All This Life Explained

All This Life
Type:studio
Artist:Starsailor
Cover:All This Life Starsailor.jpg
Released:1 September 2017
Recorded:2017
Genre:Alternative rock, post-Britpop
Length:45:23
Label:Cooking Vinyl[1]
Producer:Richard McNamara
Prev Year:2015
Next Title:Where the Wild Things Grow
Next Year:2024

All This Life is the fifth studio album by English rock band Starsailor.[2] It was released on 1 September 2017. It is the first studio album released by the band since 2009's All The Plans. It was produced by Embrace guitarist Richard McNamara.[2]

Background

The band had been on hiatus since 2009 while lead singer James Walsh and the other members concentrated on solo projects. The band reformed in 2015 with a tour to support their recent greatest hits album.

Singles

Three singles have been released from the album - "Listen to Your Heart", "All This Life" and "Take a Little Time".

All This Life Tour

The tour to support the album started in Cambridge on 12 October 2017 and continued to various venues across the UK.

DateCityCountryVenue
UK 2017 Tour
12 October 2017CambridgeEnglandCambridge Junction
13 October 2017NorwichEnglandWaterfront
14 October 2017BristolEnglandBristol Bierkeller
16 October 2017LeedsEnglandLeeds Beckett Students Union
17 October 2017BirminghamEnglandO2 Institute 2
18 October 2017SheffieldEnglandSheffield Leadmill
19 October 2017LiverpoolEnglandO2 Academy
21 October 2017NewcastleEnglandBoiler Shop
22 October 2017GlasgowScotlandO2 ABC
24 October 2017ManchesterEnglandO2 Ritz
25 October 2017BrightonEnglandConcorde 2
26 October 2017LondonEnglandKoko

Critical reception

AllMusic called All This Life "a sophisticated, organically produced album that nicely balances the expansive lyricism of their early albums with the robust stadium rock they embraced during the mid- and late 2000s."

Chart positions

The album entered the UK Album chart at number 23 and stayed in the top 100 for one week.[3]

Personnel

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Starsailor: All This Life. 2 October 2017. PopMatters.
  2. Web site: Starsailor | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  3. Web site: Official chart position. Official Charts Company. 2018-01-26.