All at Once (The Airborne Toxic Event album)

All at Once
Studio album by The Airborne Toxic Event
Released	April 26, 2011
Genre	Alternative rock, indie rock
Length	43:49
Label	Island Records
Producer	Dave Sardy
The Airborne Toxic Event chronology
The Airborne Toxic Event (2008) All at Once (2011) Such Hot Blood (2013)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [3]
Melodic	[4]
NME	[5]
PopMatters	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

All at Once is the second studio album by American indie-rock band The Airborne Toxic Event. The album was released on April 26, 2011, by Island Records.

Content

The band contrasted the material on the album with the material on its first album, which songwriter Mikel Jollett described as consisting entirely of "sad songs about girls." All at Once, by contrast, contains "only three sad songs about girls." The material features expanded use of keyboards and is louder in many parts, but also contains acoustic songs. ^[8] All the songs were described as autobiographical except "Welcome to Your Wedding Day," which was penned in response to the Deh Bala wedding party bombing. "All those people died and then everyone was on the news like, 'I don't understand why they don't appreciate our presence,'" Jollett said. "That's not really autobiographical as much as it is about how it's stupid to think people would be thankful for you bombing them." ^[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mikel Jollett, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"All at Once"	5:16
2.	"Numb" (Jollett, Noah Harmon)	4:06
3.	"Changing"	3:20
4.	"All for a Woman"	3:45
5.	"It Doesn’t Mean a Thing"	2:08
6.	"The Kids are Ready to Die"	4:11
7.	"Welcome to Your Wedding Day" (Jollett, Harmon)	3:42
8.	"Half of Something Else" (Jollett, Harmon)	4:39
9.	"Strange Girl" (Jollett, Harmon)	3:24
10.	"All I Ever Wanted" (Jollett, Steven Chen)	4:18
11.	"The Graveyard Near the House"	4:55

Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"This Losing" (Barnes and Noble Exclusive)	3:45
13.	"The Kids are Ready to Die (Alternate Mix)" (Deluxe Version Digital Exclusive)	4:27
14.	"Tokyo Radio" (Deluxe Version iTunes Exclusive)	2:39
15.	"Parson Redheads" (iTunes Pre-Order Only)	2:29
16.	"Haile" (Deluxe Version Amazon Exclusive)	3:41

Personnel

• Mikel Jollett – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Steven Chen – lead guitar, keyboards
• Anna Bulbrook – keyboards, viola, backing vocals
• Noah Harmon – bass
• Daren Taylor – drums

References

1. "All At Once by The Airborne Toxic Event Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (April 27, 2011). "All at Once - The Airborne Toxic Event". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
3. Gourlay, Dom (April 21, 2011). "Album Review: The Airborne Toxic Event - All At Once". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
4. "Melodic Net - The Airborne Toxic Event - All At Once". Melodic.net. April 26, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
5. "NME Reviews - Album Review: The Airborne Toxic Event - 'All At Once'". Nme.Com. April 20, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
6. Langager, Ross (June 1, 2011). "The Airborne Toxic Event: All at Once". PopMatters . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
7. Hermes, Will (April 26, 2011). "All at Once". Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
8. "Airborne Toxic Event Get 'Louder' on Second Album". Spinner. September 17, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
9. "Airborne Toxic Event Condemn Drone Bombings in 'Wedding' Song". Spinner. November 17, 2010. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2011.