All Day (Girl Talk album) explained

All Day
Type:studio
Artist:Girl Talk
Cover:Girl Talk All Day.jpg
Released:November 15, 2010
Genre:Mash-up
Label:Illegal Art
Producer:Gregg Gillis
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All Day is the fifth studio album by American musician Gregg Gillis, known by his stage name Girl Talk. The album was originally released as a free digital download by Illegal Art on November 15, 2010. Gillis composed the album using overlapping samples of 372 songs by other artists.[1] All Day was released as one seamless 71-minute file and as 12 separate tracks, available in MP3 and FLAC.[2] As with prior Girl Talk albums, the Illegal Art website states that All Day was "intended to be listened to as a whole," but was "broken up into individual tracks only for easier navigation."[3]

Illegal Art later published a complete list of samples used on the album on their website.[4] Other sources have created time listings[5] to assist in studying the music.[6] The album, segmented into twelve "episodes", is used as the soundtrack to the 2011 feature-length Jacob Krupnick dance video, Girl Walk // All Day.[7]

Critical reception

All Day was well received by most music critics upon its release. On the review aggregate site Metacritic, the album has a score of 79 out of 100, indicating "Generally positive reviews."

The samples in the album were described as "instantly recognizable hooks".[8] Reviewers frequently praised the innovation of the music style, saying that it is "like nothing you've ever heard",[9] "[rehabilitation for] disposable pop",[10] among those "tricks [that] just don't get old",[11] with appeal "first for the sampled songs themselves, [and] second for the thrill of the novelty of early mash-ups", and that "the entire mega-mash-up is stupendously danceable".

Track listing

  1. "Oh No" – 5:39
  2. "Let It Out" – 6:29
  3. "That's Right" – 5:22
  4. "Jump on Stage" – 6:22
  5. "This Is the Remix" – 6:02
  6. "On and On" – 5:09
  7. "Get It Get It" – 5:33
  8. "Down for the Count" – 6:37
  9. "Make Me Wanna" – 6:23
  10. "Steady Shock" – 5:47
  11. "Triple Double" – 6:27
  12. "Every Day" – 5:10

References

Press

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All Day . . November 24, 2010 . December 12, 2010 . Blinov . Paul . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005110300/http://vueweekly.com/music/story/all_day/ . October 5, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
  2. Web site: A Few Things To Do While You Wait To Download The Free New Girl Talk Album . . November 15, 2010 . November 15, 2010 . Ganz . Jacob . https://web.archive.org/web/20101119072813/http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/11/15/131328464/a-few-things-to-do-while-you-wait-to-download-the-free-new-girl-talk-album . November 19, 2010 . live.
  3. Web site: Girl Talk – All Day . . November 15, 2010.
  4. http://www.illegal-art.net/allday/samples.html Girl Talk – All Day Samples List
  5. Web site: Infographic: Girl Talk's Latest Mashup Masterpiece Deconstructed . Tyler . Gray . December 7, 2010 . fastcompany.com . . December 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101225055232/http://www.fastcompany.com/1707948/girl-talk-all-day-infographic. December 25, 2010 . live.
  6. Web site: Girl Talk: Cataloging Samples 'All Day' . December 4, 2010 . npr.org. . December 9, 2010.
  7. Web site: Girl Walk//AllDay . December 10, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111214084317/http://girlwalkallday.com/ . December 14, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
  8. Web site: New Recordings . Steve . Klinge . November 28, 2010 . . December 12, 2010.
  9. Web site: Saturday Night Special: Girl Talk, All Day . Bryan . Wawzenek . November 20, 2010 . gibson.com . December 12, 2010.
  10. Web site: CD Review: Girl Talk "All Day" . George . Lang . December 3, 2010. . December 12, 2010.
  11. Web site: New music Nov. 25: Ke$ha, Ne-Yo, Nicki Minaj, Jonathan Richman, Girl Talk . T'Cha . Dunlevy . Bernard . Perusse . November 25, 2010 . . December 12, 2010 . November 30, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101130160140/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music+Nicki+Minaj+Jonathan+Richman+Girl+Talk/3879402/story.html . dead .

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