Editing All of Our Names

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{{Infobox album|
| name       = All of Our Names
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Sarah Harmer]]
| cover      = AllofOurNamesSarahHarmer.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 23, 2004
| recorded   = 2003–2004
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = Singer-songwriter
| length     = 44:05
| label      = Cold Snap Records/[[Universal Music Canada]]
| producer   = [[Sarah Harmer]], [[Martin Kinack]], [[Gavin Brown (musician)|Gavin Brown]]
| prev_title = [[You Were Here]]
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [[I'm a Mountain]]
| next_year  = 2005
}}

'''''All of Our Names''''' is an album by Canadian singer-songwriter [[Sarah Harmer]], released in 2004. It peaked at number 6 on the Top Canadian Albums chart and number 43 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Heatseekers]] chart. "Almost" b/w "Pendulums" was released as a single with "Almost" reaching the top 20 on Canadian pop charts. A different version of the track "Silver Road", recorded with [[The Tragically Hip]] and for the soundtrack for the film ''[[Men with Brooms (soundtrack)|Men with Brooms]]'' had been previously released as a single in 2003.

The album won the [[Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year]] at the [[Juno Awards of 2005]].

==History==
The album was recorded using [[Digital Performer]] at Harmer's home. Drums and bass and guitars were recorded together using different rooms, and the rest of the album was multi-tracked individually.<ref name="PM">{{cite web |first= Frank |last= Goodman  |title= ''Interview with Sarah Harmer'' |url=http://www.puremusic.com/64sarah3.html|publisher=Puremusic |access-date=July 1, 2011}}</ref>

Guest musicians on the album include [[Howie Beck]], [[Gavin Brown (musician)|Gavin Brown]], [[Jim Bryson]] and [[Ian Thornley]]. Harmer plays a number of instruments on the album, including guitar, bass, and drums.

It was released in the U.S. on Zoë Records.

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |first= Johnny |last= Lofthus  |title= ''All of Our Names'' > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= r681584 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=April 14, 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |title=Review: ''All of Our Names'' > Review |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=April 2004 |page= 89}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = B+<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |title=Review: ''All of Our Names'' > Review |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 2004 |url =  http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,602394,00.html |archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20081013080842/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,602394,00.html |url-status =  dead |archive-date =  October 13, 2008 }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]]''
| rev4Score = favorable<ref name="ND">{{cite journal |last=Cantin |first=Paul |title=Review: ''All of Our Names'' |journal=[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]] |date=March–April 2004 |url=http://archives.nodepression.com/2004/03/sarah-harmer-all-of-our-names/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002224847/http://archives.nodepression.com/2004/03/sarah-harmer-all-of-our-names/ |archive-date=October 2, 2012 }}</ref>

}}

Music critic Johnny Lofthus, writing for [[Allmusic]], praised the album, calling it "homey and gorgeous" and calling Harmer's voice "starkly beautiful." "There's fully formed adult alternative stuff here, from the robust head-nod lilt of 'Almost' to 'New Enemy's more stately melody... This immediacy helps sell ''All of Our Names'', since music like this can be smothered by over-production."<ref name="AM" /> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album 3 of 5 stars, stating it is "suffused with a peaceful fatalism, a mood that's as casually downbeat as Harmer's overcast voice itself."<ref name="RS" />

''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave ''All of Our Names'' a B+ rating, writing: "While it doesn't top her priceless 2000 debut, ''You Were Here'', the fluid, moody ''Names'' comes respectably close. With a voice as silvery and luminous as a full moon, Harmer constructs daring metaphors to convey emotional perplexities... songs like the rueful 'Tether' display Harmer's gift for setting human drama to fresh melodies."<ref name="EW" /> Paul Cantin of ''[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]]'' praised the album and remarked on its themes of rural life and the outdoors, also writing "... while there's nothing here that quite reaches the dramatic punch of the latter album's standout songs... ''All Of Our Names'' confirms that Harmer is, by any other name, a formidable, singular talent who has amply rewarded the patience of her fans."<ref name="ND" />

==Track listing==
All songs written by Sarah Harmer.
#"Pendulums" – 3:26
#"Almost" – 3:57
#"Greeting Card Aisle" – 4:37
#"New Enemy" – 3:54
#"Silver Road" – 3:38
#"Dandelions in Bullet Holes" – 6:02
#"Things to Forget" – 3:34
#"Came on Lion" – 3:10
#"Took it All" – 4:41
#"Tether" – 3:21
#"Go to Sleep" – 3:38

==Personnel==
*[[Sarah Harmer]] – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, synthesizer, drums, glockenspiel, Wurlitzer, Juno
*[[Gavin Brown (musician)|Gavin Brown]] – guitar, drums, Wurlitzer, baritone guitar
*[[Howie Beck]] – bass, drums
*[[Jim Bryson]] – guitar
*Kevin Fox – cello
*Fuzzy – drums
*Maury LaFoy – bass, upright bass
*John Obercian – drums
*Benji Perosin – trumpet on "Came On Lion" and "Tether"
*[[Ian Thornley]] – guitar on "Pendulums"

==Production==
*Produced by Sarah Harmer, Martin Kinack and Gavin Brown
*Engineered by Eric Ratz and Sarah Harmer
*Mixed by Eric Ratz, Gavin Brown and Sarah Harmer
*Mastered by Greg Calbi
*Art direction by Steven Jurgensmeyer and Sarah Harmer
*Cover photo by Andrew MacNaughten

==References==
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[[Category:2004 albums]]
[[Category:Sarah Harmer albums]]
[[Category:Zoë Records albums]]
[[Category:Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year albums]]