Alone with Everybody

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Alone with Everybody
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Studio album by
Released26 June 2000
Recorded1999–2000
Venue Olympic Studios, Metropolis Studios (London)
Genre Alternative rock, Britpop, psychedelic rock
Length59:45
Label Hut
Producer Chris Potter, Richard Ashcroft
Richard Ashcroft chronology
Alone with Everybody
(2000)
Human Conditions
(2002)
Singles from Alone with Everybody
  1. "A Song for the Lovers"
    Released: 3 April 2000
  2. "Money to Burn"
    Released: 12 June 2000
  3. "C'mon People (We're Making It Now)"
    Released: 11 September 2000

Alone with Everybody is the first solo album by English singer-songwriter Richard Ashcroft, released via Hut Records in June 2000 (see 2000 in British music). The songs "A Song for the Lovers", "C'mon People (We're Making It Now)" and "New York" were initially recorded with the Verve for their 1997 album Urban Hymns , but were never released.

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Release and reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Alternative Press 4/5 [3]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 8/10 [6]
Pitchfork 2.9/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [10]

Upon its release, critical response to Alone with Everybody was generally positive. NME concluded its review by stating that "Ashcroft's newly discovered stability has done nothing to blunt his powers of communication or reduce his belief in the apocalyptic potential of music". [6] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 70, based on 20 reviews. [1]

Track listing

All lyrics and music by Richard Ashcroft.

  1. "A Song for the Lovers" – 5:26
  2. "I Get My Beat" – 6:02
  3. "Brave New World" – 5:59
  4. "New York" – 5:30
  5. "You on My Mind in My Sleep" – 5:06
  6. "Crazy World" – 4:57
  7. "On a Beach" – 5:09
  8. "Money to Burn" – 6:15
  9. "Slow Was My Heart" – 3:44
  10. "C'mon People (We're Making It Now)" – 5:03
  11. "Everybody" – 6:34
Bonus tracks
  1. "Leave Me High" – 5:22
  2. "XXYY" – 4:24

Personnel

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Release details

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog
JapanJune 2000 Toshiba-EMI CDVJCP-68222 / 4988006782549
29 March 2002CDVJCP-68403
United Kingdom26 June 2000 Hut Records 2LPHUTDLP63
CDCDHUTX63 / 7243 8 49491 2 9
United States27 June 2000 Virgin Records CD7243 8 49494 2 6

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