Painless is the second studio album by English singer Nilüfer Yanya. It was released on 4 March 2022 on ATO Records.
Critical reception
Painless was met with widespread acclaim reviews from critics. Pitchfork designated the album "Best New Music", with writer Laura Snapes opining that "Painless excels at a kind of subtle disclosure, relying less on power than it does texture and immaculately sparing detail." 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". +PublicationListRankRef.A.V. ClubThe 25 Best Albums of 2022N/ABrooklynVeganTop 50 Albums of 20223BrooklynVeganIndie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 20225Crack Best Albums of 202240EsquireThe 25 Best Albums of 2022N/AExclaim!Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 202221The Forty-FiveAlbums of the year 202226The IndependentThe 10 Best Indie Albums of 20222GigwiseGigewise's 51 Best Albums of 202215Gorilla Vs. BearGorilla Vs Bear's Albums of 202212NPRThe 50 Best Albums of 202230ourcultureThe 50 Best Albums of 202218Paste The 50 Best Albums of 202236PitchforkThe 50 Best Albums of 202216The RingerThe 33 Best Albums of 202232Slant MagazineThe 50 Best Albums of 202211TrebleThe 50 Best Albums of 202215Under the RadarThe 100 Best Albums of 20226UproxxThe Best Indie Albums of 2022N/A
Track listing
Personnel
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 + Chart performance for Painless Chart (2022) Peakposition
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