All I Need (Foxes album)

All I Need
Studio album by Foxes
Released 5 February 2016[1]
Recorded 2015
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 it's 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 Herbertstring arrangements
  • Liam Howeinstrumentation, 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
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 99
UK Albums (OCC)[29] 12
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[30] 6
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[31] 8

References

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  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. "Swisscharts.com – Foxes – All I Need". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  29. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  30. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  31. "Foxes – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Foxes. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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