Bright Light Bright Light discography

Bright Light Bright Light discography
Bright Light Bright Light live in 2016
Studio albums	5
EPs	17
Soundtrack albums	1
Live albums	2
Singles	47
Music videos	37
Remix albums	5
Other albums	5

Welsh independent singer and songwriter Rod Thomas, best known by his stage name Bright Light Bright Light has released five studio albums, five remix albums, two live albums, one soundtrack album, five other albums (including a reissue, compilation, an album released under his real name, and two re-recordings), seventeen extended plays (EPs), forty-seven singles and thirty-seven music videos. ^[1]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with release date and label shown

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		UK [2] [3]	UK Indie [4] [5]	UK Dance [5]	SCO [6]
Until Something Fits (as Rod Thomas)	Released: March 2009 Label: Self Raising Records (SRR04CD) Format: CD, digital download	–	–	–	–
Make Me Believe in Hope	Released: 2012 Label: Self Raising Records / The Blue Team (BLUETEAM8) Format: CD, digital download, LP	–	29	–	–
Life Is Easy	Released: July 2014 Label: Self Raising Records (SRR15CD) Format: CD, digital download, LP	139	19	–	–
Choreography	Released: July 2016 Label: Self Raising Records (SRR30CD) Format: CD, digital download, 2xLP, cassette, streaming	72	11	–	62
Fun City	Released: 18 September 2020 Label: YSKWN! (YSKWN005CD) Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	–	3	1	27
Enjoy Youth	Scheduled: 17 May 2024 Label: YSKWN! Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming	60	3	–	10

Remix albums

List of remix albums, with release date and label shown

Title	Details
Make Me Believe in Hope - B-Sides, Remixes and Rarities	Released: 2013 Label: Self Raising Records Format: CD
Make Me Believe in Hope - Blueprints Version	Released: 2013 Label: Self Raising Records (SRR11CD) Format: CD, digital download, cassette
Life Is Hard - The Remixes	Released: June 2015 Label: Self Raising Records (SRR26CD) Format: CD, digital download, 2xLP

Soundtrack albums

Title	Details
All Man: The International Male Story (Original Score)	Released: 30 June 2023 Label: YSKWN! (YSKWN018LP) Format: 2xLP, digital download, streaming

Live albums

List of live albums, with release date and label shown

Title	Details
Live At Mercury Lounge NYC	Released: January 2015 Label: Bright Light Bright Light Format: digital download Recorded live in January 2015
Live Is Easy (Live On Tour with Erasure)	Released: April 2018 Label: Self Raising Records (SRR52CD) Format: CD, digital download Recorded live in 2018

Reissues, compilations and other albums

List of other albums, with release date and label shown

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		UK Indie [4]	UK Dance [5]
Solo Piano Versions	Released: 2016 Label: Bright Light Bright Light Format: digital download	–	–
Choreography (Stripped Down Version)	Released: February 2021 Label: Bright Light Bright Light Format: digital download	–	–
So Gay. So Dramatic	Released: June 2021 Label: YSKWN! (YSKWN009CD) Format: 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download, streaming	26	14
Make Me Believe in Hope (10th Anniversary Edition)	Released: 3 June 2022 Label: YSKWN! Format: CD, digital download, streaming	–	–
Enjoy Youth (Enjoy More: Deluxe Version)	Released: 4 April 2025 [7] Label: YSKWN! Format: CD, digital download, streaming	To Be Released

Extended plays

List of EP, with release date and label shown

Title	Details
A Few Songs EP (as Rod Thomas)	Released: 2005 Label: Self Raising Records (SRRCD01) Format: CD
Playroom EP (as Rod Thomas with si-cut.db)	Released: 2008 Label: Rod Thomas Format: CDr
The Festivals EP (as Rod Thomas)	Released: 2008 Label: Rod Thomas Format: CDr
Limited Edition EP	Released: October 2009 Label: Bright Light Bright Light Format: CDr
Blue Prints	Released: 2012 (US release only) Label: The Blue Team Format: Digital download
All That Matters EP	Released: December 2013 Label: The Blue Team Format: Digital download
Matters: EP & Non Album Tracks	Released: 2014 Label: Self Raising Records Format: Digital download
Tour EP 2014	Released: 2014 Label: Bright Light Bright Light Format: Digital download, Cdr
Joe's Pub April 2014	Released: 2014 Label: Bright Light Bright Light Format: Digital download
Cinematography	Released: November 2016 Label: Self Raising Records (SRR39CD) Format: CD, digital download, streaming
Choreography Remixes	Released: 2017 Label: Self Raising Records Format: CD, digital download, streaming
Cinematography II: Back in the Habit	Released: April 2017 Label: Self Raising Records (SRR43CD) Format: CD, digital download, streaming
Tales of the City	Released: July 2017 Label: Self Raising Records (SRR47CD) Format: CD, digital download, streaming
Cinematography III: Merry Christmas You Filthy Animal	Released: December 2017 Label: Self Raising Records (SRR49CD) Format: CD, digital download, streaming
Tough Love	Released: September 2018 Label: Self Raising Records (SRR56CD) Format: CD, digital download, streaming
Quiet City	Released: 12 February 2021 Label: YSKWN! Format: digital download, streaming
How Queer	Released: 27 August 2021 Label: YSKWN! Format: digital download, streaming

