All the Truth That I Can Tell
by Dashboard Confessional
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. AllMusic
    Feb 24, 2022
    80
    For listeners who miss the simpler early days, All the Truth That I Can Tell is a treasure trove of comfort and familiarity, an utterly relatable collection of growth and hope tempered by the starkness of reality.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Feb 24, 2022
    70
    For his ninth album, Carraba goes back to his hard-strumming roots, making his most old-school Dashboard-y collection in years (it’s even produced by James Paul Weiser, who helmed the first two albums). It’s just Carraba and the guitar and melodies that would scale up brilliantly
  3. DIY Magazine
    Feb 24, 2022
    60
    It’s either aural comfort food, or all just a bit, well, obvious. It’s written to a formula for sure. But it’s one that’s served them well, nevertheless.
  5. Kerrang!
    Feb 24, 2022
    60
    There are no crashing power chords, OTT theatrics or questionable haircuts to worry about on All The Truth That I Can Tell. Just an open-hearted, increasingly middle-aged man, his acoustic guitar, and the same brand of chest-swelling songwriting many of us have known since we were young.

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  1. MusicGuyMack
    Mar 27, 2022
    6
    Though it certainly gets some mileage out of Chris Carrabba's husky yet soulfully supple vocals and wounded-heart coffee house troubadourThough it certainly gets some mileage out of Chris Carrabba's husky yet soulfully supple vocals and wounded-heart coffee house troubadour sensibilities, the ad nauseam repetition of both ultra-generic open chord strumming without much else in the way of sonic variety and lyrics that hammer the same talking points into oblivion on "All the Truth That I Can Tell" quickly lead to tedium and an inescapable sense of sameness setting in that sadly undermine the emotionality and intimacy the record clearly yearns for.

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