# All This Life

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{{Infobox album
| name       = All This Life
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Starsailor](/source/Starsailor_(band))
| cover      = All This Life Starsailor.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1 September 2017
| recorded   = 2017
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock), [post-Britpop](/source/post-Britpop)
| length     = 45:23
| label      = [Cooking Vinyl](/source/Cooking_Vinyl)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/starsailor-all-this-life-2495378129.html|title=Starsailor: All This Life|date=2 October 2017|website=PopMatters}}</ref>
| producer   = [Richard McNamara](/source/Richard_McNamara)
| prev_title = [Good Souls: The Greatest Hits](/source/Good_Souls%3A_The_Greatest_Hits)
| prev_year  = 2015
| next_title = Where the Wild Things Grow
| next_year  = 2024
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = All This Life
 | type        = Studio
 | single1     = Listen To Your Heart
 | single1date = 2017
 | single2     = All This Life
 | single2date = 2017
 | single3     = Take a Little Time
 | single3date = 2017
}}
}}
{{album ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-this-life-mw0003079284|title=All This Life - Starsailor &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)''
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/starsailor-review-cliches-and-squeaky-clean-production-1.3198199|title=Starsailor review: Cliches and squeaky-clean production|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[musicOMH](/source/musicOMH)''
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/starsailor-all-this-life|title=Starsailor - All This Life &#124; Album Reviews|date=1 September 2017}}</ref>
}}
'''''All This Life''''' is the fifth studio album by English rock band [Starsailor](/source/Starsailor_(band)).<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/starsailor-mn0000020968/biography|title=Starsailor &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref> It was released on 1 September 2017. It is the first studio album released by the band since 2009's ''All The Plans''. It was produced by [Embrace](/source/Embrace_(English_band)) guitarist [Richard McNamara](/source/Richard_McNamara).<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Citation|last=Starsailor Official|title=Starsailor - The Making Of 'All This Life' Part 3|date=2017-08-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j7uKTl64hw|accessdate=2018-03-29}}</ref>

==Background==
The band had been on hiatus since 2009 while lead singer [James Walsh](/source/James_Walsh_(musician)) and the other members concentrated on solo projects. The band reformed in 2015 with a tour to support their recent greatest hits album.

==Singles==
Three singles have been released from the album - "Listen to Your Heart", "All This Life" and "Take a Little Time".

==''All This Life'' Tour==
The tour to support the album started in Cambridge on 12 October 2017 and continued to various venues across the UK.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!| Date
!| City
!| Country
!| Venue
|- style="background:#ddd;"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"| '''UK 2017 Tour'''
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||12 October 2017
||[Cambridge](/source/Cambridge)
||[England](/source/England)
||[Cambridge Junction](/source/Cambridge_Junction)
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||13 October 2017
||[Norwich](/source/Norwich)
||England
||[Waterfront](/source/The_Waterfront%2C_Norwich)
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||14 October 2017
||[Bristol](/source/Bristol)
||England
||[Bristol Bierkeller](/source/Bierkeller_Theatre)
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||16 October 2017
||[Leeds](/source/Leeds)
||England
||[Leeds Beckett Students Union](/source/Leeds_Beckett_Students'_Union)
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||17 October 2017
||[Birmingham](/source/Birmingham)
||England
||O2 Institute 2
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18 October 2017
| style="text-align:center;"|[Sheffield](/source/Sheffield)
| style="text-align:center;"|England
| style="text-align:center;"|[Sheffield Leadmill](/source/The_Leadmill)
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||19 October 2017
||[Liverpool](/source/Liverpool)
||England
||O2 Academy
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21 October 2017
| style="text-align:center;"|[Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne)
| style="text-align:center;"|England
| style="text-align:center;"|Boiler Shop
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||22 October 2017
||[Glasgow](/source/Glasgow)
||[Scotland](/source/Scotland)
||O2 ABC
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||24 October 2017
||[Manchester](/source/Manchester)
||England
||O2 Ritz
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||25 October 2017
||[Brighton](/source/Brighton)
||England
||Concorde 2
|- style="text-align:center;" 
||26 October 2017
||[London](/source/London)
||England
||[Koko](/source/KOKO_(music_venue))
|}

==Critical reception==
[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) called ''All This Life'' "a sophisticated, organically produced album that nicely balances the expansive lyricism of their early albums with the robust stadium rock they embraced during the mid- and late 2000s."<ref name="auto"/>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| collapsed       =
| headline        =
| all_writing     = James Walsh, James Stelfox, Ben Byrne, and Barry Westhead
| writing_credits =
| title1          = Listen to Your Heart
| length1         = 3:51
| title2          = All This Life
| length2         = 2:54
| title3          = Take a Little Time
| length3         = 3:25
| title4          = Caught in the Middle
| length4         = 3:49
| title5          = Sunday Best
| length5         = 5:23
| title6          = Blood
| length6         = 4:51
| title7          = Best of Me
| length7         = 3:37
| title8          = Break the Cycle
| length8         = 3:18
| title9          = Fall Out
| length9         = 5:52
| title10         = Fia(F*** It All)
| length10        = 6:03
| title11         = No One Else
| length11        = 2:14
}}

==Chart positions==
The album entered the UK Album chart at number 23 and stayed in the top 100 for one week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/all%20this%20life/|title=Official chart position|publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|accessdate=2018-01-26}}</ref>

==Personnel==
* Vocals and Guitars: James Walsh
* Keyboards: Barry Westhead
* Bass: James 'Stel' Stelfox
* Drums: Ben Byrne

;Production
* Producer, Mixer and Engineer: Richard McNamara
* Mastering: Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering

==References==
{{reflist}}

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Category:2017 albums
Category:Starsailor (band) albums
Category:Albums produced by Steve Osborne
Category:Virgin Records albums

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