[3] Uncut stated that "the likes of 'No Sun to Burn' (for brass) or the nine-minute title track, will pull on the listener's heartstrings at least as much as it endorses the composer's process".

[6] The Skinny's Patrick Gamble wrote that Malone's "rebellious sensibility, particularly in relation to the interplay between the sacred and the profane, continues throughout All Life Long, elaborating that the "cumulative effect is sublime and will leave even the most agnostic listener in a state of transcendental bliss".

[5] Jon Buckland of The Quietus found that All Life Long "eschews the electro acoustics of recent albums Living Torch and last year's epic Does Spring Hide Its Joy in favour of the organ dirges of breakthrough record, The Sacrificial Code" as "these carefully intoned shifts are allowed to hold court for lengthy periods.

[1] Marc Weidenbaum of Pitchfork wrote that "on All Life Long, [Malone] is truly writing for brass ensemble, yielding a regal quality: less goth, more Sun King (minus the filigree of the Baroque era)".

[4] John Amen of Beats Per Minute commented that "the project often trades depth for breadth", concluding, "At times, Malone's 'magic eye' seems elusive.