All Delighted People

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All Delighted People
Alldelightedpeopleep.jpg
EP by
Sufjan Stevens
ReleasedAugust 20, 2010 (2010-08-20)
Recorded2009 and 2010
Length59:15
Label Asthmatic Kitty
Producer Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens chronology
The BQE
(2009)		All Delighted People
(2010)		 The Age of Adz
(2010)

All Delighted People is an EP by Sufjan Stevens, released online by Asthmatic Kitty Records on August 20, 2010. It is centered around two versions of Stevens' ballad "All Delighted People". According to the official release webpage it is an "homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui, and Paul Simon's 'Sound of Silence'". It debuted at #48 on the Billboard 200 [1] and jumped to number #27 the week after.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?5.3/10 [2]
Metacritic 63/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Drowned in Sound (4/10) [6]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
NME (3/10) [8]
No Ripcord(4/10) [9]
Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) [10]
PopMatters (6/10) [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Spin (7/10) [13]

All Delighted People received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [14]

Ian Cohen of Pitchfork Media gave the EP a positive review stating, "It isn't the mere existence of Age of Adz that puts this EP in perspective, though-- the electronic sonics of first taste "I Walked" are a blatant sign that we may ultimately have to retire the idea of Sufjan Stevens as a banjo-toting cartographer of the heart and the continental United States going forward. The scrapbook-like cover of All Delighted People makes sense then, as its contents serve as a humble and friendly keepsake, songs that deserve to be heard, but belonging to a chapter in Stevens' artistic livelihood that he needed to close to maintain his vitality." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."All Delighted People" (original version)11:38
2."Enchanting Ghost"3:39
3."Heirloom"2:55
4."From the Mouth of Gabriel"4:03
5."The Owl and the Tanager"6:38
6."All Delighted People" (classic rock version)8:07
7."Arnika"5:13
8."Djohariah"17:02

Vinyl edition

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."All Delighted People" (original version)11:38
2."Enchanting Ghost"3:39
3."From the Mouth of Gabriel"4:03
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."The Owl and the Tanager"6:38
2."All Delighted People" (classic rock version)8:07
3."Arnika"5:13
Side C
No.TitleLength
1."Heirloom"2:55
2."Djohariah"17:02
Side D
No.TitleLength
1."Untitled"2:47
2."Untitled"1:57
3."Untitled"0:46
4."Untitled"2:25
5."Untitled"1:00
6."Untitled"1:06
7."Untitled"1:01
8."Untitled"0:35
9."Untitled"2:52
10."Untitled"1:00
11."Untitled"3:10

Notes:

Charts

Chart performance for All Delighted People
Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [15] 27
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [16] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [17] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [18] 7

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