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Painless (album)

Painless is the second album by English singer Nilüfer Yanya. It was released on 4 March 2022 on ATO Records.[3]

Painless
Studio album by
Nilüfer Yanya
Released4 March 2022 (2022-03-04)
Studio
  • Press Play
  • Riverfish
Genre
Length46:27
LabelATO
Producer
Nilüfer Yanya chronology
Inside Out
(2021) 		Painless
(2022) 		My Method Actor
(2024)
Singles from Painless
  1. "Stabilise"
    Released: 9 November 2021
  2. "Midnight Sun"
    Released: 19 January 2022
  3. "Anotherlife"
    Released: 16 February 2022
  4. "The Dealer"
    Released: 28 February 2022

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
The A.V. ClubA−[6]
Exclaim!8/10[7]
The Guardian     [2]
The Independent     [8]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[9]
NME     [10]
Pitchfork8.4/10[11]
The Telegraph     [12]
Uncut8/10[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.
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

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Painless track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Dealer"
Archer3:38
2."L/R"
Bullion3:39
3."Shameless"
  • Yanya
  • Archer
Archer4:34
4."Stabilise"
  • Yanya
  • Archer
Archer3:32
5."Chase Me"
  • Yanya
  • Archer
Archer3:30
6."Midnight Sun"
  • Yanya
  • Archer
Archer4:42
7."Trouble"
  • Yanya
  • Archer
Archer5:04
8."Try"
  • Yanya
  • Archer
Archer4:10
9."Company"
  • Yanya
  • Archer
Archer3:46
10."Belong with You"
  • Yanya
  • Bobbi
Bobbi2:56
11."The Mystic"
  • Yanya
  • Andrew Sarlo
Sarlo3:33
12."Anotherlife"
  • Yanya
  • Bullion
Bullion3:23
Total length:46:27
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Shameless (Reflects)"
  • Yanya
  • Archer
Archer4:37
14."Midnight Sun (Reflects)" (Acoustic Version)
  • Yanya
  • Archer
Archer4:55
15."Chase Me (Reflects)"
  • Yanya
  • Archer
Archer3:28
16."Midnight Sun" (Sampha Remix)
  • Yanya
  • Archer
Sampha4:17
17."Midnight Sun" (King Krule Remix)
  • Yanya
  • Archer
King Krule5:03
18."Rid of Me"Polly Jean HarveyBobbi3:37
Total length:72:24

Personnel

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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

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Chart performance for Painless
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[33] 33
UK Albums (OCC)[34] 86

References

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  22. ^ "Gigwise's 51 Best Albums Of 2022 | Gigwise". www.gigwise.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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