Upon its release, All About Tonight received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic

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 rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average

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 score of 71, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Jon Caramanica with The New York Times

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said that the release is "a variety-pack of country styles" and said he sounded "flirty and convincing" on the release. Thom Jurek with Allmusic gave it a three star rating, saying "Shelton does two things, and he does them extremely well: rowdy, rocking contemporary tunes about raising hell and making romantic mischief, and singing (mostly) believable ballads". Gary Graff with Billboard

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gave it a favorable review, saying "the singer's latest set, All About Tonight, is a satisfying sprint without fat or filler but packs plenty of fun." Bill Friskics-Warren with The Washington Post

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gave it a favorable review, saying "Shelton's latest "six pak" harks back to a time when Nashville rebels could be rowdy and real at the same time".

Matt Popkin with American Songwriter gave it a 2½ star rating, comparing it to a comedy series saying "Blake Shelton’s All About Tonight is what I imagine being in the studio audience for an average sitcom would be like [...] And yes, you’re aware that somebody worked very hard on these jokes, but still, every time you laugh, you feel like a little part of you just died, and it’s located in the left hemisphere of your brain.

Track listing

Personnel

Production

• Rob Beckham - Booking
• Steve Blackmon - Assistant
• Brandon Blackstock - Management
• Narvel Blackstock - Management
• Brooke Boling - Design
• Drew Bollman - Assistant
• Holly Chapman - Grooming
• Steve Crowder - Assistant
• Eric Darken - Percussion
• Steph Dufresne - Assistant
• Russ Harrington - Photography
• Scott Hendricks
  Scott Hendricks
  Scott Hendricks is an American record producer who has worked with several country music artists. He has had over 80 top 10s, and 45 number 1 hits. Between 1995 and 1997, he was also the president and chief executive officer of Capitol Records Nashville...
  
   - Digital Editing, Engineer, Producer
• Steve Marcantonio - Tracking
• Cheryl H. McTyre - A&R
• Jacob Murray - Assistant
• Tre Nagella - Assistant
• Justin Niebank - Mixing
• Allen Parker - Assistant
• Katherine Petillo - Art Direction
• Nick Spezia - Assistant
• Todd Tidwell - Assistant
• Trish Townsend - Stylist
• Hank Williams - Mastering
• Brian David Willis - Digital Editing

Additional musicians

• Tim Akers - Hammond B3, Piano
• Mike Brignardello - Bass
• Tom Bukovac
  Tom Bukovac
  Tom Bukovac is an American session musician.Bukovac began playing guitar at age ten, and started playing his first shows at age thirteen. He grew up in Willowick, Ohio and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1992, where he found work playing for Tanya Tucker, Lionel Cartwright and others...
  
   - Electric Guitar
• Perry Coleman - Background Vocals
• Aubrey Haynie
  Aubrey Haynie
  Aubrey Haynie is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he wrote himself...
  
   - Fiddle
• Troy Lancaster - Electric Guitar
• Brent Mason
  Brent Mason
  Brent Mason is an American session guitarist and occasional songwriter. He is known primarily for his work in the field of country music. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter...
  
   - Electric Guitar
• Greg Morrow - Drums, Percussion
• Gordon Mote - Hammond B3, Piano
• Tony Mullins - Background Vocals
• Hillary Scott
  Hillary Scott (singer)
  Hillary Dawn Scott is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is currently a member of Lady Antebellum, a country band that was formed in 2006 and signed to Capitol Nashville.-Early life:...
  
   - Background Vocals
• Jimmie Lee Sloas - Bass
• Bryan Sutton
  Bryan Sutton
  Bryan Sutton is an American musician. Primarily known as a flatpicked acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays many other instruments including mandolin, banjo, and electric guitar....
  
   - Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin
• Craig Wiseman
  Craig Wiseman
  Craig Michael Wiseman is an American country music songwriter. Active since the late 1980s as a songwriter, he has had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, and several other acts....
  
   - Jew's-Harp, Background Vocals
• Jennifer Zuffinetti - Background Vocals

Album

Chart (2010)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	6

End of year charts

Chart (2010)	Year-end 2010
US Billboard Top Country Albums	52

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...
2010	"All About Tonight All About Tonight (song) "All About Tonight" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, and Ben Hayslip and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It serves as the first single from All About Tonight, his second extended play, and seventh studio release.-Content:The lyrics in All... "	1	37	63
	"Who Are You When I'm Not Looking Who Are You When I'm Not Looking "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking" is the title of a song written by Earl Bud Lee and John Wayne Wiggins and recorded by American country music artist Joe Nichols for his 2007 album Real Things. Blake Shelton covered the song for his EP All About Tonight, from which it was released as a single in... "	1	46	72