Delirium
by Ellie Goulding
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7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 458 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 333 out of 458
  2. Mixed: 49 out of 458
  3. Negative: 76 out of 458
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  1. MatRevo
    Nov 29, 2015
    4
    The album is ok but she needs to stop doing mainstream because it's not for her and her voice. She might end up being one of those Max Martin-produced artists which struggles for relevance.
  2. BrushedRed
    Dec 27, 2015
    5
    Straight up pop record from Ellie Goulding this time. I loved her prior albums and had my skepticism about this album after hearing the first single, "On My Mind." It wasn't "bad," but it wasn't Ellie's previous standards either. Her beginnings with Lights was admirable and she blossomed to quite the electropop artist with Halcyon, but this is just rather bland. Sad to see Ellie lumpStraight up pop record from Ellie Goulding this time. I loved her prior albums and had my skepticism about this album after hearing the first single, "On My Mind." It wasn't "bad," but it wasn't Ellie's previous standards either. Her beginnings with Lights was admirable and she blossomed to quite the electropop artist with Halcyon, but this is just rather bland. Sad to see Ellie lump herself into the same category as Taylor Swift, but this is what happens when you put money ahead of musical quality. Nothing on here is what I would consider "bad," and honestly "Codes" is quite a fun and catchy song and easily the best song on here, but most of it is just an average pop album with average pop production and average pop lyrics: therefore an average 5 out of 10. It's just sad because Ellie was well-above average prior to Delirium.… Expand
  3. nobodyknowsme
    Dec 13, 2015
    6
    Well there is not so many things i can say about this album.I'm sure her fans will love it but i think albums like Halycon and Lights are better than Delirium.It is sugary,generic,definitely listenable for Dance Pop fans.
    My fave track is "Don't Panic" the rest didn't attract me at all.
  4. wildheart
    Nov 27, 2015
    6
    There's something truly unfortunate about Ellie Goulding's career : she always offered very interesting albums, with really unique sounds and a very fascinating atmosphere, presenting herself as one of the smartest pop artist of her generation but only received a massive success for her most uninteresting tracks ("Love Me Like You Do", "Burn").
    In that sense, "Delirium" could be seen as    There's something truly unfortunate about Ellie Goulding's career : she always offered very interesting albums, with really unique sounds and a very fascinating atmosphere, presenting herself as one of the smartest pop artist of her generation but only received a massive success for her most uninteresting tracks ("Love Me Like You Do", "Burn").
    In that sense, "Delirium" could be seen as Ellie Goulding's definitive road to success. Don't get me wrong : it's a good pop album, with very smart productions but the entire concept seems crushing Goulding's creativity. On the 16 tracks of the standard edition, only two of them offer really exciting artistry and unique vibes ("Lost & Found" and "Around U"). The rest sounds honest but very under-whelming.
    From an artist like Goulding, we were expecting a major level of pop music, especially for her "big breakthrough". But in the end all we get is just a collection of "Love Me Like You Do"-s. Good production but not a thrilling material.    … Expand
  5. asjklasjklas
    Nov 13, 2015
    5
    Ellie Goulding has lent her featherweight voice to… well, everything since her Halcyon came out in 2012; from motion picture soundtracks—The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Divergent, and, recently, Fifty Shades of Grey—to EDM heavyweights such as Calvin Harris, Skrillex, Seven Lions, Major Lazer, and Calvin Harris, again, as well as releasing the world’s most unnecessary deluxe edition,Ellie Goulding has lent her featherweight voice to… well, everything since her Halcyon came out in 2012; from motion picture soundtracks—The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Divergent, and, recently, Fifty Shades of Grey—to EDM heavyweights such as Calvin Harris, Skrillex, Seven Lions, Major Lazer, and Calvin Harris, again, as well as releasing the world’s most unnecessary deluxe edition, Halcyon Days. If you take the celebrity gossip surrounding her, her ex-beaus, and her public appearances alongside Taylor Swift and her grrrl gang, it’s no surprise the 3 years since couldn’t be any more Goulding-free if they were longer.

    Her hotly anticipated third studio album, Delirium, has been described by Goulding as an experiment “to make a big pop album”, takes a tour even further into the middle of the road, hence why Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, and Ryan Tedder are producers instead of countless DJs. Besides the sweet, Swedish sounding “Lost and Found”, catchy “Codes”, or, of course, the Celine Dion-esque cheese of “Love Me Like You Do”, however, Delirium largely fails to make a similar impression, say, Taylor Swift’s 1989 or even Carly Rae Jepsen’s Emotion did in recent pop music. When her lightweight vocals aren’t being outmatched by the big-budget soundscapes surrounding her, Martin and co. aren’t capable of matching their own preceding successes—“Something In the Way You Move” either copies Selena Gomez’s “Me & the Rhythm” or Goulding’s own “Love Me Like You Do”, which second single “Army” does as well. The folktronica of her debut record and EDM of Halcyon may not be memorable in their own respect, but Delirium is Goulding’s first to not compliment her strengths to the slightest.

