Lighting Matches

Tom Grennan - Lighting Matches
Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
2018 Ratings: #781 / 890
User Score
Based on 57 ratings
Liked by 2 people
July 6, 2018 / Release Date
LP / Format
Insanity / Label
Pop Rock / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
NME

‘Lighting Matches’ is a record that makes Bedford sound like Hollywood. Whether he gets there on this record, time will tell. But there’s enough class and promise to at least meet his ambitions halfway. He knows what he’s doing.

80
The Independent

His vocals may not be to everyone’s taste, but they stand out, as does the album, and that sums up Grennan pretty perfectly. They don’t make them like him anymore.

80
Q Magazine
Bedford boy's gritty, anthemic, in-your-face debut.
60
Evening Standard
The puppyish singer from Bedford has the bland, platitudinous lyrics to compare to Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran. But while the songs on his debut album just about pass muster, it’s the swaggering vocal performance that should get Grennan noticed.
50
Clash

‘Lighting Matches’ isn’t a bad album, but sadly it doesn't excel either. This isn’t what we’ve been looking for. It is a polished and pristine affair, but it all feels a little too rehearsed and sanitised in its delivery.

40
The Irish Times
On Lighting Matches, Grennan may have the voice but he's yet to find the spark to set him apart from the rest.
30

Favourites:
Found What I've Been Looking For,Royal Highness,Barbed Wire

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Found What I've Been Looking For 6.7/10
Royal Highness 6.8/10
Barbed Wire 6.4/10
Run in the Rain 6.2/10
Aboard 6.2/10
Lighting Matches 6/10
Lucky Ones 6/10
Sober 6/10
I Might 6.1/10
Make 'em Like You 6.5/10
Something in the Water 6.3/10
Little by Little Love 6.3/10
Praying 6.5/10
Secret Lover 7/10
Sweet Hallelujah 6.2/10
All Goes Wrong 5.9/10

100

Great album!

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Track List

  1. Found What I've Been Looking For
  2. Royal Highness
  3. Barbed Wire
  4. Run in the Rain
  5. Aboard
  6. Lighting Matches
  7. Lucky Ones
  8. Sober
  9. I Might
  10. Make 'em Like You
  11. Something in the Water
  12. Little by Little Love

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Added on: October 17, 2017