Painless (album)
Appearance
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Released | 4 March 2022 | |||
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Length | 46:27 | |||
Label | ATO | |||
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Nilüfer Yanya chronology | ||||
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Painless is the second album by English singer Nilüfer Yanya. It was released on 4 March 2022 on ATO Records.[3]
Critical reception
[edit]Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 83/100[4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The A.V. Club | A−[6] |
Exclaim! | 8/10[7] |
The Guardian | [2] |
The Independent | [8] |
The Line of Best Fit | 8/10[9] |
NME | [10] |
Pitchfork | 8.4/10[11] |
The Telegraph | [12] |
Uncut | 8/10[13] |
Painless was met with widespread acclaim reviews from critics.[4] Laura Snapes of Pitchfork opined that "Painless excels at a kind of subtle disclosure, relying less on power than it does texture and immaculately sparing detail."[11] Chris Taylor of Line of Best Fit wrote, "crunchy, ethereal, and odd in its harsh beauty, Painless is a record of contradictions that Yanya spectacularly weaves together." In a five-star review The Telegraph proclaimed that the album "should rubber stamp Nilüfer Yanya as a generational star".
Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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A.V. Club | The 25 Best Albums of 2022 | N/A | [14] |
BrooklynVegan | Top 50 Albums of 2022 | 3 | [15] |
BrooklynVegan | Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2022 | 5 | [16] |
Crack | Best Albums of 2022 | 40 | [17] |
Esquire | The 25 Best Albums of 2022 | N/A | [18] |
Exclaim! | Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 21 | [19] |
The Forty-Five | Albums of the year 2022 | 26 | [20] |
The Independent | The 10 Best Indie Albums of 2022 | 2 | [21] |
Gigwise | Gigewise's 51 Best Albums of 2022 | 15 | [22] |
Gorilla Vs. Bear | Gorilla Vs Bear's Albums of 2022 | 12 | [23] |
NPR | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 30 | [24] |
ourculture | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 18 | [25] |
Paste | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 36 | [26] |
Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 16 | [27] |
The Ringer | The 33 Best Albums of 2022 | 32 | [28] |
Slant Magazine | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 11 | [29] |
Treble | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 15 | [30] |
Under the Radar | The 100 Best Albums of 2022 | 6 | [31] |
Uproxx | The Best Indie Albums of 2022 | N/A | [32] |
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Dealer" |
| Archer | 3:38 |
2. | "L/R" |
| Bullion | 3:39 |
3. | "Shameless" |
| Archer | 4:34 |
4. | "Stabilise" |
| Archer | 3:32 |
5. | "Chase Me" |
| Archer | 3:30 |
6. | "Midnight Sun" |
| Archer | 4:42 |
7. | "Trouble" |
| Archer | 5:04 |
8. | "Try" |
| Archer | 4:10 |
9. | "Company" |
| Archer | 3:46 |
10. | "Belong with You" |
| Bobbi | 2:56 |
11. | "The Mystic" |
| Sarlo | 3:33 |
12. | "Anotherlife" |
| Bullion | 3:23 |
Total length: | 46:27 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Shameless (Reflects)" |
| Archer | 4:37 |
14. | "Midnight Sun (Reflects)" (Acoustic Version) |
| Archer | 4:55 |
15. | "Chase Me (Reflects)" |
| Archer | 3:28 |
16. | "Midnight Sun" (Sampha Remix) |
| Sampha | 4:17 |
17. | "Midnight Sun" (King Krule Remix) |
| King Krule | 5:03 |
18. | "Rid of Me" | Polly Jean Harvey | Bobbi | 3:37 |
Total length: | 72:24 |
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
- Nilüfer Yanya – lead vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (tracks 2, 9), guitars (10–12)
- Will Archer – electric guitar (tracks 1, 3–7, 9), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 8), bass guitar (1, 4, 5, 8), piano (3), backing vocals (5, 8)
- Ellis Dupuy – drums (tracks 1, 4, 6, 10, 11)
- Ben Reed – bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 12)
- Dom Pusey – clarinet (track 3)
- Jazzi Bobbi – vocals (track 10)
Technical
- Matt Colton – mastering (tracks 1–12, 18)
- Kevin Tuffy – mastering (tracks 13–17)
- Nathan Boddy – mixing (tracks 1–12)
- Will Archer – mixing (tracks 13–16), engineering (1, 3–8), additional engineering (9)
- Tom A.D. Fuller – mixing (track 18)
- Bullion – engineering (tracks 2, 12)
- Joe Dworniak – engineering (track 9), additional engineering (1, 3–8, 11)
- Jazzi Bobbi – engineering (track 10)
- Andrew Sarlo – engineering (track 11)
- Oli Barton Wood – engineering (tracks 13–15)
- Lilian Nuthall – mixing assistance
