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Feb 8, 2016Overall there’s an abundance of grade-A pop on offer--just keep a tissue handy.
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Feb 5, 2016Much like Jepsen's Emotion or Swift's 1989, Foxes' All I Need is vibrant, intelligently crafted pop pleasure.
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Feb 4, 2016Minor quibbles aside, however, All I Need is Britain’s pop industry going head-to-head with America’s heaviest hitters, and triumphing.
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Feb 12, 2016It is, as some tend to be, an accomplished album. It does what it aims to do: good and personally revealing pop music.
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Feb 4, 2016Sometimes it's too familiar (the pre-chorus of "Body Talk" recalls Lady Gaga's "Poker Face," though that may be the point), and all the day-glo pop romantic agony can pile up after a while. But when it works--when a gospel choir lifts up the chorus of "Better Love," or when "Wicked Love" explodes into Kate Bush vocal arpeggios--it's a reminder of how just much fun the communal part of pop can be.
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Q MagazineFeb 4, 2016The production is pitched halfway twixt Adele and Bastille, and All I need feels like the album that will kick Foxes up from the second tier to the A-lists and playlists. [Mar 2016, p.110]
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Feb 4, 2016Her lyrics may be personal, but the package as a whole feels disappointingly generic.
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Feb 9, 2016All I Need had the potential to be so much more than mediocre and forgettable.
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Feb 17, 2016Any trace of the identity that once set Foxes apart from other pop acts has been wiped clean. The album resembles a generic template, fashioned by several verified hit-makers, which could feature just about any old pop artist.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 119 out of 139
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Mixed: 11 out of 139
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Negative: 9 out of 139
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