Harmlessness

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Harmlessness
Harmlessness Cover.jpg
Studio album by
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2015
Genre
Length61:03
LabelEpitaph
ProducerChris Teti
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die chronology
Whenever, If Ever
(2013) 		Harmlessness
(2015) 		Always Foreign
(2017)

Harmlessness is the second studio album by American indie rock 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.[3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk10/10 stars[5]
Alternative Press3.5/5 stars
Blurt5/5 stars[6]
Pitchfork7.9/10[7]
Punknews.org4/5 stars[8]
Under the Radar7.5/10[9]

Harmlessness charted at number 11 on the Heatseekers Albums chart,[10] and at number 46 on the Independent Albums chart.[11] Upon release, the album received critical 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.[12] James of Stereogum wrote: "It's not the kind of music that will change the world, but it might just change your life."[12] Aaron Mook of AbsolutePunk 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." "January 10th, 2014" appeared on a best-of emo songs list by Vulture.[13]

Accolades[]

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015 #13[14]
Brooklyn Magazine The 20 Best Rock Albums of 2015 2015 #1[15]
BrooklynVegan Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2015 2015 --[16]
Absolutepunk.net Staff's Top 30 Albums of 2015 2015 #5[17]

Track listing[]

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

No.TitleLength
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" (ends at 8:20; hidden track "Make Mistakes" begins at 11:28)15:44
Total length:61:03
iTunes bonus track[18]
No.TitleLength
14."Make Mistakes" (appears on the CD edition as a hidden track to "Mount Hum", beginning at 11:28)4:16

Personnel[]

The lineup for this album is:[19]

  • David Bello - vocals
  • Nicole Shanholtzer - guitar, vocals
  • Josh Cyr - bass guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Katie Dvorak - synthesizer, vocals
  • Steven Buttery - percussion
  • Chris Teti - production, engineering, mixing, guitar, vocals, percussion
  • Nick Kwas - violin
  • Tyler Bussey - guitar, banjo, vocals
  • Greg Horbal - guitar

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. ^ "Broken World Media - TWIABP - Harmlessness". Store.brokenworldmedia.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness". Punknews.org. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  9. ^ Dransfield, Scott (November 19, 2015). "The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die: Harmlessness". Under the Radar. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  10. ^ "The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Chart history (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  11. ^ "The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Chart history (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
  13. ^ Garland, Emma (February 13, 2020). "The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time". Vulture. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  14. ^ "The 50 Best Albums Of 2015". stereogum.com. 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  15. ^ "The 20 Best Rock Albums of 2015". Brooklyn Magazine. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  16. ^ "Our Favorite Albums of 2015". Brooklyn Vegan. 2015-12-31. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  17. ^ "Staff's Top 30 Albums Of 2015". absolutepunk.net. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  18. ^ "Anonymous asked: what's the deal with 'make mistakes'? ..." theworldisabeautifulplace.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  19. ^ Sacher, Andrew. "TWIABP detail new album 'Harmlessness,' share new single "January 10th, 2014"". brooklynvegan.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10.



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