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Entertainment WeeklyLost improves on the first disc at least five times over, partly because its starker focus might really take you back to...well, certainly not a club, but maybe an AM radio-equipped kid's bedroom circa 1973. [21 Sep 20007, p.80]
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Here's a set that suggests rock has got its head screwed on straight again, that the path to real feelings need not necessarily be led by Norah Jones.
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He shows the abandon and confidence of a long-term artist, not just a one-hit wonder.
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But snobbery apart, this is a terrific album.
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It will seduce anybody already won over by his 2005 debut, "Back to Bedlam," since it's a tighter, more assured record than that. But chances are, they were seduced by Blunt already.
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Blunt has turned his attention away from his sound hole and his sensitive soul, refocusing his energies on the '70s and unearthing a measure of depth and ingenuity.
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There's plenty to scorn on All the Lost Souls; Blunt loves a well-worn phrase, and his attempts at humor can be surprisingly crude. But he's onto something. He's not making background music.
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The songs are ridiculously catchy, albeit predictable and overly comfortable in that 70s folk rock vibe he loves so much.
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Q MagazineA fearsomely efficient follow-up to Back To Bedlam. [Oct 2007, p.92]
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Too much of All the Lost Souls is just pleasant ether, with Blunt showing a gift for drabness on forgettable ballads that make Coldplay seem like the Arctic Monkeys.
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James Blunt returns with All the Lost Souls, a more piano-driven period piece that's about as edgy as an episode of "Desperate Housewives."
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As background music, it slays. In the foreground, however, not so much.
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Blunt appears to be following a successful formula a little too mechanically for his own good, as if he's ticking boxes.
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BlenderHe devotes himself largely to unremarkable romance chronicles and blandly competent hooks. [Oct 2007, p.107]
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The drawback, as ever, is Blunt’s warbly, whining, strangled voice, which sounds increasingly like a bad Weird Al Yankovic parody.
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MojoMuch of All The Lost Souls is far more icky-yucky than its predecessor. [Oct 2007, p.90]
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He's only gone and come back. And improved, actually: we counted two more hits than "Back To Bedlam." Be very afraid.
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While All the Lost Souls will very likely appeal to the exact same folks who made Blunt’s first album a success, I listen to this album and can’t help thinking that this has all been done before-and better!
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There are no surprises (other than the lyrics about cutting himself) and nothing all that redeeming to take away from the listen.
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It's more of the same on his second album, a collection so bland, it makes hardtack seem sumptuous.
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His voice still sounds like it could curdle milk, an anaemic whine with no substance. Song-wise, this is mass-production fodder about which there's very little one can say.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 64 out of 98
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Mixed: 6 out of 98
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Negative: 28 out of 98
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RobbieCSep 27, 2007It sucks.
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StefanVFeb 21, 2008
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Jul 27, 2017