Adele What if I Never Love Again Lyrics
"All I Ask" | |
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Song by Adele | |
from the album 25 | |
Released | 20 November 2015 (2015-11-20) |
Studio | Glenwood Recording Studios, Burbank, California |
Genre | Pop |
Length | 4:31 |
Label | XL |
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | The Smeezingtons |
"All I Ask" is a song by English singer-songwriter Adele for her third studio album, 25 (2015). The song was written past Adele, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Christopher Brody Brown, with product by The Smeezingtons. Backed past a piano, the popular torch carol describes the singer looking for one last night with her partner, before the couple split up.
"All I Ask" received unanimous acclaim from the music critics, with praise for its lyrics, production, and Adele's vocal operation. Despite non being released as a single, the song peaked at number 41 on the United kingdom Singles Chart and at number 77 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It likewise charted at numbers 17, 21, 66, and 65 in Republic of korea, Finland, France, and Commonwealth of australia, respectively. It was certified platinum by Music Canada (MC) and golden by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Adele performed it during several shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show and the 58th Almanac Grammy Awards, both in February 2016. It was performed on selected dates during her Adele Live 2016 bout.
Groundwork and production [edit]
Though Bruno Mars had a "big, diva, ballad matter" in mind,[1] he and Adele began conducting sessions for her 3rd studio anthology, 25 (2015), initially attempting to create an uptempo vocal.[2] When the duo began writing, Adele kept saying, "I don't want to do this, I don't like that", until they played a few chords that she liked and "All I Enquire" was created.[3] According to Mars, like a scene from the 1993 film Jurassic Park, Adele made water vibrate while recording the vocal in a studio booth.[3] On a like note, according to the song's engineer, Charles Moniz, Adele'southward vocals caused an assistant to drop a cup of tea during the recording, maxim that "he thought it was done and she belted out a note".[4] Adele considers the vocals on "All I Inquire" her most "showoff-y".[2] Adele and Mars disagreed over the lyric, "Take me past the hand while we do what lovers exercise", but Mars later changed his mind and said that "lovers" is "this grand word that makes the song bigger because no one says information technology. Considering nobody talks similar that, information technology pops out".[1] They completed the song in two sessions.[1] Adele has remarked, "[C]an y'all imagine the fun me and Bruno had making that?"[5]
"All I Inquire" was written past Adkins, Mars, Philip Lawrence and Christopher Brody Brown, with production by the Smeezingtons. Brown and Greg Phillinganes played the piano on the song, while Moniz, with engineering assistant Jacob Dennis, engineered the track. Tom Elmhirst mixed "All I Ask" at Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, with Joe Visciano serving equally the mix banana. Information technology was mastered by Tom Coyne and Randy Merrill, with Ryan Smith mastering the vinyl version.[six]
Composition [edit]
Inspired by American vocalist-songwriter Billy Joel, piano is the song'southward only instrumentation.[seven] [8] It is a sentimental dear ballad which discusses the theme of affective, making utilise of "tidy, fast piano patterns".[9] [10] The vocalist ask her lover to spend a final nighttime with her before they part means.[11] She processes the stop of the human relationship "in what feels similar tiresome move" co-ordinate to Rolling Stone 's Jon Dolan.[12] "All I Ask" is written in the key of E Major (and changes to F major at the tertiary chorus) with a tempo of 71 beats per minute in common fourth dimension, and follows a chord progression of East–K ♯ thou–Asus2–B in the verses with her vocals spanning from Eiii to D5.[13] Paste 's Holly Gleason described "All I Enquire" as a "'last time we make love' song", adding that information technology is "pure torch" and serves as an invitation to progress across, simply "stay in the moment and bask it completely" for a while.[xiv]
Neil McCormick of The Telegraph described the vocal as a "deep, resonant piano ballad".[15] Mic's Liz Rowley wrote that the song leaves the listener with "a solid sense of accepting love lost, and clears upwardly the dreadful certitude that resignation brings with it" adding that it "arrives at an emotional plane that's devastating yet utterly relatable".[16] Tom Breihan of Stereogum called "All I Ask" a "weeper" and likened it to the piece of work of American singer Barbra Streisand.[17] Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Leah Greenblatt described the song every bit a "palatial pianoforte ballad" and as a "classic vehicle soaked in stately production and minor-key melancholy".[18]
Critical reception [edit]