Singles

List of singles, with year released and album name shown

Year	Title	UK Physical Singles [8]	Album
Credited as Rod Thomas
2006	"Good Coat"	—	Until Something Fits
2007	"Your Love Is a Tease"	—
2008	"You Get Goodbyes"	—
	"Same Old Lines"	—
Credited as Bright Light Bright Light
2010	"A New Word to Say"	—	Make Me Believe in Hope
	"Love Part II"	20
2011	"Disco Moment"	18
2012	"Waiting for the Feeling" [9]	—
	"Feel It" (featuring Mykal Kilgore) [10]	—
2013	"Moves" [11]	—
	"In Your Care" [12]	—	Life Is Easy
2014	"I Wish We Were Leaving" (with Elton John) [13] [14]	—
	"I Believe" [15]	—
	"An Open Heart" [16]	—
	"Everything I Ever Wanted"(with The Pink Singers) [17]	—
2015	"There Are No Miracles" [18]	—
	"Good Luck" (featuring Ana Matronic) [19]	—	Life Is Hard: The Remixes
	"Blood Moon (I Did Give You Love)" [20]	—	Non-album single
2016	"All in the Name" (featuring Elton John) [21]	—	Choreography
	"Symmetry of Two Hearts" (featuring Elton John) [22]	—
2017	"Running Back to You" (featuring Elton John) [23]	—
	"Into the Night" [24]	3
	"I Only Wanna Please You" (featuring Ana Matronic) [25]	—
	"Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (with Nerina Pallot) [26]	—	Cinematography 3: Merry Christmas You Filthy Animal
2018	"Little Bit" [27]	—	Choreography
	"Nos Cœurs Symétriques" [28]	—	Non-album single
	"Tough Love" [29]	—	Tough Love EP
	"Uh Huh" [30]	—
2019	"Wild"(with Final DJs)	—	Non-album single
2020	"This Was My House" (featuring Niki Haris, Donna De Lory & Initial Talk) [31]	—	Fun City
	"I Used to Be Cool" [32]	—
	"It's Alright, It's OK" (featuring Caveboy) [33]	—
	"Good At Goodbyes" (featuring Andy Bell) [34]	—
	"Saying Goodbye Is Exhausting" (featuring Justin Vivian Bond) [35]	—
2021	"Being Sentimental" [36]	—	So Gay. So Dramatic
	"Arms of Another" (featuring Milly Blue & Sophie Galpin) [37]	—
	"These Dreams" (featuring The Illustrious Blacks) [38]	—	Red Hot + Free (Red Hot Org Compilation)
2022	"Man Like Me" [39]	—	Make Me Believe in Hope (10th Anniversary Edition)
	"Moves" (feat. Ian "H" Watkins) [40]	—
	"I Don't Know What I'm Gonna Do"	—	Enjoy Youth
2023	"Sweet Release" [41]	—
	"Boys Etc"	—
	"Down To One"	—
2024	"You Want My..."	—
	"Every Emotion"(with Ultra Naté)	—
	"Heartslap" (with Mykal Kilgore)	—
	"Too Funky" (with 808 BEACH)	—	Pride Favourites
	"Bye Bye" (with Initial Talk)	—	Non-album single
	"Snap!" (with Berri)	—	Enjoy Youth
2025	"Sunny" (feat. Beth Hirsch & Nerina Pallot) [42]	—	Non-album single
	"Enjoy Youth (Welsh Version)" (with Donna Lewis)	—	Enjoy Youth (Enjoy More: Deluxe Version)
	"La Jeunesse" (with Beth Hirsch)	—
	"Revived"	—	Enjoy Youth
	"Boys Etc."	—

Music videos

Title	Year	Director	Ref.
Love Part II	2010	Tom Levinge	[43]
Disco Moment	2011	Jody Wilson	[44]
Waiting For The Feeling	2012	Alun Davies	[45]
A New Word To Say		Hollie Newton	[46]
Feel It		Dave Goldstein	[47]
How To Make A Heart	2013	Gavin Leisfield	[48]
Moves		Paul Frankl	[49]
Grace (feat. Beth Hirsch)		Rod Thomas	[50]
Debris		Gavin Leisfield	[51]
Blueprint		-	[52]
An Open Heart		Gavin Leisfield	[53]
In Your Care		Thomas O'Connor	[54]
I Wish We Were Leaving (with Elton John)	2014	Johnny Lochland	[55]
I Believe		Andrew Ellmaker & Blake Martin	[56]
Everything I Ever Wanted (with The Pink Singers)		-	[57]
There Are No Miracles	2015	-	[58]
Good Luck (with Ana Matronic)		James Barker, Rod Thomas & Del Marquis	[59]
All In The Name (feat. Elton John)	2016	Rod Thomas & Santiago Felipe	[60]
Symmetry Of Two Hearts (feat. Elton John)			[61]
Running Back to You (feat. Elton John)	2017		[62]
New York Pretty		Rod Thomas & Daniel Robinson	[63]
Into the Night			[64]
I Only Want To Please You (with Ana Matronic)		Rod Thomas & Matthew Canada	[65]
This Was My House	2020	Tyler Jensen	[66]
I Used To Be Cool			[67]
It's Alright, It's OK (with Caveboy)			[68]
Saying Goodbye Is Exhausting (with Justin Vivian Bond)			[69]
Being Sentimental	2021	-	[70]
Arms Of Another		Rod Thomas & Sven Serkis	[71]
Uh Huh!		Richert Schnorr	[72]
Moves (feat. Ian "H" Watkins)	2022	Paul Frankl	[73]
Cry At Films		Tyler Jensen	[74]
Sweet Release	2023	-	[75]
Down To One		Tyler Jensen	[76]
You Want My ...	2024	Tyler Milliron	[77]
Every Emotion (with Ultra Naté)		Ultra Naté	[78]
Heartslap (with Mykal Kilgore)		Tyler Milliron	[79]

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