This Is All Yours | ||||
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Released | 22 September 2014 | |||
Recorded | 2014 | |||
Studio | Iguana Studio ( London, England) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 64:35 | |||
Label | Infectious | |||
Producer | Charlie Andrew | |||
Alt-J chronology | ||||
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Singles from This Is All Yours | ||||
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This Is All Yours is the second album by English indie rock band alt-J, released on 22 September 2014 through Infectious. It was promoted with four singles: " Hunger of the Pine", " Left Hand Free", " Every Other Freckle", and "Warm Foothills". It topped the UK Albums Chart, was runner up in Belgium, Australia, and Canada and reached #4 in the United States. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
On 25 May 2012, Alt-J released their debut album An Awesome Wave, which won the Mercury Prize in 2012. [2] Alt-J were also nominated for three Brit Awards (British Breakthrough Act, British Album of the Year and British Group of the Year). Bassist Gwil Sainsbury left the band in January 2014. [3] The band began recording the album in April 2014. [4] It was recorded in the same place as An Awesome Wave, Iguana Studios, which Gus Unger-Hamilton described as "a tiny little place, sort of behind a second hand tyre shop". [5]
The majority of the songs on the album were written while touring their debut album, An Awesome Wave, while newer ones such as " Hunger of the Pine" were written in "a really cool little converted Warehouse in Hackney, very cliché East London". [5] Unger-Hamilton said that the "song cycle" of the album is made up of "Arrival in Nara", "Nara" and "Leaving Nara", Nara being a city in Japan. [6] "Hunger of the Pine" was one of the songs written after their bass player Gwil Sainsbury left in January 2014. [6] The song features a sample of " 4x4" by Miley Cyrus, of her singing "I'm a female rebel". The sample originally came from a remix Thom Green, Alt-J's drummer, made for Miley Cyrus. Joe Newman said "I was playing the guitar and Thom was responding to what I was doing on Ableton and before we knew it, we'd come up with this really interesting structure, and I came up with lyrics for it quite quickly." Gus Unger-Hamilton said "it sounded cool with what Joe was playing on the guitar." The band asked Miley Cyrus if they could use the sample; according to Newman, she was "cool with it". He said that Miley Cyrus has "been really supportive of us, and she's a fan, I think, which is really nice." [7] [8]
On 9 June 2014, the band announced the release of their second album This Is All Yours, as well as putting pre-orders for the album on their website. [9] The album was released on September 22, 2014, as a download, on CD and double vinyl. [10] On 13 June, alt-J posted a video on their Instagram account featuring a clip of the first single "Hunger of the Pine". [11] The single premiered on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1 on 18 June. The song was streamed later that day, and released as a single on the iTunes Store the next. [12] " Left Hand Free" was released digitally on 7 July 2014 as the album's second single and impacted modern rock radio on 15 July 2014. [13]
On 13 August 2014, the album's third single, "Every Other Freckle", premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show once again.
On 9 September 2014, the band released an app that gave access to the album when the user was in select locations. [14]
On 15 September 2014, the band made the album available to listen to on music-streaming platform Spotify. [15]
On 2 March 2015, the band released "Warm Foothills" as the fourth and final single from the album. [16]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10 [17] |
Metacritic | 70/100 [18] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Daily Telegraph | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | B− [21] |
The Guardian | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mojo | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 8/10 [24] |
Pitchfork | 4.0/10 [25] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Uncut | 5/10 [28] |
Upon its release, This Is All Yours received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 26 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [18]
The album was nominated at the 57th Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album, [29] and for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award. [30]
This Is All Yours debuted at number one on the UK's Official Albums Chart on 28 September 2014. [31] In Canada, the album debuted at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 14,000 copies in its first week. [32] The album fell behind Leonard Cohen's Popular Problems. [32]
All tracks are written by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, and Thom Sonny Green, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Intro" | 4:38 |
2. | "Arrival in Nara" | 4:13 |
3. | "Nara" | 4:58 |
4. | " Every Other Freckle" | 3:36 |
5. | " Left Hand Free" | 2:53 |
6. | "❦" (Garden of England) | 1:07 |
7. | "Choice Kingdom" | 4:17 |
8. | " Hunger of the Pine" | 4:59 |
9. | "Warm Foothills" | 3:45 |
10. | "The Gospel of John Hurt" | 5:15 |
11. | "Pusher" | 3:26 |
12. | "Bloodflood Pt. II" | 5:19 |
13. | "Leaving Nara" (ends at 2:00; hidden track " Lovely Day" ( Bill Withers, Skip Scarborough) starts at 12:00) | 16:02 |
Total length: | 64:35 |
Adapted from LP liner notes.
