Colbie Caillat’s sweetness turned a little too syrupy on her sophomore set, Breakthrough, so it’s a relief to hear a bit of a snap to the sunny songs on 2011’s All of You.
It’s a difference evident in the rhythms -- she’s not just strumming, she’s swinging, sometimes urged along by handclaps -- it’s a difference evident in the bigger, bolder melodies and, most of all, it’s evident in the production, the record bubbling with textures and colors that keep Caillat from succumbing to her inherent pleasantness.
Colbie is so cheerful she even brings warmth to notoriously chilly hitmaker Ryan Tedder, who nobly sacrifices his sheets of sounds at the altar of Caillat’s beachside pop because there is no darkening her sun.
Despite a slightly heavier accent on reggae, both in the rhythms and the lyrics, the noteworthy shift on All of You is that Colbie Caillat has embraced soft rock, letting her surface shine and sparkle, letting her songs pulse with melody instead of drifting off into an amiable sleep.
The result is easily her best record yet: a soundtrack equally comforting during a lazy weekend afternoon or a hard Monday morning.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brighter Than the SunColbie Caillat, Ryan Tedder | Colbie Caillat | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | I DoColbie Caillat, Toby Gad | Colbie Caillat | Play | 02:54 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 3 | Before I Let You GoColbie Caillat, Rick Nowles | Colbie Caillat | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | Favorite SongColbie Caillat, Ryan Tedder | Colbie Caillat | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | What IfColbie Caillat, Rick Nowles, Jason Reeves | Colbie Caillat | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 6 | ShadowColbie Caillat, Justin Young | Colbie Caillat | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | Think Good ThoughtsColbie Caillat, Kara DioGuardi, Toby Gad | Colbie Caillat | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 8 | Like YesterdayColbie Caillat, Jason Reeves, Justin Young | Colbie Caillat | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | All of YouColbie Caillat, Jason Reeves | Colbie Caillat | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | Dream Life, LifeColbie Caillat, Rick Nowles | Colbie Caillat | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 11 | What Means the MostColbie Caillat, Toby Gad | Colbie Caillat | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 12 | Make It RainColbie Caillat | Colbie Caillat | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 43 mins | 99 MB | |||||
| 43 mins | 297 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Ahern | Booking |
| 2 | George "Tre" Ammatuna | Assistant |
| 3 | Neal Avron | Mixing |
| 4 | Eric Boulanger | Mastering |
| 5 | Michael Brauer | Mixing |
| 6 | Sandy Brummels | Art Direction |
| 7 | Kim Bullard | Sequencing |
| 8 | Colbie Caillat | Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Ken Caillat | Producer |
| 10 | Smith Carlson | Engineer |
| 11 | Sharon Celani | Vocals (Background) |
| 12 | Kara DioGuardi | Composer |
| 13 | Lars Fox | Pro-Tools |
| 14 | Nicholas "Ras" Furlong | Engineer |
| 15 | Toby Gad | Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation, Producer |
| 16 | Will Gramling | Piano |
| 17 | Sean Hurley | Bass |
| 18 | Victor Indrizzo | Drums |
| 19 | Chad Jensen | Management |
| 20 | Vincent Jones | Engineer |
| 21 | Charles Judge | Keyboards |
| 22 | Christopher Kornmann | Art Direction, Design |
| 23 | Paul Lamalfa | Assistant |
| 24 | David Levine | Booking |
| 25 | Josh Lopez | Guitar |
| 26 | Nigel Lundemo | Engineer |
| 27 | Ian MacGregor | Engineer |
| 28 | Manny Marroquin | Mixing |
| 29 | Shinnosuke Miyazawa | Assistant |
| 30 | Jamie Muhoberac | Keyboards |
| 31 | Josh Newton | Photography |
| 32 | Rick Nowles | Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) |
| 33 | Tim Pierce | Bass, Guitar, Soloist |
| 34 | Jason Reeves | Composer |
| 35 | Jeff Rothschild | Engineer, Programming |
| 36 | Steve Rusch | Assistant |
| 37 | Doug Sax | Mastering |
| 38 | John Shanks | Guitar, Keyboards, Producer |
| 39 | Scott Smith | Engineer |
| 40 | Jeff Sojka | Engineer |
| 41 | Shari Sutcliffe | Contractor, Project Coordinator |
| 42 | Christianne Taylor | Photography |
| 43 | Ryan Tedder | Accordion, Bass, Bongos, Cajon, Composer, Drum Programming, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Hammond B3, Mandolin, Producer, Programming, Tambourine, Vocals (Background) |
| 44 | Fabien Waitmann | Synthesizer |
| 45 | Patrick Warren | Keyboards, Sequencing |
| 46 | Greg Wells | Bass, Drums, Guitar, Piano, Producer |
| 47 | Jay Williams | Booking |
| 48 | Ghian Wright | Engineer, Guitar |
| 49 | Justin Young | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocal Harmony |
| 50 | Noel Zancanella | Bass, Drum Programming, Engineer, Piano, Producer, Programming |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |