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All Things Bright and Beautiful (album)

All Things Bright and Beautiful
Album All Things Bright and Beautiful Cover.jpg
Studio album by Owl City
Released June 14, 2011
Studio Sky Harbor Studios, Owatonna, Minnesota
Genre Synth-pop, indietronica, pop rock
Length 41:22
Label Universal Republic
Producer Adam Young
Owl City chronology
Ocean Eyes
(2009)Ocean Eyes2009
All Things Bright and Beautiful
(2011)
Shooting Star
(2012)Shooting Star2012
Singles from All Things Bright and Beautiful
  1. "Alligator Sky"
    Released: April 12, 2011
  2. "Galaxies"
    Released: April 19, 2011
  3. "Deer in the Headlights"
    Released: May 23, 2011
  4. "Lonely Lullaby"
    Released: July 19, 2011
  5. "Dreams Don't Turn to Dust"
    Released: October 10, 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars
Christian Music Zine 4/5 stars
Consequence of Sound 2.5/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly B−
The Guardian 2/5 stars
IGN 8/10
Jesus Freak Hideout 5/5 stars
Newsday A−
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars
Spin 5/10
USA Today 3/4 stars

All Things Bright and Beautiful is the third studio album by the American electronica project Owl City, released on June 14, 2011. Despite receiving mixed critical reviews, it became a commercial success, reaching the No. 6 slot on the Billboard 200 album chart.

The album's name is based on the hymn of the same name.

The album sees for the most part Adam Young staying true to his synthpop roots; however, he also dabbles in indie rock, folk, European trance in "Galaxies" and on "Alligator Sky", rap. Guest musicians on the album include Shawn Chrystopher, Matthew Thiessen, Lights, Breanne Düren and Adam Young's mother, Joan Young.

The album was originally planned to have a worldwide release date of May 24, 2011. It was then changed to May 17. On April 6, however, Young posted on his official site that the release date had been bumped to June 14, 2011. He stated that the reason for this was, "In an attempt to better connect the dots and ensure that every cloud in the sky is stitched together with its own special silver lining", and "with school finally out for the summer, it'll be a perfect time to sit back and watch the fireworks." Along with this post were previews of four tracks from the new album, each being 1:30 long. The previews posted were of "Alligator Sky" (featuring Shawn Chrystopher), "Deer in the Headlights", "Galaxies" and "Dreams Don't Turn to Dust".

On the introductory track to "Galaxies", entitled "January 28, 1986" (the date of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster), Ronald Reagan's State of the Union speech is sampled.

The first official single released from the album was "Alligator Sky", which features Californian rapper Shawn Chrystopher, was released on March 22, 2011. There are currently four versions of the track. The first version features Shawn Chrystopher, the second features different lyrics and Chrystopher's vocals are omitted, a third version featuring Atlanta rapper B.o.B leaked online, and finally a fourth version featuring vocals from Big Boi of Atlanta hip hop duo Outkast also leaked onto the internet.


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