In an interview with theHuffington Post, band leaderBilly Corgan said "I basically sang the whole song the first time I wrote it... It had written itself."[1]Rolling Stone described the track as having "a deep wash of grungy guitar distortion ...the hard-rocking "One and All" features the drumming ofMötley Crüe'sTommy Lee bashing his way through Billy Corgan and Jeff Schroeder's murky mires of guitar and the singer's lyrics about feeling young."[3]
The song was favorably received.Stereogum said "The brand new, guitar-overloaded “One and All" is a considerable improvement on "Being Beige," in my opinion – it's considerably heavier, too, which plays to Billy Corgan's strengths at this point in his career."[4] Music Times stated that "Fans of the Pumpkins will not be disappointed, as the song has a darkly metallic quality reminiscent of their 1995 opusMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness."[5]Spin.com stated "The new track isn't quite a return to the Pumpkins' glory days, but "One and All" does boast a shoegaze-set-on-overdrive sheen."[6]
