All Born Screaming

by St. Vincent

All Born Screaming cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 April 2024
  • Label: Total Pleasure, Virgin
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:10
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 18 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

As her first entirely self-produced record, St. Vincent's 'All Born Screaming' merges industrial rock textures and modular synthesizer experiments with elements of funk, chamber pop, and searing guitar work. The album departs from the persona-driven concepts of its predecessor for a more direct and vulnerable exploration of mortality, loss, and transcendence, featuring contributions from musicians like Dave Grohl and Cate Le Bon. The critically acclaimed work solidified its significance by winning the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.

Genres

Descriptors: guitar-driven, distorted, experimental, confrontational, uncompromising

Tracklist

  1. Hell Is Near (04:08)
  2. Reckless (03:57)
  3. Broken Man (03:21)
  4. Flea (03:46)
  5. Big Time Nothing (02:58)
  6. Violent Times (03:57)
  7. The Power's Out (04:38)
  8. Sweetest Fruit (03:55)
  9. So Many Planets (03:35)
  10. All Born Screaming (06:55)

Credits

  • Annie Clark - lead vocals (all tracks), synthesizer (tracks 1–3, 5–8, 10), bass (1, 4–8), twelve-string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric piano (1), drum programming (2–10), guitar (3–10), modular synthesizer (3, 6), backing vocals, organ (4), contrabass (6), theremin (9)
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen - bass (tracks 1–4, 6, 8–10), synthesizer (1, 9), drum programming, guitar (2, 10), electric upright bass (2), backing vocals (4), contrabass (6), percussion (7), effects (9), tambourine (10), engineering (tracks 1, 2, 7–10)
  • Rachel Eckroth - upright piano (track 1), keyboards (2, 9), organ, piano (2)
  • Josh Freese - drums (tracks 1, 9)
  • Dave Grohl - drums (tracks 3, 4)
  • Cian Riordan - drums (tracks 3, 5), bass (6–8), engineering, mixing
  • Mark Guiliana - drums (tracks 3, 6)
  • David Ralicke - saxophone (track 3), horns (5, 6, 8, 9)
  • Cate Le Bon - bass (tracks 7, 10), backing vocals (10)
  • Stella Mozgawa - drums (track 10)
  • St. Vincent - production, engineering
  • Ruairi O'Flaherty - mastering

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