All That You Can Dream

All That You Can Dream is a 2022 studio album by American singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips. It has received positive reviews from critics.

All That You Can Dream
Studio album by Grant-Lee Phillips
Released	May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)
Recorded	2021
Studio	Home studios across the US: Jamie Edwards' home, Boston, Massachusetts Eric Heywood's home, Butte, Montana Jennifer Condos' home, Los Angeles, California Richard Dodd's home, Los Angeles, California Phillips' home, Nashville, Tennessee
Length	47:26
Language	English
Label	Yep Roc Records
Producer	Grant-Lee Phillips
Grant-Lee Phillips chronology
Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff (2020) All That You Can Dream (2022)

Reception

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, All That You Can Dream received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 76 out of 100 from 4 critic scores.^[1] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing "All That You Can Dream doesn't sound like a homemade album" in spite of being recorded in home studios due to the COVID-19 pandemic and that the recording shows subtle themes of political outrage and cultural criticism where Phillips "delivers his messages with the graceful impressionistic croon that has been the hallmark of his work".^[2] Lee Zimmerman of American Songwriter noted the anxiety and frustration associated with recording during the pandemic and continued that "by turns both anxious and emphatic, the new album finds Phillips surveying a wide sweep of emotion even while contemplating the confounding questions everyone's facing at a time where there are mooted possibilities of finding simple solutions".^[3] James McNair of Mojo gave this release 4 out of 5 stars, stating that Phillips has "surpassed himself with this intimate late flourish [with] 11 searching, beautifully rendered songs which rhythm section Jay Bellerose and Jennifer Condos finesse with artful subtlety".^[4] No Depression's Jon Young called this recording "wonderfully understated chamber-folk shaped by his weary yet graceful voice and insightful songs" that is "intensely personal and thoroughly relatable at once".^[5] Writing for Uncut, Andrew Mueller rated All That You Can Dream a 7 out of 10, stating that the result of the recording circumstances is "unsurprisingly... a downbeat, ruminative affair", continuing that "this is no hardship, given the agility and empathy" of Phillips' delivery.^[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Grant-Lee Phillips

1. "A Sudden Place" – 4:13
2. "Cruel Trick" – 4:27
3. "Peace Is a Delicate Thing" – 5:20
4. "All That You Can Dream" – 4:54
5. "Rats in a Barrel" – 4:52
6. "Cannot Trust the Ground" – 3:35
7. "Cut to the Ending" – 3:06
8. "You Can't Hide" – 4:12
9. "My Eyes Have Seen" – 4:01
10. "Remember This" – 4:03
11. "All by Heart" – 4:44

Personnel

• Grant-Lee Phillips – guitars, piano, Mellotron, pump organ, keyboards, vocals, production, artwork, art direction
• John Baldwin – audio mastering at John Baldwin Mastering, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
• Jennifer Condos – bass guitar
• Richard Dodd – cello on "A Sudden Place"
• Jamie Edwards – piano on "A Sudden Place", "Cut to the Ending", and "My Eyes Have Seen"; Chamberlin on "My Eyes Have Seen"
• Nathan Golub – art direction
• Eric Heywood – pedal steel guitar on "Remember This"

See also

• 2022 in American music
• List of 2022 albums

References

1. "All That You Can Dream by Grant-Lee Phillips Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
2. Deming, Mark (n.d.). "All That You Can Dream – Grant-Lee Phillips". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
3. Zimmerman, Lee (June 26, 2022). "Review: Grant-Lee Phillips Examines a Wide Sweep of Emotion on 'All That You Can Dream'". Reviews > Album Reviews. American Songwriter. ISSN 0896-8993. OCLC 17342741. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
4. McNair, James (July 2022). Bulley, Jenny (ed.). "Filter Albums". Mojo Filter. Mojo. No. 340. p. 91. ISSN 1351-0193.
5. Young, Jon (May 19, 2020). "Grant Lee-Phillips Confronts the World Outside on 'All That You Can Dream'". Reviews. No Depression. ISSN 1088-4971. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
6. Mueller, Andrew (August 2022). "New Albums". Uncut. p. 31. ISSN 1368-0722.

External links

• All That You Can Dream at Discogs (list of releases)
• All That You Can Dream at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Review in KLOF