Dancer, violinist, Manga and dubstep enthusiast, composer, performance artist, America's Got Talent contestant, and Elder Scrolls-loving internet celebrity, Salt Lake City, Utah native Lindsey Stirling is the Faerie Queen of millennial new age music, and her sophomore studio album, the 12-track, largely conceptual Shatter Me, offers up a spirited set of high-octane classical crossover confections that occupy the barbed wire and flower petal strewn middle ground between Evanescence, Riverdance, Skrillex, and Narnia.
Like her 2013 debut, Shatter Me is essentially a showcase for Stirling's instrumental prowess, and she delivers the heat with all of the fire, fury, and mad, pixie-ish sweetness that drew millions of people to her Lindseystomp YouTube channel, especially on standouts like "Beyond the Veil," "Master of Tides," and "Roundtable Rival," which weave sharp, confident melodies over a backdrop of glitch-heavy, yet largely conventional slabs of radio-ready electro-pop.
She applies that same formula to the two non-instrumental tracks as well, both of which revolve (lyrically) around the album cover, which finds Stirling encased in a cracked crystal ball, and features Halestorm vocalist Lizzy Hale ("Shatter Me") and Meg & Dia lead singer Dia Frampton ("We Are Giants") giving the Auto-Tune processor a full eight-hour day.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beyond The VeilSILAS, Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 2 | Mirror HausSILAS, Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 03:55 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | V-PopMarko G., Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 4 | Shatter MeDia Frampton, SILAS, Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 36 MB |
| 5 | HeistKill Paris, Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 25 MB |
| 6 | Roundtable RivalSterling Fox, Scott Gold, Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Night VisionRobert DeLong, Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 8 | Take FlightSILAS, Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 9 | AscendanceMarko G., Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 04:26 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 10 | We Are GiantsDia Frampton, SILAS, Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 11 | SwagSILAS, Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 03:10 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 12 | Master Of TidesSILAS, Lindsey Stirling | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 04:21 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 13 | Eclipse | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 14 | Sun Skip | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 15 | Take Flight (Orchestral Version) | Lindsey Stirling | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 58 mins | 134 MB | |||||
| 58 mins | 426 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert DeLong | Composer, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Programming |
| 2 | Sterling Fox | Composer |
| 3 | Dia Frampton | Composer, Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 4 | Adina Friedman | A&R |
| 5 | Justin Glasco | Engineer |
| 6 | Scott Gold | Composer, Engineer, Producer |
| 7 | Lzzy Hale | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 8 | Paris Hill | A&R |
| 9 | Kill Paris | Composer, Producer |
| 10 | Joe Lambert | Mastering |
| 11 | Marko G. | Composer, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Programming |
| 12 | Andrew Maury | Mixing |
| 13 | Josh Rossi | Art Direction, Photography |
| 14 | SILAS | Composer, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Programming |
| 15 | Lindsey Stirling | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 16 | Liam Ward | Package Design |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |