• Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Sep 22, 2014
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 26
  2. Negative: 1 out of 26
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  1. Sep 8, 2014
    60
    With more attention paid to plucked triads and syncopation than packing any sort of resolute punch, This Is All Yours just can’t see the wood for the trees.
  2. 58
    Alt-J remain impossible to put a pin in, which makes This Is All Yours almost as frustrating as it is absorbing.
  3. 55
    At their best, when not wandering along in a gilded fog--much of This Is All Yours is akin to meandering in a pretty, if tiring, gloam.
  4. Uncut
    Sep 4, 2014
    50
    It lacks the debut's punchiness, and a compelling thread to bind those disparate elements. [Oct 2014, p.67]
  5. Sep 23, 2014
    40
    Mallet percussion, multilingual lyrics, chesty vocal huffs, fumbled acoustics, roundabout vocal harmonies, tentative EDM dipping, Asian monasticism, "Rule Britannia", American gothic: they all get sucked into the vacuum of This Is All Yours without leaving an impression.
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 156 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 14 out of 156
  1. Sep 22, 2014
    9
    This album is really great though it has some weak spots. What you can say about the first Alt-J's albums is that it's building it's climateThis album is really great though it has some weak spots. What you can say about the first Alt-J's albums is that it's building it's climate really well. This Is All yours does it even better than it's predecessor. It starts slowly with the intro, and Arrival in Nara. Then there is a huge hit within Nara. Every Other Freckle (which is one of my favs on the album) continues the happier part and then comes the Left Hand Free that is one of the earlier mentioned weak spots. Not that the song is bad. It's good as a song and gives fun, but it doesn't fit into the album, or the Alt-J's style generally. It's too typical, and feels not solid with the rest. The Interlude with it's flute theme is... just strange... Then again comes the slower part from Choice Kingdom untill the Pusher. Those songs can be less memorable at first, but really stuck in your head after couple of listens. Hunger of the Pine is however standing out a bit. Despite Miley Cyrus it is still pretty chilly. Another hit comes with the BloodFlood pt II, my second favourite. It somehow reconstructs the first BloodFlood and does it really well.9 out of 10 for this album. Full Review »
  2. Sep 23, 2014
    9
    This album is stellar. 72 seems criminally low for the artistic beauty and varying shades of brilliance that Alt-J has pulled off here. TheyThis album is stellar. 72 seems criminally low for the artistic beauty and varying shades of brilliance that Alt-J has pulled off here. They clearly are studied musicians that have carved out a sound and niche that is unmistakable. There are 5 or 6 tracks here that constitute instant classics, and everything else present lends to a distinct sonic vision from opener to finish Full Review »
  3. Sep 23, 2014
    9
    Complex, creative and building on their awesome debut Alt-J define their place in the current music scene with their distinctive style.Complex, creative and building on their awesome debut Alt-J define their place in the current music scene with their distinctive style. Highlights include "Left Hand Free", "Hunger In The Pine", "The Gospel of John Hurt" and "Warm Foothills". Full Review »