way You Move, Army, and highlights such as Holding On For Life and Aftertaste. HTH feels like almost each track is that great strong 8.5-9/10 in pop perfection terms, but is there even one ultimate 10/10 like Love Me Like You Do or Lights? I'm not sure, it will take some time.  

 

FAVORITES FOR NOW:

Midnight Dreams

By The End of The Night

Like A Savior

Easy Lover

Higher Than Heaven

Just For You

Temptation

Tastes Like You

 

She redeemed herself after a rough start with the era

[SeeingStars1515]

Im obsessed with tastes like you. what a perfect pop song. 

 

[Katamari]

Bops harder than delirium oh wow

[GRMusic]

26 minutes ago, SeeingStars1515 said:

Im obsessed with tastes like you. what a perfect pop song. 

 

This!!!

[Europe]

I want to know what her main stan @Delirious thinks of this album. Did it live up to his expectations? What is his top 3?

[ZORBIT]

Super consistent 

still trying to choose my faves

[Delirious]

5 minutes ago, AbeHicks said:

I want to know what her main stan @Delirious thinks of this album. Did it live up to his expectations? What is his top 3?

I absolutely loved it. It's her 2nd worst album!

 

The tracks from 1 to 11 are immaculate apart from just waiting for it the only fad of the album

[Europe]

22 minutes ago, Delirious said:

I absolutely loved it. It's her 2nd worst album!

 

[WiredBrain]

Went to the album signing today, such an amazing day. Went solo but got talking in the queue. She was so lovely to talk to, albeit briefly. 

 

 

[Delirious]

15 minutes ago, AbeHicks said:

Well all her albums are 8.5/10 + so that's why.

 

it's too hard to beat halcyon, delirium and lights and im absolutely fine with that

[Gringo]

I've got a heartbeat just for you

Just for you, just for you

I've got a real thing just for you

Just for you, just for you

Know that you're onto something new

Something new

 

[KasioKas]

So surprised I like this so much but it's so good 

[Ryan]

This truly is a near perfect album. No skips. Addictive hooks. Great vocals.