Some Say I So I Say Light

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Some Say I So I Say Light
Some Say I So I Say Light Ghostpoet.jpg
Studio album by
Released6 May 2013 (2013-05-06)
Genre Electronica, alternative rock
Length53:42
Label Play It Again Sam
Producer Ghostpoet, Richard Formby
Ghostpoet chronology
Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
(2011)
Some Say I So I Say Light
(2013)
Shedding Skin
(2015)

Some Say I So I Say Light is the second studio album by British singer Ghostpoet. [1] [2] It was released on 6 May 2013.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Cold Win"3:17
2."Them Waters"5:02
3."Dial Tones"5:31
4."Plastic Bag Brain"4:34
5."ThymeThymeThyme"3:44
6."Meltdown" (Guest vocals by Woodpecker Wooliams [3] [4] )5:05
7."Sloth Trot"6:41
8."Dorsal Morsel"5:27
9."MSI musmiD"4:09
10."12 Deaf"5:28
11."Comatose"4:54

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (79%) [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME (8/10) [7]

Some Say I So I Say Light received generally favorable reviews from music critics. [5]

Single

"Meltdown", with guest vocals by Woodpecker Wooliams, was released as a single in April 2013. [3]

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References

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