All I Need (Foxes album)

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

All I Need
Studio album by Foxes
Released	5 February 2016[1]
Recorded	2015
Genre	Synthpop, dance-pop
Length	41:46
Label	Sign of the Times, Epic, RCA
Producer	Mark Ralph Tim Bran Roy Kerr Jim Eliot Dan Wilson Ashley Hayes Jesse Shatkin Liam Howe
Foxes chronology
Glorious (2014) All I Need (2016)
Singles from All I Need
"Body Talk" Released: 24 July 2015 "Better Love" Released: 4 September 2015 "Amazing" Released: 4 December 2015 "Cruel" Released: 29 April 2016

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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	67/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Guardian	[5]
The Irish Times	[6]
The National	[7]
NME	4/5[8]
The Observer	[9]
Pitchfork Media	4.9/10[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]

"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]

Commercial Performance

All I Need sold 7,724 copies in its first week inside of the United Kingdom, which resulted in a debut chart position of 12. As of November 2016 the album has sold 13,000 copies in the UK and 16,500 worldwide. According to Offcial Charts Company data, All I Need has vended 36,463 copies to date.

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Rise Up (Intro)"	Louisa Rose Allen Jonas Quant	Mark Ralph	0:58
2.	"Better Love"	Allen Jonny Harris Dan Smith	Tim Bran Roy Kerr	3:35
3.	"Body Talk"	Allen Jim Eliot	Eliot	3:29
4.	"Cruel"	Allen Kid Harpoon	Ralph	3:46
5.	"If You Leave Me Now"	Allen Eliot	Eliot	4:51
6.	"Amazing"	Allen Martin Brammer Jonny Lattimer James Newman	Ralph	3:47
7.	"Devil Side"	Allen Dan Wilson	Wilson Felix Snow (add.)	3:59
8.	"Feet Don't Fail Me Now"	Allen Fransisca Hall Jesse Shatkin	Shatkin	3:23
9.	"Wicked Love"	Allen Rick Nowels MoZella	Ralph	3:14
10.	"Scar"	Allen Kenneth Edmonds Janée Bennett Antonio Dixon Khristopher Riddick-Tynes JP Saxe	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

All I Need – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Shoot Me Down"	Allen Quant Harpoon	Ralph	3:38
14.	"Lose My Cool"	Allen Jonny Harris Bnann Charlie Fink	Ralph	3:22
15.	"All I Need"	Allen Liam Howe Hannah Robinson	Howe	3:49
16.	"Rise Up (Reprise)"	Allen Quant	Ralph	2:35
Total length:				55:10

All I Need – Japan version (bonus tracks)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Body Talk (Live)"	Allen Jim Eliot	Eliot	3:23
18.	"Holding onto Heaven (Live)"	Allen Harris Toby Gad	Ghostwriter Mike Spencer Future Cut	3:26
19.	"Let Go for Tonight (Live)"	Allen Tom Hull	Kid Harpoon Spencer Future Cut Ben Preston	3:14
20.	"Youth (Live)"	Allen Jonny Harris	Ghostwriter	2:51
Total length:				55:10

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic[23]

Musicians

Max Baillie – viola Tim Bran – guitar, keyboards, background vocals Brian W. Brundage – Mellotron, synthesizer Ian Burdge – cello Natalie Cavey – viola Stephanie Cavey – violin Ken Chastain – dumbek, tambourine Alison Dods – violin Jim Eliot – drums, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer Charlie Fowler – bass, background vocals Foxes – harmony, vocals Richard George – violin Ian Humphries – violin Peter Lee Johnson – violin Ben Kennedy – drums, percussion, background vocals Sam Kennedy – keyboards, percussion, piano, background vocals Roy Kerr – keyboards Rick Koster – violin Rosie Langley – violin

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 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 Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[32]	8

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