Harmlessness

For the Sanskrit term, see Ahimsa.
For other uses, see Harmless.
Harmlessness
Studio album by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
Released September 25, 2015
Genre
Length 53:39
Label Epitaph, Broken World Media
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die chronology
Whenever, If Ever
(2013)		 Harmlessness
(2015)
Singles from Harmlessness
  1. "January 10th, 2014"
    Released: August 10, 2015

Harmlessness is the second studio album by emo band The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die. It was announced on August 4, 2015, and was released on September 25. The title of the album is a play on the name of the band's first EP, Formlessness.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk[6]
Alternative Press
Blurt[7]
Pitchfork7.9/10[8]
Punknews.org[3]

Harmlessness charted at number 11 on the Heatseekers Albums chart,[9] and at number 46 on the Independent Albums chart.[10] Upon release, the album received universal acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from specialized critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 6 reviews. Stereogum placed the album at number 13 on their top 50 albums of 2015 list.[11] James of Stereogum wrote: "It's not the kind of music that will change the world, but it might just change your life."[11] Aaron Mook of Absolutepunk.net wrote: "Harmlessness is ambitious and intimidating in scope; it is not an easy listen, but with the right amount of time and dedication, it is easily one of the most rewarding listens of 2015."

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015 #13[12]
Brooklyn Magazine The 20 Best Rock Albums of 2015 2015 #1[13]
BrooklynVegan Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2015 2015 --[14]
Absolutepunk.net Staff's Top 30 Albums of 2015 2015 #5[15]

Track listing

All music composed by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die.

No. Title Length
1. "You Can't Live There Forever"   4:01
2. "blank #11"   1:09
3. "January 10th, 2014"   5:39
4. "The Word Lisa"   2:03
5. "Rage Against the Dying of the Light"   3:29
6. "Ra Patera Dance"   4:30
7. "Mental Health"   4:07
8. "Wendover"   2:57
9. "We Need More Skulls"   4:20
10. "Haircuts for Everybody"   2:44
11. "Willie (For Howard)"   3:10
12. "I Can Be Afraid of Anything"   7:10
13. "Mount Hum"   8:20
Total length:
 53:39

Personnel

The lineup for this album is:[17]

References

  1. ↑ Cohen, Ian. "The Emo Revival Ends Here: The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die Made a Perfect Indie Rock Record | NOISEY". Noisey.vice.com. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  2. ↑ Nassiff, Thomas (December 3, 2015). "Thomas Nassiff - Article". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness". Punknews.org. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  4. ↑ "Broken World Media - TWIABP - Harmlessness". Store.brokenworldmedia.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  5. ↑ "Reviews for Harmlessness by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die". Metacritic. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  6. ↑ Drew Beringer (2015-09-25). "The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness - Album Review". Absolutepunk.net. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  7. ↑ Daniel Matti (2015-10-02). "The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness". Blurtonline.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  8. ↑ Evan Rytlewski (2015-09-28). "The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die: Harmlessness". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  9. ↑ "The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Chart history (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ "The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Chart history (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  11. 1 2 "The 50 Best Albums Of 2015: The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness". Stereogum. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  12. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums Of 2015". stereogum.com. 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  13. ↑ . bkmag.com. 2015-12-17 http://www.bkmag.com/2015/12/17/the-20-best-rock-albums-of-2015/. Retrieved 2015-12-18. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ . brooklynvegan.com. 2015-12-31 http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/12/our_50_favorite.html. Retrieved 2016-01-03. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ "Staff's Top 30 Albums Of 2015". absolutepunk.net. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  16. ↑ "Anonymous asked: what's the deal with 'make mistakes'? ...". theworldisabeautifulplace.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  17. ↑ Sacher, Andrew. "TWIABP detail new album 'Harmlessness,' share new single "January 10th, 2014"". brooklynvegan.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
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