All of This Is Chance

All of This Is Chance is the fifth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Lisa O'Neill. It was released on 10 February 2023 by Rough Trade Records.[7]

All of This Is Chance
The Moon surrounded by many dandelion clocks
Studio album by
Lisa O'Neill
Released10 February 2023 (2023-02-10)
GenreFolk[1]
Length42.17
LabelRough Trade
Lisa O'Neill chronology
Heard a Long Gone Song
(2018)		 All of This Is Chance
(2023)
Singles from All of This Is Chance
  1. "Old Note"
    Released: 15 November 2022[2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Observer[4]
PopMatters7/10[5]
Uncut[6]

Critical reception

All of This Is Chance was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 84, based on 5 reviews.[3]

Writing for AllMusic, James Christopher Monger wrote of O'Neill's voice being "lilting, rough-hewn cadence carries with it the weight, strength, and spry humor of her homeland, and her storytelling rings true and grounded, even at its most mystic and confounding."[1] Alex Brent of PopMatters wrote "All of This Is Chance sees O'Neill become more of a protagonist of her songs than an observer. While her previous work, Heard a Long Gone Song, was rightly praised for its evocative renditions of people, tradition, work, and life, this is more concerned with how its author relates to the world. As the title suggests, these questions are not to be addressed without a degree of world-weary cynicism."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lisa O'Neil

All of This Is Chance track listing
No.TitleLength
1."All of This Is Chance"6:27
2."Silver Seed"4:18
3."Old Note"6:07
4."Birdy from Another Realm"5:12
5."The Globe"5:28
6."If I Was a Painter"4:07
7."Whisht, the Wild Workings of the Mind"6:53
8."Goodnight World"3:45

Charts
Chart performance for All of This Is Chance
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[8] 6
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] 22
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10] 9

References
  1. Christopher Monger, James. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  2. "Lisa O'Neill Announces New Album 'All Of This Is Chance' Out Feb 10th 2023". Rough Trade Records. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  4. Spencer, Neil (12 February 2023). "Lisa O'Neill: All of This Is Chance review – sky-soaring folk drama". The Observer. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  5. Brent, Alex (7 February 2023). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  6. Trousse, Stephen (10 February 2023). "Uncut Magazine Review". Uncut. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  7. Brayden, Kate (15 November 2022). "Lisa O'Neill announces new album with video for 'Old Note'". Hot Press. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  8. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week {{{week}}}, {{{year}}}". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  9. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  10. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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