"All This Is That" is a song by American
rock
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band
the Beach Boys from their 1972 album ''
Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
''Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"'' is the 18th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released May 15, 1972 on Brother/Reprise. The album is a significant musical departure for the band and is the first to feature the Fl ...
''. Written by
Al Jardine,
Carl Wilson
Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitarist, the youngest sibling of bandmates Brian and Dennis, and the group's ''de ...
, and
Mike Love, the song was inspired by
's
Transcendental Meditation teachings
and the
Robert Frost
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poem "
The Road Not Taken
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".
Background
Asked about the song in a 2013 interview,
Al Jardine gave the following explanation:
Mike Love said in a 1972 interview,
Critical reception
In his 1978 biography of the Beach Boys,
John Tobler
John Hugen Tobler (born 9 May 1943) is a British rock music journalist, writer, occasional broadcaster, and record company executive.
With Pete Frame, he was one of the founders of ZigZag magazine in April 1969. The magazine focused on the " un ...
wrote that it was unlikely that "All This Is That" (along with the album track "He Come Down") would "figure in anyone's favorite 20 Beach Boys tracks."
Reviewing the band's albums from 1966 to 1973, ''
Record Collector''s Jamie Atkins said that "All This Is That" was perhaps "one of the group's greatest achievements without Brian; a fantastically calming song with some of the finest vocal interplay of this period married to an airy melody that perfectly suited the by-now-perennial subject matter of transcendental meditation. And the note that Carl hits on the 'Jai guru dev' lyric has mood-altering qualities that, if it were possible to bottle it, would do wonders if available on prescription."
Personnel
Credits from Craig Slowinski, John Brode, Will Crerar and Joshilyn Hoisington
The Beach Boys
*
Blondie Chaplin - bass guitar
*Ricky Fataar - drums w/ brushes, cabasa
*
Al Jardine - lead and backing vocals, producer
*
Mike Love - backing vocals
*
Carl Wilson
Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitarist, the youngest sibling of bandmates Brian and Dennis, and the group's ''de ...
- lead and backing vocals, upright piano, Wurlitzer electronic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Rocky Mount Instruments, Rocksichord, producer
References
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1972 songs
The Beach Boys songs
Songs based on poems