Lighting Matches is the debut studio album by British Singer-songwriter Tom Grennan, released on July 6, 2018 through Insanity Records.
Critical reception[]
| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| NME |   [2]
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| The Independent | [3]
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| Clash (magazine) |  [4]
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Lighting Matches was very 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". However, some of the critics were less favourable. Clash Magazine 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."
Track listing[]
All songs written and composed by Tom Grennan.
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Found What I've Been Looking For" | 3:11 | |
| 2. | "Royal Highness" | 3:13 | |
| 3. | "Barbed Wire" | 3:05 | |
| 4. | "Run in the Rain" | 3:57 | |
| 5. | "Aboard" | 3:53 | |
| 6. | "Lighting Matches" | 3:29 | |
| 7. | "Lucky Ones" | 3:33 | |
| 8. | "Sober" | 3:42 | |
| 9. | "I Might" | 2:53 | |
| 10. | "Make 'Em Like You" | 3:39 | |
| 11. | "Something in the Water" | 3:27 | |
| 12. | "Little by Little Love" | 3:41 | |
Total length: |
41:43 | ||
| Deluxe edition CD | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Praying" | 3:06 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Secret Lover" | 3:58 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Sweet Hallelujah" | 3:48 | ||||||||
| 4. | "All Goes Wrong (with Chase & Status)" | 3:43 | ||||||||
Chart performance[]
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK [5] |
5
References[]
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