Released 5 February 2016 Length 41:46 Release date 5 February 2016 Genre Dance-pop | Recorded 2015 Artist Foxes Label Sign of the Times | |
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Producers Jim Eliot, Dan Wilson, Jesse Shatkin, Liam Howe Similar Glorious, Acústico Paula Mattos, Know‑It‑All, Winter of Love, This Is Acting | ||
All I Need is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Foxes, released on 5 February 2016.
Contents
Foxes rise up intro better love
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. 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
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.
Singles
"Body Talk" was released as the album's lead single on 24 July 2015 in the United Kingdom.
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.
"Amazing" was released as the album's third single on 4 December 2015.
"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.
"If You Leave Me Now" was released on 27 November 2015 as a promotional single.
"Devil Side" was released on 26 December 2015 as a promotional single. 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. The acoustic version for "Scar" was released on February 23, 2016. The acoustic version for "On My Way" was released on February 28, 2016.
Tour
In July 2015, Foxes announced a tour in anticipation of the release of the album throughout October 2015.
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic
Musicians
Songs
1Rise Up (intro)0:59
2Better Love3:35
3Body Talk3:30