    Overall rating: 5.8    … Expand
  6. vinzlima
    Nov 9, 2015
    5
    Este album... não e bom, ele e irritante, as músicas arghhhh, tem poucas que se dão pra ouvir. Tem algumas que simplesmente arranham meus ouvidos. Definitivamente mediano
  7. Pablo24
    Nov 6, 2015
    6
    O que dizer sobre delirium? uma erro no meio de tantos acertos, como já é de se esperar logo após um ótimo album como halcyon, você cria uma expectativa extream e superstima o artista acreditando justamente que ele voltara com o mesmo nivel do anterior, porém o Delirium não é um retrocesso, foi uma tentativa de evoluir porém uma tentativa de evoluir que não foi bem sucedida, pois a metaO que dizer sobre delirium? uma erro no meio de tantos acertos, como já é de se esperar logo após um ótimo album como halcyon, você cria uma expectativa extream e superstima o artista acreditando justamente que ele voltara com o mesmo nivel do anterior, porém o Delirium não é um retrocesso, foi uma tentativa de evoluir porém uma tentativa de evoluir que não foi bem sucedida, pois a meta dela é entrar no mercado mainstream, com isso a qualidade vista no halcyon não aparece neste album, com musicas que tem bastante frases que se repete durante a faixa inteira, os instrumentais são totalmente produzidos e quase possuem a mesma base. A falta de baladas que é uma boa arma para Ellie, aqui não aparece, só em army e em outras que estão bastante escondidas no deluxe version. Um album feito para se dançar, porém não forte o bastante para se comparar e fazer do album uma volta gloriosa. Sentindo falta de Halcyon Days e não entrando em Delirio em nenhum momento com este album. Um album raso, bastante feito para ficar na cabeça e só. O Conceito, o aprofundamento e toda a qualidade mostrada pela Ellie ficou presa no Halcyon Days.… Expand
  8. poisonxo
    Nov 6, 2015
    5
    halcyon was sooooo good, this one is such a letdown... Intro is pretty good. Army, Heal, Paradise are really special. The rest of the album is just terrible. So disappointing
  9. lucasthefrog
    Nov 7, 2015
    6
    Bom! Somente algumas músicas desse álbum se salvam, mas tem umas que não deveriam estar presentes. Realmente foi um delírio da parte da Ellie fazer uma música como Army! Devotion está aí para nos mostrar o que realmente é uma música boa.
  10. Gabriel1995
    Nov 8, 2015
    5
    Não esperava da Ellie um CD tão basic como esse, músicas fracas, repetitivas, sem nada realmente marcante, lançamento mais decepcionante do ano principalmente se considerar os grandes nomes envolvidos na produção/composição, atirou num 1989 e acertou em um One of the Boys (sem uma IKAG ou Hot n Cold infelizmente)
  11. MatheusSouza
    Nov 6, 2015
    6
    Começando pelo título, o álbum tem um pouco do que o título sugere, é de verdade um delírio em questão de vocal e letra, mas deixou muito a desejar em questão de sonoridade. Quem disse que a Ellie se perdeu, disse a verdade, por que esse álbum é o oposto dos outros dela, se esse "oposto" foi bom, eu não sei...
    Pra mim, não vale um 7, eu daria uma nota entre 5,5 e 6,5, pra ser justo um 6.    Começando pelo título, o álbum tem um pouco do que o título sugere, é de verdade um delírio em questão de vocal e letra, mas deixou muito a desejar em questão de sonoridade. Quem disse que a Ellie se perdeu, disse a verdade, por que esse álbum é o oposto dos outros dela, se esse "oposto" foi bom, eu não sei...
    Pra mim, não vale um 7, eu daria uma nota entre 5,5 e 6,5, pra ser justo um 6.
    Tem pouquíssimas músicas comerciais, a Intro é uma das salvações do álbum.    … Expand
  12. Ayron_xcx
    Jun 8, 2017
    6
    album um pouco decepcionante comparado aos outros, alguns fillers, mas músicas boas também, heal, Keep On Dancin', don't need nobody, love me like you do e intro são as melhores
  13. SumitSumbria
    May 28, 2016
    6
    Delirium is a album about dance beats and vocal delivery. The club friendly songs may persuade you to dance but the album is not very impressive. She just came, sang some songs, made us dance and went. Waiting for Ellie Goulding's best. "Keep On Dancin'"and "Something in the Way You Move" are wonderful tracks anyway.
    Favouritr Tracks - Love Me Like You Do, Something in the Way You Move,    Delirium is a album about dance beats and vocal delivery. The club friendly songs may persuade you to dance but the album is not very impressive. She just came, sang some songs, made us dance and went. Waiting for Ellie Goulding's best. "Keep On Dancin'"and "Something in the Way You Move" are wonderful tracks anyway.
    Favouritr Tracks - Love Me Like You Do, Something in the Way You Move, Keep On Dancin', On My Mind, Holding For Life, Around U.    … Expand
  14. ranoovski
    Nov 7, 2016
    6
    The album can simply listen to and allocate a couple of interesting songs. As for me ... All the songs are very similar to each other, all the chips skips the pop-funk.
    After all, this album Ellie Goulding best of all it works. It can be seen that it worked well with co-workers.
    I did not like the fact that the album was very long. I would put the 6-7 songs and albums have turned iconic    The album can simply listen to and allocate a couple of interesting songs. As for me ... All the songs are very similar to each other, all the chips skips the pop-funk.
    After all, this album Ellie Goulding best of all it works. It can be seen that it worked well with co-workers.
    I did not like the fact that the album was very long. I would put the 6-7 songs and albums have turned iconic that I would like to re-listen. There is a completely different situation. You're waiting to hear the album and want nothing more to do because of her voice and this enjoyable pop music you want to sleep, or just relax.    … Expand

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70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. Q Magazine
    Dec 14, 2015
    80
    It's only on lightweight tracks Army and Devotions that Delirium drags. [Jan 2016, p.107]
  2. Under The Radar
    Dec 2, 2015
    70
    Listen to it once while you get ready to hit the town, and then dance along to it into the wee hours of the night, for Delirium is eminently qualified to get you moving.
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  3. PopMatters
    Dec 2, 2015
    70
    Goulding’s sound has gained an even greater sheen and expectations have grown, and we’ll see, in the coming months, whether Delirium is the big album that Goulding is aiming for.
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