Lighting Matches

For the act of lighting a match, see Match.

Lighting Matches is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Tom Grennan, released on 6 July 2018 through Insanity Records. The album spawned five singles, and includes three singles, released on Grennan's previously three EPs.

Lighting Matches
Studio album by Tom Grennan
Released	6 July 2018 (2018-07-06)
Recorded	2016–2018
Genre	Indie rock pop rock
Length	41:43
Label	Insanity
Producer	Charlie Hugall Jimmy Hogarth Joel Pott Laconic Joe Rubel Jordan Riley Eg White Samuel Dixon Fraser T Smith Peter Stengaard Chase & Status
Tom Grennan chronology
Found What I've Been Looking For (2017) Lighting Matches (2018) Evering Road (2021)
Singles from Lighting Matches
"Royal Highness" Released: September 2017 "I Might" Released: December 2017 "Sober" Released: February 2018 "Barbed Wire" Released: June 2018 "Run in the Rain" Released: November 2018

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	5/10[2]
The Independent	[3]
NME	[4]

Lighting Matches was generally well received by critics. NME critic Andrew Trendell said that the album "makes Bedford sound like Hollywood" and that Grennan "knows what he's doing".^[4] However, Clash critic Nick Roseblade said that the album "isn't a bad album, but sadly it doesn't excel either" and that "it all feels a little too rehearsed and sanitised in its delivery."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Found What I've Been Looking For"	Thomas Grennan Jordan Riley	Charlie Hugall Jordan Riley	3:11
2.	"Royal Highness"	Grennan Jonny Lattimer Ashley Milton Daniel Goudie	Laconic Joe Rubel	3:13
3.	"Barbed Wire"	Grennan Danny Connors	Hugall	3:05
4.	"Run in the Rain"	Grennan Amy Wadge Adriano Buffone	Jimmy Hogarth	3:57
5.	"Aboard"	Grennan Lattimer Francis White	Eg White	3:53
6.	"Lighting Matches"	Grennan Lattimer Jimmy Hogarth	Hogarth	3:29
7.	"Lucky Ones"	Grennan Patrick Byrne	Samuel Dixon	3:33
8.	"Sober"	Grennan Fraser Thornycroft-Smith Lattimer	Fraser T Smith	3:42
9.	"I Might"	Diane Warren	Peter Stengaard	2:53
10.	"Make 'Em Like You"	Grennan Joel Pott	Pott	3:39
11.	"Something in the Water"	Grennan	Hugall	3:27
12.	"Little by Little Love"	Grennan Pott	Pott	3:41
Total length:				41:43

Deluxe edition CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Praying"	Grennan Charlie Hugall Tre Jean-Marie Jacob Attwooll	Hugall	3:06
14.	"Secret Lover"	Grennan Pott	Pott	3:58
15.	"Sweet Hallelujah"	Grennan	Hugall	3:48
16.	"All Goes Wrong" (with Chase & Status)	William Kennard Saul Milton Grennan Kieron McIntosh Dean McIntosh Nathaniel Ledwidge	Chase & Status	3:43

Chart performance

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5]	191
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6]	60
Irish Albums (OCC)[7]	28
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8]	6
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	5

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[10]	Gold	100,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.