Delirium

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London; British Grove Studios, Abbey Road Studios, London; Echo Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Interscope Records; Kinglet Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.; Metropolis Studios, London; Mosley Music; MXM Studios, Los Angeles, CA; RAK Studio, London; Red Room , Gothenburg, Sweden; SMV Studios, London; Studio Splendido, Hereford, UK; The Palms, Las Vegas, NV; Westlake Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Wolf Cousins Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.Photographer: David Roemer.British chanteuse Ellie Goulding returns with her highly anticipated third studio album, 2015's expertly produced Delirium. Goulding's previous effort, 2012's Halcyon, was a hypnotically ambient, lightly experimental album that balanced catchy pop hooks with textural electronic soundscapes. While Delirium isn't devoid of this electronic atmosphere, it's somewhat more mainstream in its tone, and finds Goulding expanding her sonic palette with a melodically catchy set of more R&B-infused son