All the Wars

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = All The Wars | type = studio | artist = The Pineapple Thief | cover = The Pineapple Thief All the Wars Cover Art.jpeg | alt = | released = 3 September 2012 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Progressive rock, alternative rock | length = 45:08 | label = Kscope | producer = Bruce Soord | prev_title = Someone Here Is Missing | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Magnolia | next_year = 2014 }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = ''Record Collector'' |rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/all-the-wars|title=All The Wars - Record Collector Magazine}}</ref> | rev2 = Sputnikmusic | rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/51689/The-Pineapple-Thief-All-The-Wars/ |title=Review: The Pineapple Thief - All the Wars |first=Greg |last=Fisher |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date=7 September 2012 |accessdate=20 October 2012 }}</ref> }} '''''All the Wars''''' is a studio album by the British alternative rock band the Pineapple Thief, released in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-pineapple-thief-mn0000347161/biography|title=The Pineapple Thief Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NEW RELEASES |work=Sunday Sun |date=2 Sep 2012 |location=Seven |page=8}}</ref>

==Production== A choir and a 22-piece string section appear on the album.<ref>{{cite news |title=All aboard the Pineapple express |work=Coventry Telegraph |date=10 Aug 2012 |location=Features |page=49}}</ref>

==Critical reception== ''Record Collector'' wrote that frontman Bruce Soord's songs "aren’t mere entertainments; they’re demanding pieces, both muscular and intricate, concerned with conflicts and dislocation, charting personal battles drawn out on large canvases."<ref name="auto"/> The ''Bristol Post'' deemed the album "hugely impressive."<ref>{{cite news |title=A rapturous reception for this 'new' old band: The Pineapple Thief |work=Bristol Post |date=19 Sep 2012 |location=News |page=26}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Bruce Soord | total_length = 45:08 | title1 = Burning Pieces | length1 = 4:11 | title2 = Warm Seas | length2 = 3:57 | title3 = Last Man Standing | length3 = 5:11 | title4 = All the Wars | length4 = 3:46 | title5 = Build a World | length5 = 3:57 | title6 = Give It Back | length6 = 7:01 | title7 = Someone Pull Me Out | length7 = 4:00 | title8 = One More Step Away | length8 = 3:10 | title9 = Reaching Out | length9 = 9:49 }} {{tracklist | headline = Bonus tracks (2018 reissue) | title10 = You Don't Look So Innocent | length10 = 3:55 | title11 = What Are You Saying? | length11 = 4:28 | title12 = Warm Seas (Acoustic) | length12 = 4:11 | title13 = All the Wars (Acoustic) | length13 = 3:49 | title14 = Last Man Standing (Acoustic) | length14 = 4:32 | title15 = Someone Pull Me Out (Acoustic) | length15 = 4:05 | title16 = Burning Pieces (Acoustic) | length16 = 3:12 | title17 = Reaching Out (Acoustic) | length17 = 4:50 | total_length = 33:02 }} {{tracklist | headline = More Wars (Bonus Acoustic Disc) | title1 = Warm Seas | length1 = 4:11 | title2 = All the Wars | length2 = 3:49 | title3 = Last Man Standing | length3 = 4:32 | title4 = Every Last Moment | length4 = 2:35 | title5 = One More Step Away | length5 = 3:01 | title6 = Someone Pull Me Out | length6 = 4:05 | title7 = Burning Pieces | length7 = 3:12 | title8 = Reaching Out | length8 = 4:50 | title9 = Light Up Your Eyes | length9 = 4:07 | total_length = 34:22 }}

==Personnel== *Bruce Soord: vocals, guitar, composer *Steve Kitch: keyboards, mixing *Jon Sykes: bass guitar, vocals *Keith Harrison: drums, vocals

==Production== *Arranged by The Pineapple Thief *Written by Bruce Soord *Recorded by Mark Bowyer *Mixed (& Additional Production) by Mark Bowyer and Steve Kitch

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==External links== *[http://www.pineapplethief.com The Pineapple Thief's official website] *[http://www.kscopemusic.com/thepineapplethief/allthewars/index.php ''All the Wars'' microsite]

Category:2012 albums Category:The Pineapple Thief albums Category:Kscope albums