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2015 studio album by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
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
Harmlessness charted at number 11 on the Heatseekers Albums chart,[ 9] and at number 46 on the Independent Albums chart.[ 10] 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.[ 11] James of Stereogum wrote: "It's not the kind of music that will change the world, but it might just change your life."[ 11] 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 .[ 12]
Accolades
Track listing
All music is composed by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
Title 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[ 17] Title 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:[ 18]
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, vocals
Greg Horbal - guitar
References
^ 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 .
^ Nassiff, Thomas (December 3, 2015). "Thomas Nassiff - Article" . AbsolutePunk . Retrieved January 7, 2016 .
^ "Broken World Media - TWIABP - Harmlessness" . Store.brokenworldmedia.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10 .
^ "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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ "The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness" . Punknews.org. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2015-10-04 .
^ "The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Chart history (Heatseekers Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved October 21, 2015 .
^ "The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Chart history (Independent Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved October 21, 2015 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ "The 50 Best Albums Of 2015" . stereogum.com. 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2015-12-10 .
^ . bkmag.com. 2015-12-17 http://www.bkmag.com/2015/12/17/the-20-best-rock-albums-of-2015/ . Retrieved 2015-12-18 .
^ . brooklynvegan.com. 2015-12-31 http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/12/our_50_favorite.html . Retrieved 2016-01-03 .
^ "Staff's Top 30 Albums Of 2015" . absolutepunk.net. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2016-01-06 .
^ "Anonymous asked: what's the deal with 'make mistakes'? ..." theworldisabeautifulplace.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10 .
^ Sacher, Andrew. "TWIABP detail new album 'Harmlessness,' share new single "January 10th, 2014" " . brooklynvegan.com. Retrieved 2015-08-10 .