Cut the World

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Cut the World
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Live album by
Antony and the Johnsons
Released7 August 2012 (2012-08-07)
Recorded2–3 September 2011
Venue Koncerthuset
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
Length60:42 [1]
Label Rough Trade
Producer Karl Bjerre Skibsted
Antony and the Johnsons chronology
Swanlights
(2010)		Cut the World
(2012)		 Turning
(2014)

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

Contents

In 2012 it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, [2] which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Drowned in Sound 8/10 [4]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 8/10 [6]
Pitchfork Media 8.1/10 [7]

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". [3]

Track listing

All tracks are 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 Johnsons 5:32
4."You Are My Sister" I Am a Bird Now 4:20
5."Swanlights" Swanlights 7:18
6."Epilepsy Is Dancing" The Crying Light 2:57
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. [9]

Antony and the Johnsons
Additional

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 38
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [13] 31
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14] 2
French Albums (SNEP) [15] 20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 27
Irish Albums (IRMA) [17] 22
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA) [18] 4
Italian Albums (FIMI) [19] 25
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [20] 11
Scottish Albums (OCC) [21] 44
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [22] 10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [23] 28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 27
UK Albums (OCC) [25] 41
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [26] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [27] 42
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [28] 15

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