All Delighted People

All Delighted People is an EP by Sufjan Stevens, released online by Asthmatic Kitty Records on August 20, 2010. It is centered around two versions of Stevens' ballad "All Delighted People". According to the official release webpage it is an "homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui, and Paul Simon's 'Sound of Silence'". It debuted at #48 on the Billboard 200[1] and jumped to number #27 the week after.

All Delighted People
EP by
Sufjan Stevens
ReleasedAugust 20, 2010 (2010-08-20)
Recorded2009 and 2010
Length59:15
LabelAsthmatic Kitty
ProducerSufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens chronology
The BQE
(2009)		 All Delighted People
(2010)		 The Age of Adz
(2010)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?5.3/10[2]
Metacritic63/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Consequence of Sound[5]
Drowned in Sound(4/10)[6]
The Independent[7]
NME(3/10)[8]
No Ripcord(4/10)[9]
Pitchfork Media(7.6/10)[10]
PopMatters(6/10)[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
Spin(7/10)[13]

All Delighted People received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[14]

Ian Cohen of Pitchfork Media gave the EP a positive review stating, "It isn't the mere existence of Age of Adz that puts this EP in perspective, though-- the electronic sonics of first taste "I Walked" are a blatant sign that we may ultimately have to retire the idea of Sufjan Stevens as a banjo-toting cartographer of the heart and the continental United States going forward. The scrapbook-like cover of All Delighted People makes sense then, as its contents serve as a humble and friendly keepsake, songs that deserve to be heard, but belonging to a chapter in Stevens' artistic livelihood that he needed to close to maintain his vitality."[10]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."All Delighted People" (original version)11:38
2."Enchanting Ghost"3:39
3."Heirloom"2:55
4."From the Mouth of Gabriel"4:03
5."The Owl and the Tanager"6:38
6."All Delighted People" (classic rock version)8:07
7."Arnika"5:13
8."Djohariah"17:02

Vinyl edition

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."All Delighted People" (original version)11:38
2."Enchanting Ghost"3:39
3."From the Mouth of Gabriel"4:03
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."The Owl and the Tanager"6:38
2."All Delighted People" (classic rock version)8:07
3."Arnika"5:13
Side C
No.TitleLength
1."Heirloom"2:55
2."Djohariah"17:02
Side D
No.TitleLength
1."Untitled"2:47
2."Untitled"1:57
3."Untitled"0:46
4."Untitled"2:25
5."Untitled"1:00
6."Untitled"1:06
7."Untitled"1:01
8."Untitled"0:35
9."Untitled"2:52
10."Untitled"1:00
11."Untitled"3:10

Notes:

  • Side D contains piano solos originally recorded as a soundtrack to the 2008 short film Eve, directed by Natalie Portman. No information is contained about these in the vinyl release.
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References
  1. "All Delighted People EP". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  2. "Sufjan Stevens: All Delighted People". anydecentmusic.com. AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. "Reviews for All Delighted People EP by Sufjan Stevens". Metacritic. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  4. Monger, James Christopher. "All Delighted People EP". allmusic. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  5. Freed, Nick (August 26, 2010). "Album Review: Sufjan Stevens – All Delighted People EP". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  6. Smith, Patrick (August 23, 2010). "Sufjan Stevens — All Delighted People". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  7. Gill, Andy (August 27, 2010). "Album: Sufjan Stevens, All Delighted People". The Independent. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  8. Snapes, Laura (September 6, 2010). "Album review: Sufjan Stevens — All Delighted People EP". NME. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  9. Coplan, Chris (August 29, 2010). "All Delighted People EP". No Ripcord. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  10. Cohen, Ian (September 7, 2010). "Sufjan Stevens: All Delighted People EP". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 10 September 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  11. Schumer, Ben (September 10, 2010). "Sufjan Stevens: All Delighted People". Pop Matters. Archived from the original on 12 September 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  12. Dolan, Jon (August 23, 2010). "All Delighted People EP by Sufjan Stevens". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
  13. Kornhaber, Spencer (August 23, 2010). "Sufjan Stevens, 'All Delighted People' (Asthmatic Kitty)". Spin. Archived from the original on 7 September 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  14. "All Delighted People EP – Sufjan Stevens". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 6, 2016.


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