Lights (Lights EP)
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lights |
| type | ep |
| artist | Lights |
| cover | Lights (EP).png |
| released | |
| recorded | 2006–08 |
| genre | Synthpop, new wave, indie pop |
| length | 20:29 |
| label | Underground, Doghouse |
| producer | Lights, Thomas Salter, Dave Thomson |
| next_title | The Listening |
| next_year | 2009 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Lights |
| type | ep |
| single1 | Drive My Soul |
| single1date | March 11, 2008 |
| single2 | February Air |
| single2date | December 9, 2008 |
| single3 | Ice |
| single3date | April 2009 |
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| name = Lights | type = ep | artist = Lights | cover = Lights (EP).png | alt = | released = | recorded = 2006–08 | venue = | studio = | genre = Synthpop, new wave, indie pop | length = 20:29 | label = Underground, Doghouse | producer = Lights, Thomas Salter, Dave Thomson | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = The Listening | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{Singles | name = Lights | type = ep | single1 = Drive My Soul | single1date = March 11, 2008 | single2 = February Air | single2date = December 9, 2008 | single3 = Ice | single3date = April 2009
Lights is the self-titled debut EP by Canadian recording artist Lights, released on iTunes on July 24, 2008. It was released as a 12-inch vinyl on September 16, 2008.
Background
Cover art
The cover art is a picture of Lights that she took in her apartment in Toronto heavily edited in a "cheap program" she owned for her computer at the time. She color-blocked and re-outlined the image rendering it to what it is. The cover led some to believe that the vinyl was a calendar, which prompted some mistakable purchases. | last=Boucher | first=Geoff | url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/uncategorized/wonder-woman/ | title=Lights shining on Wonder Woman | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=December 26, 2008 | accessdate=May 28, 2014
Songs in media
Beginning in February 2008, her song "February Air" was featured in a series of Old Navy television ads. | last=Zmuda | first=Natalie | url=http://adage.com/article/songs-for-soap/navy-brings-february-air-buenos-aires/125000/ | title=Old Navy Brings 'February Air' to Buenos Aires | magazine=Advertising Age | date=February 11, 2008 | accessdate=May 28, 2014 | last=Anitai | first=Tamar | url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2008/12/22/new-video-lights-february-air/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223120540/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2008/12/22/new-video-lights-february-air/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 23, 2008 | title=New Video: Lights, 'February Air' | publisher=MTV | date=February 11, 2008 | accessdate=May 28, 2014 Another track, "Drive My Soul", appeared during a 2008 episode of MTV's The Hills.
Release and reception
The EP was released on July 24, 2008. It was made available in Canada through Best Buy, HMV, and iTunes, and in the United States on iTunes. Later in the year, coinciding with Lights' touring, the EP was made available on CD in the US on September 16, 2008.
Three songs from Lights were released as singles: "Drive My Soul", "February Air", and "Ice". | last=Chisling | first=Matthew | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lights-mw0001987098 | title=Review: Lights - 'Lights' | website=Allmusic | accessdate=May 28, 2014 | last=Fairall | first=Jer | url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/119247-lights-the-listening/ | title=Review: Lights - 'The Listening' | magazine=Popmatters | date=January 28, 2010 | accessdate=May 28, 2014
Lights peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers albums chart. | title=Lights - Awards | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lights-mw0001987098/awards | work=AllMusic | accessdate=May 28, 2014}} Matthew Chisling of Allmusic remarked that the EP "found a large amount of commercial success" and "critical praise"—including Lights' 2009 Juno Award for New Artist of the Year | last=Patch | first=Nick | url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/119247-lights-the-listening/ | title=Nickelback rules at Junos | newspaper=Toronto Star | date=March 29, 2009 | accessdate=May 28, 2014
Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Ice | writer1 = Lights Poxleitner, Thomas Salter | extra1 = Poxleitner, Salter | length1 = 2:57
| title2 = Drive My Soul | writer2 = Poxleitner, Salter | extra2 = Poxleitner, Salter | length2 = 3:22
| title3 = February Air | writer3 = Poxleitner, Dave Thomson | extra3 = Poxleitner, Thomson | length3 = 3:50
| title4 = White | writer4 = Poxleitner, Salter | extra4 = Poxleitner, Salter | length4 = 3:20
| title5 = I Owe You One | writer5 = Poxleitner | extra5 = Poxleitner | length5 = 3:39
| title6 = The Last Thing on Your Mind | writer6 = Poxleitner | extra6 = Poxleitner, Thomson | length6 = 3:21
References
References
- (24 July 2008). "Lights - EP by Lights".
- Boyer, Jennifer. (October 30, 2008). "Chicago Shines When Lights Comes to Town". The Dead Hub.
- "The Hills › Season 4 › Songs From the Show › Ep. 403". MTV.com.
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