Light Up the Dark (album)

Light Up the Dark is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin, which was released by Parlophone Records on 18 September 2015.[1] The album peaked at number fourteen in the UK Albums Chart.

Light Up the Dark
Studio album by Gabrielle Aplin
Released	18 September 2015
Genre	Indie rock indie pop baroque pop neo soul indie folk
Length	49:58
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Luke Potashnick
Gabrielle Aplin chronology
English Rain EP (2014) Light Up the Dark (2015) Miss You (2016)
Gabrielle Aplin studio album chronology
English Rain (2013) Light Up the Dark (2015) Dear Happy (2020)
Singles from Light Up the Dark
"Light Up the Dark" Released: 18 May 2015 "Sweet Nothing" Released: 6 August 2015

Singles

"Light Up the Dark" was the album's first single and the music video was released on 18 May 2015.[2] The second single was "Sweet Nothing" which was released on 6 August 2015.[3]

Track listing

Light Up the Dark — Standard edition[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Light Up the Dark"	Gabrielle Aplin Luke Potashnick	Potashnick	4:16
2.	"Skeleton"	Aplin Potashnick Adam Argyle	Potashnick	3:37
3.	"Fools Love"	Aplin Potashnick	Potashnick	4:05
4.	"Slip Away"	Aplin Nick Atkinson	Atkinson Edd Holloway	3:52
5.	"Sweet Nothing"	Aplin Potashnick Charlotte O'Connor	Potashnick	2:53
6.	"Heavy Heart"	Aplin Potashnick	Potashnick	3:55
7.	"Shallow Love"	Aplin Potashnick Sacha Skarbek	Potashnick	3:59
8.	"Anybody Out There"	Aplin Matt Prime Wayne Hector	Prime	3:09
9.	"Hurt"	Aplin Potashnick Argyle	Potashnick	4:13
10.	"Together"	Aplin Potashnick Starbek	Potashnick	2:45
11.	"What Did You Do?"	Aplin Potashnick Argyle	Potashnick	4:21
12.	"A While"	Aplin Potashnick	Potashnick	4:23
13.	"Don't Break Your Heart On Me" (Hidden track)	Aplin Potashnick Alfie Hudson-Taylor
Total length:				49:58

Light Up the Dark — Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[1][5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Don't Break Your Heart On Me"	Aplin Potashnick Hudson-Taylor	3:00
14.	"This Side of the Moon"	Aplin Potashnick	4:10
15.	"Coming Home"	Aplin John Smith Lisa Hannigan	3:34
16.	"Letting You Go"	Aplin Cass Lowe Jimmy Lowe	3:09
17.	"The House We Never Built"	Aplin Atkinson Tom Wilding	3:15
18.	"You Don't Like Dancing"	Aplin Potashnick Starbek	3:35
Total length:			66:11

Light Up the Dark — Japanese edition (bonus tracks)[6][7]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Don't Break Your Heart On Me"	Aplin Potashnick Alfie Hudson-Taylor	4:30
14.	"A Case of You"	Joni Mitchell	4:21
15.	"Predictable"	Aplin	3:58
Total length:			74:30

Personnel[8]

Musicians

• Gabrielle Aplin – vocals, piano, Hammond organ, pipe organ, Juno, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, flute
• Adam Argyle – guitar, harpsichord, piano, background vocals
• Nick Atkinson – guitar, background vocals
• Karl Brazil – stick
• Richard Causon – harmonium, Hammond organ
• Adam Falkner – drums, percussion
• Hannah Grace – screams, background vocals
• Tim Harries – double bass
• Jimmy Hogarth – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming
• Edd Holloway – keyboards
• Alfie Hudson-Taylor – background vocals
• Harry Hudson-Taylor – background vocals
• Cass Lowe – piano
• Charlotte O'Connor – background vocals
• Luke Potashnick – bass, Casio, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Juno, Mellotron, Moog bass, percussion, Space Echo guitar, string samples, synthesizer, background vocals
• Matt Prime – bass, guitar, piano
• Sacha Skarbeck – piano, background vocals
• Nikolaj Torp Larsen – glockenspiel, Juno, Moog bass, Hammond organ, piano, Wurlitzer
• Tadhg Walsh-Peelo – string section
• Tom Wilding – baritone, bass, drums, flugelhorn, electric guitar, percussion, piano, trombone, trumpet, background vocals
• Damon Wilson – bongos, cymbals, drums

Production

• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Adam Cole – engineer
• Eduardo De La Paz – mixing, mixing assistant
• Steve Fallone – mastering
• Edd Holloway – producer
• Sam Miller – vocal engineer
• Luke Potashnick – producer
• Matt Prime – producer
• Gabrielle Aplin – liner notes

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10]	171
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11]	166
Irish Albums (IRMA)[12]	41
UK Albums (OCC)[13]	14
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14]	15

References

1. "Light Up the Dark (Deluxe Edition) by Gabrielle Aplin". iTunes Store (AU). Apple Inc. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
2. Gabrielle Aplin - Light Up The Dark (Official Video). YouTube. 18 May 2015.
3. Gabrielle Aplin - Sweet Nothing (Official Video). YouTube. 6 August 2015.
4. "Light Up the Dark by Gabrielle Aplin". iTunes Store (AU). Apple Inc. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
5. "amazon.co.uk product page". amazon.co.uk.
6. "Light Up the Dark by Gabrielle Aplin". iTunes Store (JP). Apple Inc. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
7. "Warner Music Japan". Warner Music Japan. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
8. https://www.allmusic.com/album/light-up-the-dark-mw0002848622/credits
9. "Australiancharts.com – Gabrielle Aplin – Light Up the Dark". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
10. "Ultratop.be – Gabrielle Aplin – Light Up the Dark" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
11. "Ultratop.be – Gabrielle Aplin – Light Up the Dark" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
12. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 39, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
14. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 September 2015.