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