Misery Is a Butterfly

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.9/10)^[3]
Playlouder	^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[5]
Stylus Magazine	B+^[6]

Misery Is a Butterfly is the sixth studio album by Blonde Redhead, released in 2004.

The song "Elephant Woman" was featured over the end credits of the 2005 film Hard Candy. The song "Misery Is a Butterfly " was featured over the end of the 2008 film Tout est parfait. Additionally, the song features a drum sample from Timmy Thomas' "Why Can't We Live Together". The song "Messenger" was also featured in the Me and You and Everyone We Know trailer, a film by Miranda July.

The poster for the German Misery Is A Butterfly tour was designed by Stefan Guzy.^[7]

The songs Melody and Misery Is a Butterfly were covered by Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O'Riley on their 2011 release Shuffle.Play.Listen.

Track listing

(All songs written by Blonde Redhead)

"Elephant Woman" – 4:49
"Messenger" – 3:21
"Melody" – 4:36
"Doll Is Mine" – 3:06
"Misery Is a Butterfly" – 5:07
"Falling Man" – 3:26
"Anticipation" – 4:04
"Maddening Cloud" – 3:20
"Magic Mountain" – 3:02
"Pink Love" – 6:13
"Equus" – 3:50

Personnel

Amedeo Pace — voice, guitar, baritone guitar
Kazu Makino — voice, clavinet, guitar
Simone Pace — drums, percussion, machines
Skúli Sverrisson — bass guitar
Eyvind Kang, Jane Scarpantoni — strings
Eyvind Kang, Blonde Redhead — string arrangements
Guy Picciotto - producer
Ryan Hadlock — additional production
John Goodmanson — mixing

External links

References

Blonde Redhead

Kazu Makino Amedeo Pace Simone Pace Vern Rumsey Maki Takahashi Toko Yasuda

Studio albums	Blonde Redhead La Mia Vita Violenta Fake Can Be Just as Good In an Expression of the Inexpressible Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons Misery Is a Butterfly 23 Penny Sparkle Barragán

EPs	Melodie Citronique The Secret Society of Butterflies

Singles	"Amescream / Big song" "Vague / Jet Star" "Feet High / Valentine" "Flying Douglas / Harmony" "Symphony of Treble / Kasuality" "Limited conversation / Slogan" "Elephant Woman" "Equus" "23" "Silently" "Here Sometimes" "Not Getting There"

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