Lighting Matches
Appearance
Lighting Matches | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 6 July 2018 | |||
Recorded | 2016–2018 | |||
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Length | 41:43 | |||
Label | Insanity | |||
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Tom Grennan chronology | ||||
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Singles from Lighting Matches | ||||
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Lighting Matches is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Tom Grennan, released on 6 July 2018 through Insanity Records. The album spawned five singles, and includes three singles, released on Grennan's previously three EPs.
Critical reception
[edit]Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 79/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Clash | 5/10[2] |
The Independent | [3] |
NME | [4] |
Lighting Matches was generally well received by critics. NME critic Andrew Trendell said that the album "makes Bedford sound like Hollywood" and that Grennan "knows what he's doing".[4] However, Clash critic Nick Roseblade said that the album "isn't a bad album, but sadly it doesn't excel either" and that "it all feels a little too rehearsed and sanitised in its delivery."[2]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Found What I've Been Looking For" |
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| 3:11 |
2. | "Royal Highness" |
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| 3:13 |
3. | "Barbed Wire" |
| Hugall | 3:05 |
4. | "Run in the Rain" |
| Jimmy Hogarth | 3:57 |
5. | "Aboard" |
| Eg White | 3:53 |
6. | "Lighting Matches" |
| Hogarth | 3:29 |
7. | "Lucky Ones" |
| Samuel Dixon | 3:33 |
8. | "Sober" |
| Fraser T Smith | 3:42 |
9. | "I Might" | Diane Warren | Peter Stengaard | 2:53 |
10. | "Make 'Em Like You" |
| Pott | 3:39 |
11. | "Something in the Water" | Grennan | Hugall | 3:27 |
12. | "Little by Little Love" |
| Pott | 3:41 |
Total length: | 41:43 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Praying" |
| Hugall | 3:06 |
14. | "Secret Lover" |
| Pott | 3:58 |
15. | "Sweet Hallelujah" | Grennan | Hugall | 3:48 |
16. | "All Goes Wrong" (with Chase & Status) |
| Chase & Status | 3:43 |
Chart performance
[edit]Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] | 191 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] | 60 |
UK Albums (OCC)[7] | 5 |
Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[8] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Reviews for Lighting Matches by Tom Grennan". Metacritic. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Lighting Matches – Tom Grennan". Clash. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "Lighting Matches – Tom Grennan". The Independent. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Lighting Matches – Tom Grennan". NME. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Tom Grennan – Lightning Matches" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Tom Grennan | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "British album certifications – Tom Grennan – Lighting Matches". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 November 2020.