All the Way (Diamanda Galás album)

All the Way
Studio album by Diamanda Galás
Released	March 24, 2017 (2017-03-24)
Recorded	Paris Copenhagen East Sussex (all live) San Diego (studio)[1]
Length	41:05
Label	Intravenal Sound Operations
Diamanda Galás chronology
Guilty Guilty Guilty (2008) All the Way (2017) At Saint Thomas the Apostle Harlem (2017)

All the Way is a studio/live cover album by Diamanda Galás, released in 2017. All the Way was one of two albums of hers released on March 24, 2017, the other being a live album named At Saint Thomas the Apostle Harlem. These albums consisted of Galás' first released material since 2008.

The album features six interpretations of blues, folk, and jazz standards.^[2] In advance of the album's release, the title track was available to stream via Soundcloud in January 2017.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	7.7[5]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[6]
The Vinyl District	A[7]

Lottie Brazier of The Quietus stated in a non-rated positive review that the album "is particularly strong, however, for both the production of Galás' piano and its melodies – there is an added, foreboding subtlety which comes through with more clarity here."^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All the Way"	James Van Heusen	7:16
2.	"You Don't Know What Love Is"	Gene DePaul, Don Raye	6:23
3.	"The Thrill Is Gone"	Lew Brown, Ray Henderson	7:19
4.	"'Round Midnight"	Thelonious Monk	4:16
5.	"O Death"	Traditional	10:55
6.	"Pardon Me I've Got Someone to Kill"	Johnny Paycheck	4:56
Total length:			41:04

References

1. "All the Way by Diamanda Galás". Bandcamp. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
2. "Diamanda Galás: All the Way". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
3. Joyce, Colin (26 January 2017). "Diamanda Galás "All the Way"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
4. "All the Way by Diamanda Galás Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
5. Joyce, Colin (27 March 2017). "Diamanda Galás: All the Way". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
6. Hemmerling, Joe. "Diamanda Galás: All the Way / At Saint Thomas the Apostle Harlem". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
7. Neff, Joseph (30 March 2017). "Graded on a Curve: Diamanda Galás, All The Way, At Saint Thomas the Apostle Harlem". The Vinyl District. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
8. Brazier, Lottie (30 March 2017). "Reviews: Diamanda Galás In Concert at Saint Thomas / All the Way". The Quietus. Retrieved 28 April 2019.