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Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell
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  • Summary: The full-length debut release for Richard Russell features guest appearances from Peter Gabriel, Giggs, Green Gartside, Ibeyi, Infinite, Obongjayar, Owen Pallett, Sampha, Kamasi Washington, Wiki, and Rachel Zeffira.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Exclaim
    Feb 16, 2018
    80
    Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell is a moving, beautiful album that offers community as a cure for loneliness. Even if at times he's somewhat overshadowed by his collaborators, Russell manages to have his voice shine through.
  2. Under The Radar
    Feb 23, 2018
    80
    The album that the project has produced is perhaps the first truly fantastic record of the year and one that shows that, when we come together, we can create something that is much more than the sum of it's parts, a lesson that in 2018, could become increasingly hard to remember.
  3. Clash Music
    Feb 26, 2018
    80
    Diverse talents are woven together with ease by a man with an encyclopaedic knowledge of how music can affect us. The end result is something truly special.
  4. Pitchfork
    Feb 21, 2018
    72
    The slower that Russell moves, the better for allowing the disparate components of Everything Is Recorded to settle into something exquisite.
  5. AllMusic
    Mar 7, 2018
    70
    The set comes across as remarkably crafted and measured, from its predominantly slow tempos and recurring elements to the coalescence of shrewdly applied samples and participants who also include pianist Peter Gabriel and saxophonist Kamasi Washington.
  6. The Line of Best Fit
    Feb 15, 2018
    70
    Although he may be the keystone that holds this record together, Russell seems more comfortable behind the boards, letting the talents of his collaborators take centre stage. His tight, percussive productions lay the perfect foundations for the all-star cast to take flight, filling in the gaps with trickling melodies and expertly picked samples.
  7. Mojo
    Feb 15, 2018
    60
    Everything Is Recorded has its sublime moments, but despite a pervasive post-tricky hip-hop nocturnalism and some loopy-interlude glue sprinkled through, it's just too disparate to cohere into a compelling whole. [Mar 2018, p.92]
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  1. clem666
    Mar 11, 2021
    8
    Amazingly striking project. Production is marvelous, the crossing between multiples genres is ballsy and a huge success. It is true thatAmazingly striking project. Production is marvelous, the crossing between multiples genres is ballsy and a huge success. It is true that Sampha's voice, lyrics and flow does almost all the most remarkable work on 'Everything Is Recorded'. However it would have lack a lot without the constant presence of the other significant artists as the duo Ibeyi, Kamasi Washington's saxophone and Infinte Coles.

    The concept and the message discussed all along the album are great. I love the way all these artists can sing but also keep silence to let the music speak to let te atmosphere be. Interludes are calm, really enjoyable and don't feel like being too much for nothing.

    All this record oozes of purity, simplicity and beauty.    … Expand
  2. OrenBrown
    Feb 23, 2018
    6
    This album is a collaborative effort of the record label, XL Recordings, curated and produced by label owner Richard Russell, with anThis album is a collaborative effort of the record label, XL Recordings, curated and produced by label owner Richard Russell, with an assortment of the labels artists enlisted as features. Unsurprisingly, Sampha kills it on this record, except for the title track which was a little lackluster to me. Giggs' cameo track was cool, and Kamasi Washington's saxophone was as sleek as every (but didn't necessarily fit the vibe of the album.) Sampha's "Close But Not Quite" and Obongjayar's "She Said" make for a very strong start to the album but all in all the record doesn't flow that well and steadily declines in quality. The production throughout is very good, but the project doesn't mesh amazingly well in my opinion.… Expand

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