My last post of 2021, which is the biggest this blog has seen, came down to me trying to choose which artist would go last. You see, there were two who really bubbled to the top for me, and they both got there in very much the same way.
The little project I did in March - #MapleLeafMarch - gave me a catalyst to give an artist for whom I had a serious blind spot for years. I spoke about this at length in post #1000. I don't need to rehash it.
Well, unlike other artists I discovered this year, whose catalog I just dove into head first, I spent much of my year in the Lights catalog listening to Siberia. And, about a month ago - even though I had branched out a little bit beyond that, especially to a few collaborations she did with deadmau5 and Felix Cartal, for example - and yes, I know, #1000 was from a different album, too - I realized my blind spot was still there.
So I branched out more. I listened to her whole catalog, end to end. Most of it was pretty great. A few pieces bubbled to the top. One of them was the whole Little Machines album, which is a real gem and represents the highest US chart position to date Lights has achieved (#34 on the album chart - but she's still making music, so jury's still out on this one).
So, what you might be curious about is, from an album that had several videos and singles, why, exactly, did I pick a non-single song that closed the album? It's an absolutely beautiful love song about a love that lasts a very long time, written by someone who hasn't reached that far yet but knows they will. Musically, it's unusual and compelling. Who cares if it was a single?!! It's a great song.
If you've been reading all my Lights posts all year, you know that she usually does electronic and then acoustic versions of everything. While we wait for the acoustic version of "Prodigal Daughter", why don't we just enjoy the quiet beauty of this one?
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