All the Little Lights is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Passenger and was released by Black Crow Records and Nettwerk on 24 February 2012. The album contains 12 tracks, comprising 11 studio tracks recorded at Sydney's Linear Recording, and one song recorded live at The Borderline in London. The album originally contains no guest appearances, but the re-recording version, released on 10 November 2023, features Ed Sheeran, Gabrielle Aplin, Foy Vance, and Nina Nesbitt.

A limited edition features a second disc containing acoustic versions of eight songs from the album.

Critical reception

All the Little Lights received positive reviews from music critics. John Walshe of Hot Press called it "a truly gorgeous record". Hilary Saunders of Paste said, "Luckily, Passenger serves as a very real, welcome alternative to reality TV talent shows, proving original songwriters do still exist". Jordan Blum of PopMatters called it "a masterful work of art, plain and simple".

Track listing

Personnel Adapted credits from the media notes of All the Little Lights. Passenger Mike Rosenberg – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, omnichord (tracks 1, 3, 5)

Additional musicians Stu Larsen – backing vocals Georgia Mooney – backing vocals Stuart Hunter – piano, keys, synths Cameron Undy – upright bass, electric bass Kerry Martin (violin), Madeleine Boud (violin), Shelley Soerensen (viola), Janine Boubbov (cello) – strings (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6) James Steendam – string arrangements (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6) Glenn Wilson – drums (tracks 1, 2, 3, 9, 10) Declan Kelly – drums (track 5) Tim Hart – drums (tracks 4, 7, 8), banjo (tracks 3, 6, 9), mandolin (track 6) Jess Ciampa – percussion (tracks 3, 6, 8, 11) Lucian McGuiness, Simon Ferenci, Sam Golding – brass (tracks 3, 7, 9, 10, 11) Alan Davey – trumpet (track 5)

2023 re-recording A re-recorded version of the album was released on 10 November 2023, entitled All the Little Lights (Anniversary Edition). The album features song duets with Ed Sheeran ("Let Her Go"), Gabrielle Aplin ("Circles"), Foy Vance ("Life's for the Living") and Nina Nesbitt ("Feather on the Clyde").

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2012–16) Peakposition scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" Ireland (IRMA)2 Italian Albums (FIMI)30 scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" South African Albums (RISA)13 scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" UK Albums (OCC) 3 scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" Billboard Heatseekers Albums 1

Year-end charts Chart (2012)PositionDutch Albums (Album Top 100)50 Chart (2013)PositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)10Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)24Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)31Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)118Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)14French Albums (SNEP)129German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)16Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)76Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)10UK Albums (OCC)19US Folk Albums (Billboard)9US Independent Albums (Billboard)42

Chart (2014)PositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)146Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)69Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)82Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)94UK Albums (OCC)74US Billboard 20083US Folk Albums (Billboard)1US Independent Albums (Billboard)7US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)15

Decade-end charts Chart (2010–2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 81

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