All (Colour Haze album)

All
Studio album by
Released2008
RecordedDecember 2007–March 2008
StudioAra Tonstudio, Munich, Germany
Institut For Wohlklangforschung, Hannover, Germany
Musikzentrum, Hannover, Germany[1]
GenreStoner rock
Psychedelic rock
Length65:14
LabelElektrohasch Schallplatten
Colour Haze chronology
Tempel
(2006)
All
(2008)
She Said
(2012)

All is the ninth full-length album by the German stoner rock band Colour Haze. The album was released in 2008 by Elektrohasch Schallplatten.

Reception

Norway's Scream Magazine gave a 5 out of 6 score to All, calling it a "demonstration of might", with its "excesses" and loosening of all inhibitions. Locating All in a record store would be "finding gold".[2] Powermetal.de's reviewer found All captivating, both in its songwriting and soundscape, so as to make the listener lose "track of when one track ended and the next began".[3] Ox-Fanzine also wrote a positive review, though noting that "All shouldn't be listened to casually; it's an album you should take your time with".[4]

Vampster found "psychedelic journeys with countless intricate flourishes and wild, progressive whims, jazzy abstract elements that will delight any 70s psychedelic/krautrock fan, and precisely crafted arrangements for the mind's eye". Still, Colour Haze did not overwhelmingly drift into hippie territory, owing to their "subtle nonchalance" and "laid-back coolness".[5]

Metal.de were more reserved, scoring the album 6 out of 10. The album had a "limited rock potential" and was not recommended for "those who prefer raw, unpolished US stoner rock".[6]

Track listing

  1. "Silent" – 7:22
  2. "Moon" – 4:56
  3. "Turns" – 4:07
  4. "Lights" – 8:25
  5. "If" – 3:30
  6. "Stars" – 3:23
  7. "All" – 14:49
  8. "Fall" – 9:55
  9. "One" – 4:38
  10. "Remains" – 4:09

Personnel

  • Stefan Koglek − vocals, guitar
  • Philipp Rasthoffer − bass guitar
  • Manfred Merwald − drums
Guest musicians
  • Daniela Heiser – vocals (tracks 6, 8 and 9)
  • Christian Hawellek – Hammond B3, mellotron, grand piano (tracks 4, 5, 7 and 8)
  • Mario Oberpucher – sitar (track 6 and 9)

References

  1. ^ "All – Colour Haze". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  2. ^ Oddsberg, Anders (2008). "COLOUR HAZE "All"". Scream Magazine (review) (in Norwegian). No. 128. p. 39.
  3. ^ Kayser, Stefan (25 July 2008). "Colour Haze - All". Powermetal.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  4. ^ Aldenhoven, Arndt (2008). "COLOUR HAZE All CD". Ox-Fanzine (review) (in German). No. 79. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  5. ^ Hellweg, Frank (2 November 2008). "Colour Haze: All". Vampster (review) (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Colour Haze - All". Metal.de (review) (in German). 4 July 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2025.