"All I Enquire" received widespread acclaim from the music critics. Sarah Rodman of The Boston Earth called it a "whopper of an xi o'clock number" that transitions from "plaintive" to "soaring".[xix] Writing for PopMatters, Chris Gerard called the vocal a "showstopping highlight" and a "gorgeous carol", describing Adele'due south vocal performance equally "admittedly thrilling", only noted that information technology "[has] a little of that sappiness that oft infects honey ballads".[twenty] The New York Times ' Jon Caramanica listed "All I Enquire" as the fifth best song of 2015.[21] In a rave review, he observed a palpable gear shift and called the song a "masterpiece", calculation that it is "even bigger than the legend".[22] Natalie Finn of East! felt its lyric, "It matters how this ends / cause what if I never love once more?", was the about emotional on 25.[23]
Vanity Fair 'southward Josh Duboff opined that a listener was most likely to sing "All I Inquire" "in [their] shower again and once more".[24] Christina Garibaldi of MTV called information technology a "vocal of desperation", calculation that it is "so emotional" that the listener can "feel Adele'due south heart break into a million pieces".[25] Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Leah Greenblatt felt the song was a "classic ... soaked in stately production and modest-fundamental melancholy" that affirmed Adele is not the same every bit on her previous album "pouring out the pain of her pulverized heart", merely someone who can connect with "tender emotions".[18] In May 2018, Chuck Arnold ranked the song every bit Adele'south eighth best for Billboard, calling it a "killer ballad" saying Adele is a "vocal beast all over information technology".[26]
Nautical chart performance [edit]
Following the release of 25, "All I Inquire" debuted at its top of number 66 on the French Singles Nautical chart.[27] It as well debuted at number 60 on the Scottish Singles Nautical chart and at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100.[28] [29] Following her Carpool Karaoke performance in January 2016,[thirty] the song entered at number 65 on the Australian Singles Nautical chart,[31] number 21 on the Finnish Download Chart, number 93 on the Irish Singles Chart and number 41 on the Uk Singles Chart.[32] [33] [34] Information technology subsequently rose to a new peak on the Scottish Singles Chart, reaching number 12.[35] On Canadian Digital Songs, "All I Ask" managed to accomplish number 34 in March 2016.[36] The song peaked at number eight on kingdom of the netherlands Digital Songs chart. On Sweden Digital Songs, it reached number nine.[37] "All I Ask" subsequently reached number v on the UK Indie Songs nautical chart issue dated 22 January 2016.[38] Information technology was certified platinum by Music Canada (MC) and gilt past the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[39] [40]
Alive performances and cover [edit]
Adele get-go performed the song on Adele Alive in New York City, which was recorded at Radio City Music Hall on 17 Nov 2015 and broadcast on NBC on 14 December 2015.[41] [42] In a positive review, Lily Karlin of the Huffington Post referred to it every bit "honestly unreal" and a operation "for the ages".[41] Elle 's Alyssa Bailey described the performance as "scenic" and said the listener would be "blown away" by Adele's voice.[42] During an episode of The Belatedly Late Show with James Corden in January 2016, Adele included "All I Ask" on the Carpool Karaoke segment.[30]
She performed the song at the 58th Almanac Grammy Awards ceremony on 15 Feb 2016, experiencing technical problems with the sound caused by the piano microphones.[43] In response to the incident, she posted an caption on Twitter: "The piano mics fell on to the piano strings, that's what the guitar sound was. It made information technology sound out of melody".[44] Neil Portnow, president of The Recording Academy, claimed responsibleness for the problem, stating "that was all an issue on our behalf".[45] Two days later, Adele performed "All I Enquire" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[46] This performance was well received. Rappler wrote that Adele "slay[ed]" the vocal on Ellen.[47] Ella Ceron of Teen Faddy shared that opinion, writing that "she slays it, naturally", and adding that she performed the song with all the power and emotion "nosotros've come up to await" from her.[48] The Wall Street Periodical 'southward Sarene Leeds wrote that the singer "redeem[ed]" herself in the eyes of the public with the "stunning rendition".[49]
Adele performed "All I Ask" on selected dates during her Adele Live 2016 tour.[50] [51] Bruno Mars and his band, the Hooligans, covered the song during the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge on 2 Nov 2016.[52] The latter performance was nominated for Best Embrace Vocal at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards.[53]
Credits and personnel [edit]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of 25 [6]
Locations
- Recorded at Glenwood Recording Studios, Burbank, California
- Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, Greenwich Village, New York
Personnel
Charts [edit]
Certifications and sales [edit]
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