- Andy Ramsay – additional engineering (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 11)
- Dom Kirtley – additional engineering (10)
- M T Hadley – additional vocal engineering (11)
Visuals
- Molly Daniel – photography
- Nilüfer Yanya – photography, album artwork design
- Elif Yanya – paintings
- Lauren Harewood – additional font design
Charts
[edit]Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Scottish Albums (OCC)[33] | 33 |
UK Albums (OCC)[34] | 86 |
References
[edit]- ^ Cills, Hazel (4 March 2022). "On 'PAINLESS,' Nilüfer Yanya doesn't play nice". NPR. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ a b Petridis, Alexis (3 March 2022). "Nilüfer Yanya: Painless review – refined indie pop with a disquieting lyrical edge". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Hussey, Allison (9 November 2021). "Nilüfer Yanya Announces New Album Painless, Shares Video for New Song "Stabilise": Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ a b "PAINLESS by Nilüfer Yanya Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Donelson, Marcy. "PAINLESS – Nilüfer Yanya". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Brusie, David (4 March 2022). "Nilüfer Yanya continues to mesmerize on her superlative new record". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Bell, Kaelen (2 March 2022). "Nilüfer Yanya Finds Colour Amidst the Greys on 'Painless'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ O'Connor, Roisin (4 March 2022). "Album reviews: Nilüfer Yanya – Painless and Kawala – Better With You". The Independent. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Taylor, Chris (1 March 2022). "PAINLESS is a spectacularly woven return from Nilüfer Yanya". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Hunt, El (4 March 2022). "Nilüfer Yanya – 'Painless' review: grunge-inflected album soars when she reaches full-pelt". NME. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ a b Snapes, Laura (4 March 2022). "Nilüfer Yanya: PAINLESS". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Hobbs, Thomas (3 March 2022). "The great Britrock survivors Stereophonics are back, plus the week's best albums". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Ferla, Lisa-Marie (April 2022). "Nilüfer Yanya: PAINLESS". Uncut (299): 36.
- ^ "The 25 best albums of 2022 (so far)". The A.V. Club. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Authors, BrooklynVegan StaffBrooklynVegan StaffContributing; SacherAm, rew; Pearis, a HatfieldAmy GeigerBill (14 December 2022). "BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2022". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Pearis, Bill (22 December 2022). "Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2022". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Best albums of 2022: Our pick of the top records". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ McNeal, Bria; Holmes, Dave; Vain, Madison (14 December 2022). "The 25 Best Albums of 2022". Esquire. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022 | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Gunn, Charlotte (1 December 2022). "Albums of the year 2022". The Forty-Five. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Jacobs, Deborah (1 December 2022). "The 10 Best Indie Albums 2022". Indie is not a genre. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Gigwise's 51 Best Albums Of 2022 | Gigwise". www.gigwise.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ ChrisChris (December 2022). "gorilla vs. bear's albums of 2022". GORILLA VS. BEAR. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ N; P; R (12 December 2022). "The 50 Best Albums of 2022". NPR. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Culture, Our (7 December 2022). "The 50 Best Albums of 2022". Our Culture. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2022". pastemagazine.com. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2022". Pitchfork. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Staff, The Ringer (6 December 2022). "The 33 Best Albums of 2022". The Ringer. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Slant Staff (7 December 2022). "The 50 Best Albums of 2022". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ staff, Treble (6 December 2022). "The 50 Best Albums of 2022". Treble. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Under the Radar Magazine". www.undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "The Best Indie Albums Of 2022". UPROXX. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 March 2022.