Lights and Offerings

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All tracks are written by Mirrors (except where stated).

Lights and Offerings
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Studio album by
Released28 February 2011
RecordedJune 2010
Genre Synthpop
Length50:32
Label Skint Records
Producer Mirrors
Alternative cover
Offres et lumieres.jpg
Offres et Lumières
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fear of Drowning" 6:23
2."Look at Me" 3:44
3."Into the Heart" 4:20
4."Write Through the Night" 4:34
5."Ways to an End" 4:51
6."Hide and Seek" 3:53
7."Somewhere Strange" 5:44
8."Something on Your Mind" Dino Valenti 3:02
9."Searching in the Wilderness" 3:30
10."Secrets" 10:31
German bonus CD tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Visions of You"3:50
12."Perfectly Still"3:47
Greek bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Broken by Silence"5:06
2."Toe the Line"4:42
3."Lights and Offerings (Moshi Moshi version)"4:28
4."Falls by Another Name"3:25
5."Perfectly Still"3:47
6."Visions Of You"3:50
7."Into the Heart (Richard X Radio Mix)"3:33
8."Into the Heart (Greek Girls Are Not Easy Radio Mix)"4:34
9."Secrets (Andy McCluskey Remix)"4:29
RecordStore.co.uk bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Lights and Offerings (exclusive bonus CD)" (mixtape)57:22
RoughTrade bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Lights and Offerings (exclusive bonus CD)" (mixtape)61:01
Skint Records bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Write Through the Night (Rudi Zygadlo Remix)"4:37
2."Hide and Seek (Leo Zero Remix)"7:50
3."Lights and Offerings (Belbury Poly Mix)"5:04
4."Hide and Seek (Kwes Rework)"2:44
5."Into the Heart (Jonathan Kreinik Mix)"8:17
6."Write Through the Night (Leo Zero Club Mix)"9:39
7."Hide and Seek (Liv Spencer (House of House) Remix)"8:08
8."Into the Heart (AlunaGeorge Remix)"2:54
9."Secrets (Andy McCluskey Remix)"4:29
10."Look at Me" (cover by Laura Cantrell)3:55
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Fear of Drowning (Live in Hamburg)"6:32
12."Ways to an End (Live in Hamburg)"4:42
13."Write Through the Night (Live in Hamburg)"4:48
14."Into the Heart (Live in Hamburg)"4:16
15."Searching in the Wilderness (Live in Hamburg)"3:22
16."Hide and Seek (Live in Hamburg)"4:22
17."Mirrors Lights and Offerings album commentary"50:34
18."Ways to an End" (video)4:48
19."Into the Heart" (video)3:41
20."Hide and Seek" (video)3:31
21."Fear of Drowning" (video)6:23
22."Look at Me" (video)3:47
Vinyl edition: side one
No.TitleLength
1."Fear of Drowning"6:23
2."Look at Me"3:44
3."Into the Heart"4:20
Vinyl edition: side two
No.TitleLength
4."Write Through the Night"4:34
5."Ways to an End"4:51
6."Hide and Seek"3:53
Vinyl edition: side three
No.TitleLength
7."Visions of You"3:50
8."Somewhere Strange"5:44
9."Perfectly Still"3:47
Vinyl edition: side four
No.TitleLength
10."Something on Your Mind"3:02
11."Searching in the Wilderness"3:30
12."Secrets"10:31
French digital release (Offres et Lumières)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Peur de la Noyade" (Fear of Drowning) 6:23
2."Regarde-moi" (Look at Me) 3:44
3."Dans le Coeur" (Into the Heart) 3:56
4."Ecris dans la Nuit" (Write Through the Night) 4:57
5."Pour en finir" (Ways to an End) 4:51
6."Cache-cache" (Hide and Seek) 3:53
7."Un Lieu étrange" (Somewhere Strange) 5:44
8."Quelque chose en tete" (Something on Your Mind)Dino Valenti3:02
9."En Recherche dans la Nature" (Searching in the Wilderness) 3:30
10."Secrets" 10:31
11."Dons et Lumières" (Lights and Offerings (Moshi Moshi version)) 4:27
12."Frise avec la ligne" (Toe the Line) 4:39
13."Cassé par le Silence" (Broken by Silence) 5:04
14."Sous un autre Nom" (Falls by Another Name) 3:25
15."Dons et Lumières (Belbury Poly Mix)" (Lights and Offerings (Belbury Poly Mix)) 5:05
16."Regarde-moi" (Look at Me) (cover by Laura Cantrell) 3:55
Skint Records digital bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Visions of You"3:50
12."Perfectly Still"3:47
13."Lights and Offerings (Moshi Moshi version)"4:28

B-sides and other tracks

"Broken by Silence" - B-side to digital download and 7" version of "Ways to an End" single.
"Of the Night and the Light and the Half Light" - bonus track on the "Ways to an End" iTunes release. The music comes from the video with the same name.
"Toe the Line" - B-side to digital download and 7" version of "Hide and Seek" single.
"Falls by Another Name" - B-side to digital download and 7" version of "Into the Heart" 2011 single.

Personnel

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