Alt-J [33]
Additional musicians
Technical
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia ( ARIA) [64] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Canada ( Music Canada) [65] | Gold | 40,000^ |
Netherlands ( NVPI) [66] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [68] | Gold | 160,932 [67] |
United States ( RIAA) [69] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
This Is All Yours | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 22 September 2014 | |||
Recorded | 2014 | |||
Studio | Iguana Studio ( London, England) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 64:35 | |||
Label | Infectious | |||
Producer | Charlie Andrew | |||
Alt-J chronology | ||||
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Singles from This Is All Yours | ||||
|
This Is All Yours is the second album by English indie rock band alt-J, released on 22 September 2014 through Infectious. It was promoted with four singles: " Hunger of the Pine", " Left Hand Free", " Every Other Freckle", and "Warm Foothills". It topped the UK Albums Chart, was runner up in Belgium, Australia, and Canada and reached #4 in the United States. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
On 25 May 2012, Alt-J released their debut album An Awesome Wave, which won the Mercury Prize in 2012. [2] Alt-J were also nominated for three Brit Awards (British Breakthrough Act, British Album of the Year and British Group of the Year). Bassist Gwil Sainsbury left the band in January 2014. [3] The band began recording the album in April 2014. [4] It was recorded in the same place as An Awesome Wave, Iguana Studios, which Gus Unger-Hamilton described as "a tiny little place, sort of behind a second hand tyre shop". [5]
The majority of the songs on the album were written while touring their debut album, An Awesome Wave, while newer ones such as " Hunger of the Pine" were written in "a really cool little converted Warehouse in Hackney, very cliché East London". [5] Unger-Hamilton said that the "song cycle" of the album is made up of "Arrival in Nara", "Nara" and "Leaving Nara", Nara being a city in Japan. [6] "Hunger of the Pine" was one of the songs written after their bass player Gwil Sainsbury left in January 2014. [6] The song features a sample of " 4x4" by Miley Cyrus, of her singing "I'm a female rebel". The sample originally came from a remix Thom Green, Alt-J's drummer, made for Miley Cyrus. Joe Newman said "I was playing the guitar and Thom was responding to what I was doing on Ableton and before we knew it, we'd come up with this really interesting structure, and I came up with lyrics for it quite quickly." Gus Unger-Hamilton said "it sounded cool with what Joe was playing on the guitar." The band asked Miley Cyrus if they could use the sample; according to Newman, she was "cool with it". He said that Miley Cyrus has "been really supportive of us, and she's a fan, I think, which is really nice." [7] [8]
On 9 June 2014, the band announced the release of their second album This Is All Yours, as well as putting pre-orders for the album on their website. [9] The album was released on September 22, 2014, as a download, on CD and double vinyl. [10] On 13 June, alt-J posted a video on their Instagram account featuring a clip of the first single "Hunger of the Pine". [11] The single premiered on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1 on 18 June. The song was streamed later that day, and released as a single on the iTunes Store the next. [12] " Left Hand Free" was released digitally on 7 July 2014 as the album's second single and impacted modern rock radio on 15 July 2014. [13]
On 13 August 2014, the album's third single, "Every Other Freckle", premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show once again.
On 9 September 2014, the band released an app that gave access to the album when the user was in select locations. [14]
On 15 September 2014, the band made the album available to listen to on music-streaming platform Spotify. [15]
On 2 March 2015, the band released "Warm Foothills" as the fourth and final single from the album. [16]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10 [17] |
Metacritic | 70/100 [18] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Daily Telegraph | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | B− [21] |
The Guardian | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mojo | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 8/10 [24] |
Pitchfork | 4.0/10 [25] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Uncut | 5/10 [28] |
Upon its release, This Is All Yours received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 26 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [18]
The album was nominated at the 57th Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album, [29] and for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award. [30]
This Is All Yours debuted at number one on the UK's Official Albums Chart on 28 September 2014. [31] In Canada, the album debuted at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 14,000 copies in its first week. [32] The album fell behind Leonard Cohen's Popular Problems. [32]
All tracks are written by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, and Thom Sonny Green, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Intro" | 4:38 |
2. | "Arrival in Nara" | 4:13 |
3. | "Nara" | 4:58 |
4. | " Every Other Freckle" | 3:36 |
5. | " Left Hand Free" | 2:53 |
6. | "❦" (Garden of England) | 1:07 |
7. | "Choice Kingdom" | 4:17 |
8. | " Hunger of the Pine" | 4:59 |
9. | "Warm Foothills" | 3:45 |
10. | "The Gospel of John Hurt" | 5:15 |
11. | "Pusher" | 3:26 |
12. | "Bloodflood Pt. II" | 5:19 |
13. | "Leaving Nara" (ends at 2:00; hidden track " Lovely Day" ( Bill Withers, Skip Scarborough) starts at 12:00) | 16:02 |
Total length: | 64:35 |
Adapted from LP liner notes.
Alt-J [33]
Additional musicians
Technical
|
|
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia ( ARIA) [64] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Canada ( Music Canada) [65] | Gold | 40,000^ |
Netherlands ( NVPI) [66] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [68] | Gold | 160,932 [67] |
United States ( RIAA) [69] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |