All I Need (Foxes album)

All I Need
Studio album by Foxes
Released 5 February 2016[1]
Recorded 2015
Genre Synthpop
Length 41:46
Label
Producer
Foxes chronology
Glorious
(2014)		 All I Need
(2016)
Singles from All I Need
  1. "Body Talk"
    Released: 24 July 2015
  2. "Better Love"
    Released: 4 September 2015
  3. "Amazing"
    Released: 4 December 2015
  4. "Cruel"
    Released: 29 April 2016

All I Need is the second studio album by English singer and songwriter Foxes, released on 5 February 2016.[1]

Background

Foxes started work on the album in January 2015 in Los Angeles. Commenting on the album's direction, Foxes said "I was inspired a lot more with this record with stripping things back and making it a lot more emotional. I didn't want to do a concept album, I always like it when I can write from a diary in a way. It's quite an emotional album. It's got elements from the first one, but it's definitely not as produced. The tracks feel a lot more vocal [with] piano and strings. It's still cinematic in ways but I'm a lot more honest on this record this time around, which is quite a scary thing to be." She has also said that the album was inspired by relationships.[2] The album was originally scheduled to be released in October 2015 but the album was pushed back to 5 February 2016 so it could be released worldwide.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Irish Times[6]
The National[7]
NME4/5[8]
The Observer[9]
Pitchfork Media4.9/10[10]
Popmatters[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
Q[3]

All I Need received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 67 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 9 reviews.[3]

Promotion

Singles

"Body Talk" was released as the album's lead single on 24 July 2015 in the United Kingdom.[13]

On her Facebook page, Foxes announced that the second single would be "Better Love", co-written by Dan Smith from Bastille. The song which features Smith's vocals was released on 4 September 2015.[14]Ms

"Amazing" was released as the album's third single on 4 December 2015.[15]

"Cruel" was released as the album's fourth single on 19 April 2016, the same day that its video was released.

Other songs

A video for "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" was launched by H&M as part of the H&M Loves Music campaign.[16]

"If You Leave Me Now" was released on 27 November 2015 as a promotional single.[17]

"Devil Side" was released on 26 December 2015 as a promotional single.[18] This was followed by the release of "Wicked Love" on 29 January 2016, a week before the album's release.

Acoustic versions

Acoustic versions of a few tracks from All I Need have been released onto Vevo. All of them feature Foxes singing into a mic and Sam Kennedy, Foxes' keyboard player for live performances, playing the piano. The acoustic version for "Devil Side" was uploaded on February 7, 2016.[19] The acoustic version for "Scar" was released on February 23, 2016.[20] The acoustic version for "On My Way" was released on February 28, 2016.[21]

Tour

In July 2015, Foxes announced a tour in anticipation of the release of the album throughout October 2015.[22]

Track listing

All I Need – Standard edition
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Rise Up (Intro)"  
Mark Ralph 0:58
2. "Better Love"  
  • Tim Bran
  • Roy Kerr
 3:35
3. "Body Talk"  
Eliot 3:29
4. "Cruel"  
Ralph 3:46
5. "If You Leave Me Now"  
  • Allen
  • Eliot
Eliot 4:51
6. "Amazing"  
Ralph 3:47
7. "Devil Side"  
  • Wilson
  • Felix Snow (add.)
 3:59
8. "Feet Don't Fail Me Now"  
Shatkin 3:23
9. "Wicked Love"  
Ralph 3:14
10. "Scar"  
  • Bran
  • Kerr
 3:08
11. "Money"  
  • Allen
  • Quant
Ralph 3:14
12. "On My Way"  
  • Allen
  • Shatkin
  • Bran
  • Kerr
 4:22
Total length:
 41:46

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic[23]

Musicians
  • Danny Levin — bass
  • Jennymay Logan — violin
  • Gillian Maguire — violin
  • David Moyer — woodwind
  • Everton Nelson — violin
  • Tom Piggott-Smith — violin
  • Juliet Roberts — background vocals
  • Hannah Robinson — background vocals
  • Rachel Robson — viola
  • Davide Rossi — cello, contrabass, strings, viola, violin
  • Erick Serna — guitar
  • Jesse Shatkin — piano
  • Julia Singleton — violin
  • Dan Smith — background vocals
  • Emma Smith — violin
  • Theo Vinden — cello
  • Bruce White — viola
  • Dan Wilson — bass, drums, Mellotron, organ, piano
  • Chris Worsey — cello
Technical personnel
  • Tim Bran — production, programming
  • Julian Burg — engineer
  • Jim Eliot — production
  • Tom Fuller — assistant, engineer
  • Geoff Green — assistant
  • Sally Herbert — string arrangements
  • Liam Howe — instrumentation, production
  • Roy Kerr — production, programming, string arrangements
  • Lloyd Pursall — photography
  • Mark Ralph — mixing, production
  • John Rausch — engineer, programming
  • Hannah Robinson — vocal producer
  • Jack Ruston — engineer
  • Jesse Shatkin — drum programming, engineer, mixing, production, programming
  • Drew Smith — assistant, engineer
  • Felix Snow — additional production, programming
  • Mark "Spike" Stent — mixing
  • Dan Wilson — production

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] 53
Irish Albums (IRMA)[25] 48
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[26] 111
Scottish Albums (OCC)[27] 15
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[28] 102
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 99
UK Albums (OCC)[30] 12
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[31] 6
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[32] 8

References

  1. 1 2 "All I Need (Deluxe)". iTunes.
  2. ↑ "Foxes shares 10 secrets about her new album: From Tina Turner to giant gongs". Digital Spy.
  3. 1 2 3 "Reviews for All I Need by Foxes". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Yeung, Neil Z. "All I Need - Foxes  : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Aroesti, Rachel (4 February 2016). "Foxes: All I Need review – Body Talk hitmaker's second album plays it too safe". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Murphy, Lauren (4 February 2016). "Foxes - All I Need: lots of fizz but no explosion". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  7. ↑ March, Nick (15 February 2016). "Album review: All I Need by Foxes is a well-crafted piece of commercial music". The National. 16 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Calvert, John (23 January 2016). "Foxes - 'All I Need' Review". NME. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Cragg, Michael (7 February 2016). "Foxes: All I Need review – heartbreak you can dance to". The Observer. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Sahim, Sarah (9 February 2016). "Foxes: All I Need". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Bortoli, Danilo (12 February 2016). "Foxes: All I Need". Popmatters. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Levy, Joe (3 February 2016). "Foxes: All I Need". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Body Talk - Single by Foxes". iTunes Store (GB).
  14. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Better Love - Single by Foxes". Apple. iTunes. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Amazing - Single by Foxes". iTunes Store (GB).
  16. ↑ "Foxes premieres the music video for new song 'Feet Don't Fail Me Now'". Digital Spy.
  17. ↑ "If You Leave Me Now by Foxes". Spotify.
  18. ↑ "Devil Side by Foxes". Spotify.
  19. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPfPROuYNuQ
  20. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0I6ZtWdM-Q
  21. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwNWr0NRbCU
  22. ↑ "Foxes reveals full tracklisting for new album All I Need". Official Charts Company.
  23. ↑ "All I Need - Foxes - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  24. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (13 February 2016). "ARIA Albums: Molly Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  25. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 6, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  26. ↑ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2016-02-22" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  27. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  28. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Foxes – AllINeed". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  29. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Foxes – All I Need". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  30. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  31. ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  32. ↑ "Foxes – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Foxes. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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