All I Need (Foxes album)
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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 of 2015 but the album was pushed back to 5 February 2016 so it could be released worldwide.[citation needed]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| The Irish Times | [6] |
| NME | 4/5[7] |
| The Observer | [8] |
| Pitchfork Media | 4.9/10[9] |
| Popmatters |   [10] |
| Rolling Stone |  [11] |
| 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 69 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 8 reviews.[3]
Promotion
Singles
"Body Talk" was released as the album's lead single on 24 July 2015 in the United Kingdom.[12]
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.[13]
"Amazing" was released as the album's third single on 4 December 2015.[14]
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.[15]
"If You Leave Me Now" was released on 27 November 2015 as a promotional single.[16]
"Devil Side" was released on 26 December 2015 as a promotional single.[17] This was followed by the release of "Wicked Love" on 29 January 2016, a week before the album's release.
Tour
In July 2015, Foxes announced a tour in anticipation of the release of the album throughout October 2015. [18]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rise Up (Intro)" | Mark Ralph | 0:58 | |
| 2. | "Better Love" |
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| 3:35 |
| 3. | "Body Talk" |
| Eliot | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Cruel" |
| Ralph | 3:43 |
| 5. | "If You Leave Me Now" |
| Eliot | 4:51 |
| 6. | "Amazing" |
| Ralph | 3:47 |
| 7. | "Devil Side" |
| Wilson | 3:59 |
| 8. | "Feet Don't Fail Me Now" |
| Shatkin | 3:23 |
| 9. | "Wicked Love" |
| Ralph | 3:14 |
| 10. | "Scar" |
|
| 3:08 |
| 11. | "Money" |
| Ralph | 3:14 |
| 12. | "On My Way" |
|
| 4:22 |
| Total length: | 41:43 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Shoot Me Down" |
| Ralph | 3:38 |
| 14. | "Lose My Cool" |
| Ralph | 3:22 |
| 15. | "All I Need" |
| Howe | 3:49 |
| 16. | "Rise Up (Reprise)" |
| Ralph | 2:35 |
| Total length: | 55:07 | |||
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] | 53 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[20] | 48 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[21] | 15 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[22] | 12 |
| UK Album Downloads (OCC)[23] | 6 |
References
- ^ a b "All I Need (Deluxe)". iTunes.
- ^ "Foxes shares 10 secrets about her new album: From Tina Turner to giant gongs". Digital Spy.
- ^ a b c "Reviews for All I Need by Foxes". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
{{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in|work=at position 1 (help) - ^ Yeung, Neil Z. "All I Need - Foxes : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
{{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in|work=at position 1 (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ Murphy, Lauren (4 February 2016). "Foxes - All I Need: lots of fizz but no explosion". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ Calvert, John (23 January 2016). "Foxes - 'All I Need' Review". NME. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ Cragg, Michael (7 February 2016). "Foxes: All I Need review – heartbreak you can dance to". The Observer. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ Sahim, Sarah (9 February 2016). "Foxes: All I Need". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ Bortoli, Danilo (12 February 2016). "Foxes: All I Need". Popmatters. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ Levy, Joe (3 February 2016). "Foxes: All I Need". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Body Talk - Single by Foxes". iTunes Store (GB).
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Better Love - Single by Foxes". Apple. iTunes. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Amazing - Single by Foxes". iTunes Store (GB).
- ^ "Foxes premieres the music video for new song 'Feet Don't Fail Me Now'". Digital Spy.
- ^ "If You Leave Me Now by Foxes". Spotify.
- ^ "Devil Side by Foxes". Spotify.
- ^ "Foxes reveals full tracklisting for new album All I Need". Official Charts Company.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (13 February 2016). "ARIA Albums: Molly Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 6, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2016.