In its review, Female First, an online "celebrity gossip and lifestyle magazine," concluded that "'Letters', in all honesty, isn't a particularly adventurous record," but predicted it "will go some way to help [Cardle] establish himself as a serious musician and song-writer." According to the reviewer for Cosmoplitan magazine, "[t]he 13-track album is every bit the epic, power-ballad compilation I could’ve wished for. Big, belting choruses, meaningful lyrics and plenty of high notes to make women swoon." Orange UK gave the album a very favorable review, choosing "Letters" and "Beat of a Breaking Heart" as stand-out tracks, while praising Cardle's "excellent", "stunning", and "heartfelt" vocals Despite the mixed reviews, in December 2011, "Letters" and "Starlight" were voted album and song of the year by readers of The Guardian. Commercial performance The album sold more than 70,000 copies in the week of release, peaking at number two on the UK Albums Chart behind Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds's self-titled debut album. Singles "When We Collide", Cardle's X Factor winner's single, is included as the final track on the album. It was released on 12 December 2010. The single contained Cardle's live performances of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Just the Way You Are" and "Nights in White Satin", as performed on The X Factor. "Run for Your Life" was released as the album's official lead single on 10 October 2011. Written by Gary Barlow, it became Cardle's second consecutive top ten single when it peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart on the week of release. The single contained two previously unreleased tracks, "Lost and Found" and "Chemical", as its B-sides. "Starlight" was released as the album's second official single on 4 December 2011. The single performed very poorly compared to Cardle's previous singles, only peaking at number 185 on the UK Singles Chart. "Amazing" was released as the album's third official single on 19 February 2012 and peaked at number 84 on the UK Singles chart. The single was released as an EP with an all-new song called "All Is Said", written by Cardle, James Walsh and Eliot James, a newly recorded studio version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", and a live version of "Slowly" recorded at KOKO in October 2011. Track listing Notes signifies an additional record producer Offered as a free download to customers who purchased Letters before 15 October