• Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Mar 9, 2018
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Mar 6, 2018
    60
    The most successful of these joint efforts is Outgrown which was co-written by Bonobo; elsewhere, partnerships with the likes of Lil Silva and Tracey Thorn cast a pop overtone--a characteristic of FitzGerald's past productions, but here it feels overly saccharine. Ultimately, All That Must Be’s best moments are also its least contrived.
  2. Mojo
    Mar 1, 2018
    60
    A mixed bag all round. [Apr 2018, p.91]
  3. Q Magazine
    Mar 1, 2018
    60
    It still falls to his guest vocalists to distill the album's emotive mood. [Apr 2018, p.108]
  4. Uncut
    Mar 1, 2018
    60
    The lack of variety and formulaic production give this a wholly generic flavour. [Apr 2018, p.27]
  5. Mar 14, 2018
    50
    The real highlights are the two tracks with lyrics, Roll Back with Lil Silva and the suitably nocturnal Half-Light (Night Version) with Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl. These songs play to Fitzgerald’s strengths. By contrast, the rest of the album feels like watching a stage with no performers on it. A well-lit stage, as Fitzgerald can create a mood well, but still fundamentally a hollow experience.
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Jan 23, 2021
    6
    An interesting electro trip inside the mind on George FitzGerald. The album is punctuated by ingenious moments of stylistic rupture, even ifAn interesting electro trip inside the mind on George FitzGerald. The album is punctuated by ingenious moments of stylistic rupture, even if it is indeed the repetitiveness that characterizes 'All That Must Be'. The alternance between instrumental songs and those with sung parts is cleverly thought out. Throughout the project, the approaches of different musical genres such as disco, simplistic electro and classical pop are intertwined.
    Unfortunately and despite a few gems that are worth the detour, the album quickly runs out of steam and we end up impatiently waiting for the end of the ten tracks.
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