Cut the World

Cut the World
Live album by Antony and the Johnsons
Released 7 August 2012 (2012-08-07)
Recorded 2–3 September 2011
Venue Koncerthuset
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
Genre Baroque pop
Length 60:42[1]
Label Rough Trade
Producer Karl Bjerre Skibsted
Antony and the Johnsons chronology
Swanlights
(2010)Swanlights2010		 Cut the World
(2012)		 Turning
(2014)Turning2014

Cut the World is a live album by Antony and the Johnsons, recorded in Copenhagen and released in August 2012.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Drowned in Sound8/10[3]
musicOMH[4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork Media8.1/10[6]

Cut the World received wide acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 31 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Anohni.

No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Cut the World" 4:19
2."Future Feminism" 7:35
3."Cripple and the Starfish"Antony and the Johnsons5:32
4."You Are My Sister"I Am a Bird Now4:20
5."Swanlights"Swanlights7:18
6."Epilepsy Is Dancing"The Crying Light2:57
7."Another World"The Crying Light5:26
8."Kiss My Name"The Crying Light4:07
9."I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy"I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy (EP)4:51
10."Rapture"Antony and the Johnsons4:47
11."The Crying Light"The Crying Light3:21
12."Twilight"Antony and the Johnsons6:09
Total length:60:42

Personnel

Credits adapted from Cut the World album liner notes.[8]

Antony and the Johnsons
Additional
  • Shaun MacDonald – administration
  • Nico Muhly – arranger
  • Daniel Murphy – layout
  • Ossian Ryner – engineer, mixing
  • Karl Bjerre Skibsted – producer
  • Robert Wilson – director (1)

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[9] 24
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[10] 8
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[11] 38
Danish Albums Chart[12] 31
Dutch Albums Chart[13] 2
French Albums Chart[14] 20
German Albums Chart[15] 27
Irish Albums Chart[16] 22
Irish Indie Albums Chart[17] 4
Italian Albums Chart[18] 25
Norwegian Albums Chart[19] 11
Spanish Albums Chart[20] 10
Swedish Albums Chart[21] 28
Swiss Albums Chart[22] 27
UK Albums Chart[23] 41
UK Indie Albums Chart[24] 3
US Independent Albums[25] 42

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Cut the World [Live] – Antony and the Johnsons". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". musicOMH. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". NME. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Secretly Canadian". Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Cut the World (CD liner notes). Antony and the Johnsons. Rough Trade Records. 2012. RTRADCD663.
  9. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World" (in German). IFPI Austria. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World". IFPI Denmark. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  13. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  14. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  15. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons, Cut The World" (in German). Media Control. charts.de. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  16. ↑ "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 9 August 2012". Irish Recorded Music Association. Chart-Track. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  17. ↑ "Top 10 Independent Artist Albums, Week Ending 9 August 2012". Irish Recorded Music Association. Chart-Track. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  18. ↑ "Artisti – Classifica settimanale dal 06/08/2012 al 12/08/2012" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  19. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World". Verdens Gang. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  20. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World". Productores de Música de España. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  21. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World". Swedish Recording Industry Association. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  22. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  23. ↑ "The Official Charts Company – Cut The World by Antony and the Johnsons Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
  24. ↑ "2012 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  25. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons Album & Song Chart History – Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
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