Ellie Goulding: Lights | CD review

Ellie Goulding's threat of an acoustic-pop fusion raised the spectre of past follies. But her debut is busy mercilessly chasing down much bigger targets, writes Alexis PetridisIt may not have been a vintage year for music, but if nothing else, the 2010 Brits offered a bumper harvest of pathos. There was courageous Samantha Fox proclaiming that she was "going to get it right tonight", then announcing the award for the "most ­rememorable ­performance of the last 30 years". There was Geri ...

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