All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Studio album by Explosions in the Sky
Released	February 20, 2007
Recorded	Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota – August 2006 with John Congleton
Genre	Post-rock
Length	43:34
Label	Temporary Residence Limited TRR99
Producer	Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky chronology
The Rescue (2005) All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (2007) Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Drowned in Sound	(8/10)
Entertainment Weekly	(A-)
The Guardian
Mojo
Observer Music Monthly
Pitchfork Media	(6.0/10)
Rolling Stone
Spin
Tiny Mix Tapes
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All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone is the fifth studio album from American post-rock band Explosions in the Sky. It was released February 20, 2007.

Overview

Many speculate the album is a direct reference to the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. The album title, All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone, is a summarization to the conclusion of The Catcher in the Rye in which the main character Holden advises the reader, "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody." The song titles of the album make allusions to the many themes in the novel, having to do with the normality of fear, lack of social stability or place in society, emotional discord, and loneliness.

The album title itself is perhaps a reference to a line of dialogue spoken by the character of Mabel Longhetti (Gena Rowlands) in the 1974 John Cassavetes post-modern drama A Woman Under the Influence. Having just seen her children taken off to school by their grandmother, Mabel states, "All of a sudden I miss everyone; I don't know why."

The title of the song "The Birth and Death of the Day" appears in the 1952 novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck:

I remember that the Gabilan Mountains to the east of the valley were light gay mountains full of sun and loveliness and a kind of invitation, so that you wanted to climb into their warm foothills almost as you want to climb into the lap of a beloved mother. They were beckoning mountains with a brown grass love. The Santa Lucias stood up against the sky to the west and kept the valley from the open sea, and they were dark and brooding-unfriendly and dangerous. I always found in myself a dread of west and a love of east. Where I ever got such an idea I cannot say, unless it could be that the morning came over the peaks of the Gabilans and the night drifted back from the ridges of the Santa Lucias. It may be that the birth and death of the day had some part in my feeling about the two ranges of mountains.

The album artwork is by frequent Explosions in the Sky artist Esteban Rey.

The album took two years to record^{[citation needed]} and debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 76, selling 11,000 copies in its first week on the chart.

A limited edition version of the album came with a bonus CD of remixes of all 6 tracks on the album. The double vinyl version of this album came in two versions: a standard edition on black vinyl (available commercially) and a limited edition version (limited to 2000 copies) on white and green marble vinyl. This latter was sold exclusively on the Temporary Residence Limited web store and with the band on tour.

Explosions in the Sky appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on February 20, 2007 and performed a shortened version of "Welcome, Ghosts".

Note

• The title of this album was used in the TV show One Tree Hill, as the title of the last episode of season 4.
• "It's Natural to Be Afraid" was used in the last episode of HBOs popular boxing series, 24/7: Pacquiao-Cotto

Track listing

Disc one

1. "The Birth and Death of the Day" – 7:49
2. "Welcome, Ghosts" – 5:43
3. "It's Natural to Be Afraid" – 13:27
4. "What Do You Go Home To?" – 4:59
5. "Catastrophe and the Cure" – 7:56
6. "So Long, Lonesome" – 3:40

Disc two (bonus disc of remixes)

1. "The Birth and Death of the Day" (Jesu Mix) – 9:48
2. "Welcome, Ghosts" (Adem Mix) – 6:24
3. "It's Natural to Be Afraid" (The Paper Chase Mix) – 6:53
4. "What Do You Go Home To?" (Mountains Mix) – 10:23
5. "Catastrophe and the Cure" (Four Tet Mix) – 8:33
6. "So Long, Lonesome" (Eluvium Mix) – 5:40

External links

• Explosions in the Sky albums
• All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone at Temporary Residence Limited