We Are All We Need

We Are All We Need is the third studio album by British progressive trance group Above & Beyond. It was released on 16 January 2015 by Anjunabeats.[2] The album is their first studio album to feature new material since Group Therapy (2011). It is the first album released under the name Above & Beyond not to feature collaborations with British singer-songwriter Richard Bedford. However it features a track with Justine Suissa, the group's longtime collaborator on the OceanLab project.

We Are All We Need
Studio album by Above & Beyond
Released	16 January 2015
Recorded	2014–15
Genre	Progressive house, progressive trance[1]
Label	Anjunabeats
Producer	Above & Beyond, Andrew Bayer, Zoë Johnston, Justine Suissa, Alex Vargas
Above & Beyond chronology
Acoustic (2014) We Are All We Need (2015) Acoustic II (2016)
Singles from We Are All We Need
"Hello" Released: 24 March 2014 "Sticky Fingers" Released: 19 May 2014 "Blue Sky Action" Released: 21 July 2014 "We're All We Need" Released: 18 October 2014 "All Over the World" Released: 15 March 2015 "Peace of Mind" Released: 1 June 2015 "Counting Down the Days" Released: 10 July 2015 "Fly to New York" Released: 4 September 2015

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[3]
Music Is My Oxygen	[4]
The Up Coming	[5]
We Got This Covered	[6]

We Are All We Need received generally positive reception from music critics. Matt Joseph from We Got This Covered gave the album a 4/5 rating, stating that the album's "catchy hooks, angelic vocals and club ready anthems" added to the group's already impressing discography.[6] Krystal Spence from Your EDM compared We Are All We Need to Above & Beyond's previous album, Group Therapy, stating that the former was "much more uplifting" than its predecessor. Krystal also praised the group for continuing their tradition of producing tracks which are "easy to learn", allowing listeners to effortlessly sing along with the tracks.[7] inthemix's Angus Paterson noted the focus of club-based tracks on the record, and stated that the album "ain’t something that will please those enthused with the deeper, more progressive sounds heard on their Tri-State debut". He went on by writing that although there was less of a consistent theme which drew Group Therapy together, the record managed to be the "most polished album yet; functioning both as A-grade pop music, and mass-appeal club music with soul."[8]

In a mixed review, Jon O'Brien from Music Is My Oxygen described the album as packing with "skyscraping choruses, uplifting synth hooks and Balearic beats", but criticized the track "Blue Sky Action" for being a generic attempt at copying the success of Swedish House Mafia's dance-pop sound and stated that "We Are All We Need delivers little you haven’t heard before".[4] Lanre Bakare from The Guardian and Jessica Wall from The Up Coming both gave the album a 2/5 rating, with Bakare calling We Are All We Need an "overwrought, nigh-on comical take on dance music".[3] Wall dubbed the record as "just a collection a collection of songs", writing that there is no sense of journey and aesthetic amongst its tracks as the record progresses.[5]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming the group's highest-charting album. In the United States, We Are All We Need debuted at number 34 on the Billboard 200, becoming the group's highest-charting album. The album also debuted at number one on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart. It sold 14,000 copies in its first week in the US, the group's biggest first-week sales.[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Quieter Is Louder"	Jono Grant Tony McGuinness Paavo Siljamäki	Above & Beyond Andrew Bayer^[a]	1:57
2.	"We're All We Need" (featuring Zoë Johnston)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Zoë Johnston	Above & Beyond Johnston Bayer^[a]	4:22
3.	"Blue Sky Action" (featuring Alex Vargas)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Bayer	Above & Beyond Bayer	4:44
4.	"Peace of Mind" (featuring Zoë Johnston)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Bayer Johnston	Above & Beyond Bayer Johnston	4:31
5.	"Counting Down the Days" (featuring Gemma Hayes)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Victoria Horn	Above & Beyond Bayer^[a]	4:48
6.	"Sticky Fingers" (featuring Alex Vargas)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Bayer	Above & Beyond Bayer	3:29
7.	"Hello"	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Bayer	Above & Beyond Bayer	4:05
8.	"Little Something" (featuring Justine Suissa)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Justine Suissa	Above & Beyond Suissa Bayer^[a]	5:11
9.	"All Over the World" (featuring Alex Vargas)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Bayer Alex Vargas	Above & Beyond Bayer Vargas	4:46
10.	"Fly to New York" (featuring Zoë Johnston)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Bayer Johnston	Above & Beyond Bayer Johnston	5:21
11.	"Making Plans" (featuring Alex Vargas)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki	Above & Beyond Bayer^[a]	5:04
12.	"Out of Time"	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Bayer	Above & Beyond Bayer^[a]	4:12
13.	"Excuses"	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki	Above & Beyond Bayer	5:45
14.	"Save Me" (featuring Zoë Johnston)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Johnston	Above & Beyond Bayer^[a]	4:55
15.	"Sink the Lighthouse" (featuring Alex Vargas)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Vargas	Above & Beyond Bayer^[a]	4:12
16.	"Treasure" (featuring Zoë Johnston)	Grant McGuinness Siljamäki Johnston	Above & Beyond Bayer	3:46

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10]	11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	100
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[13]	16
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14]	38
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[15]	37
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16]	45
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17]	61
UK Albums (OCC)[18]	12
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[19]	2
US Billboard 200[20]	34
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[21]	1
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[22]	12
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[23]	5

Release history

Country	Date	Format(s)	Label
Australia[24]	16 January 2015	CD digital download	Anjunabeats, Central Station
Germany[25]			Anjunabeats
Ireland[26]
United Kingdom[2]	19 January 2015
United States[27]	20 January 2015		Ultra Records

References

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2. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/we-are-all-we-need/id926249221
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4. O'Brien, Jon (1 January 2015). "ABOVE & BEYOND 'WE ARE ALL WE NEED' – ALBUM REVIEW". MIMO. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
5. Wall, Jessica (1 February 2015). "Above & Beyond – We Are All We Need". TheUpComing. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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7. Spence, Krystal (1 January 2015). "REVIEW: "We Are All We Need" Sets the Bar High". YourEDM. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
8. Paterson, Angus (2 January 2015). "Above & Beyond – We Are All We Need". inthemix. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018.
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