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Ed Sheeran’s songwriting analysis

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March 1st, 2017
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I was listening to this song “I see fire”, and I wondered about Ed Sheeran’s <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/songwritting" target="_blank">songwriting</a> skills and that is when I started analyzing the lyrics from all of his albums.

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I was listening to this song “I see fire”, and I wondered about Ed Sheeran’s songwriting skills and that is when I started analyzing the lyrics from all of his albums.

I’ve made a word cloud for every album that Ed has worked on and here are the findings.

EP: “Orange Room” (2005)

Moody Ballad Of Ed, Misery, Typical Average, Addicted, I Love You

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album: “Ed Sheeran” (2006)

Open Your Ears, Beyond The Pale, In Memory, Insomniac’s Lullaby, Quiet Ballad Of Ed, No Luck, Stevensong, Billy Ruskin, Spark, Pause, The Sea, Way Home, Bonus Track

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album: “Want Some?” (2007)

You Break Me, I’m Glad I’m Not You, You Need To Cut Your Hair, Sara, Move, On, Yellow Pages, Smile, Postcards, Two Blokes And A Double Bass, The West, Coast Of Clare, I Can’t Spell, You Break Me 2[Hidden Track]

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EP: “You Need Me” (2009)

You Need Me, I Don’t Need You, So, Be Like You, The City, Sunburn

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EP: “Loose Change” (2010)

The A Team, Homeless, Little Bird, Sofa, One Night, Firefly, The City (Live At Sticky Studios)

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EP: “Songs I Wrote With Amy” (2010)

Cold Coffee, Fall, Fire Alarms, She, Where We Land

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EP: “№5 Collaborations Project” (2011)

Lately, You, Family, Radio, Little Lady, Drown Me Out, Nightmares, Goodbye To You

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album: “+” (2011)

The A Team, Drunk, UNI, Grade 8, Wake Me Up, Small Bump, This, The City, Lego House, You Need Me I Don’t Need You, Kiss Me, Give Me Love, The Parting Glass[Hidden Track], Autumn Leaves[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track], Little Bird[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track], Gold Rush[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track], Sunburn[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track]

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EP: “The Slumdon Bridge” (2012)(Performed with Yelawolf)

London Bridge, You Don’t Know (For Fuck’s Sake), Faces, Tone

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album: “X” (2014)

One, I’m A Mess, Sing, Don’t, Nina, Photograph, Bloodstream, Tenerife Sea, Runaway, The Man, Thinking Out Loud, Afire Love, Take It Back[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track], Shirtsleeves[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track], Even My Dad Does Sometimes[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track], I See Fire[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track], All Of The Stars[Deluxe Edition Bonus Track], English Rose[X — Wembley Edition Bonus Track], Touch And Go[X — Wembley Edition Bonus Track], New York[X — Wembley Edition Bonus Track], Make It Rain[X — Wembley Edition Bonus Track], Lay It All On Me[X — Wembley Edition Bonus Track]

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album: “÷” (2017)

Castle On The Hill, Shape Of You, How Would You Feel (Paean)

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From the word clouds, it is easy to understand that our fiery haired artist has been writing more about ‘love’ since 2010, “The songs I wrote with Amy” album.

References:


TagCrowd.com_Create your own word cloud from any text to visualize word frequency._tagcrowd.com

http://www.azlyrics.com/e/edsheeran.html

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