Painless (album) explained

Painless
Type:	studio
Artist:	Nilüfer Yanya
Cover:	Nilüfer Yanya Painless Cover.png
Genre:	Indie rock^[1] indie pop
Length:	46:27
Label:	ATO
Producer:	Will Archer Jazzi Bobbi Bullion Andrew Sarlo
Prev Title:	Inside Out
Prev Year:	2021
Next Title:	My Method Actor
Next Year:	2024

Painless is the second album by English singer Nilüfer Yanya. It was released on 4 March 2022 on ATO Records.^[2]

Critical reception

Painless was met with widespread acclaim reviews from critics. 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." 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	^[3]
BrooklynVegan	Top 50 Albums of 2022	3	^[4]
BrooklynVegan	Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2022	5	^[5]
	Best Albums of 2022	40	^[6]
Esquire	The 25 Best Albums of 2022	N/A	^[7]
Exclaim!	Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022	21	^[8]
The Forty-Five	Albums of the year 2022	26	^[9]
The Independent	The 10 Best Indie Albums of 2022	2	^[10]
Gigwise	Gigewise's 51 Best Albums of 2022	15	^[11]
Gorilla Vs. Bear	Gorilla Vs Bear's Albums of 2022	12	^[12]
NPR	The 50 Best Albums of 2022	30	^[13]
ourculture	The 50 Best Albums of 2022	18	^[14]
Paste	The 50 Best Albums of 2022	36	^[15]
Pitchfork	The 50 Best Albums of 2022	16	^[16]
The Ringer	The 33 Best Albums of 2022	32	^[17]
Slant Magazine	The 50 Best Albums of 2022	11	^[18]
Treble	The 50 Best Albums of 2022	15	^[19]
Under the Radar	The 100 Best Albums of 2022	6	^[20]
Uproxx	The Best Indie Albums of 2022	N/A	^[21]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: On 'PAINLESS,' Nilüfer Yanya doesn't play nice. Cills. Hazel. 4 March 2022. NPR. 20 March 2022.
2. Web site: Nilüfer Yanya Announces New Album Painless, Shares Video for New Song "Stabilise": Watch. Hussey. Allison. 9 November 2021. Pitchfork. 20 March 2022.
3. Web site: 2022-06-28 . The 25 best albums of 2022 (so far) . 2022-12-24 . The A.V. Club . en.
4. Web site: Authors . BrooklynVegan StaffBrooklynVegan StaffContributing . SacherAm . rew . Pearis . a HatfieldAmy GeigerBill . BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2022 . 2022-12-24 . BrooklynVegan . 14 December 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Pearis . Bill. Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2022 . 2022-12-24 . BrooklynVegan . 22 December 2022 . en.
6. Web site: Best albums of 2022: Our pick of the top records . 2022-12-24 . Crack Magazine.
7. Web site: McNeal . Bria . Holmes . Dave . Vain . Madison . 2022-12-14 . The 25 Best Albums of 2022 . 2022-12-24 . Esquire . en-US.
8. Web site: Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022 Exclaim! . 2022-12-24 . exclaim.ca . en-ca.
9. Web site: Gunn . Charlotte . 2022-12-01 . Albums of the year 2022 . 2022-12-24 . The Forty-Five . en-GB.
10. Web site: Jacobs . Deborah . 2022-12-01 . The 10 Best Indie Albums 2022 . 2022-12-24 . Indie is not a genre . en-GB.
11. Web site: Gigwise's 51 Best Albums Of 2022 Gigwise . 2022-12-24 . www.gigwise.com.
12. Web site: ChrisChris . gorilla vs. bear's albums of 2022 . 2022-12-24 . GORILLA VS. BEAR . December 2022 . en.
13. News: N . P . R . 2022-12-12 . The 50 Best Albums of 2022 . en . NPR . 2022-12-24.
14. Web site: Culture . Our . 2022-12-07 . The 50 Best Albums of 2022 . 2022-12-24 . Our Culture . en-GB.
15. Web site: 2022-11-21 . The 50 Best Albums of 2022 . 2022-12-24 . pastemagazine.com . en.
16. Web site: 2022-12-06 . The 50 Best Albums of 2022 . 2022-12-24 . Pitchfork . en-US.
17. Web site: Staff . The Ringer . 2022-12-06 . The 33 Best Albums of 2022 . 2022-12-24 . The Ringer . en.
18. Web site: Slant Staff . 2022-12-07 . The 50 Best Albums of 2022 . 2022-12-24 . Slant Magazine . en-US.
19. Web site: staff . Treble . 2022-12-06 . The 50 Best Albums of 2022 . 2022-12-24 . Treble . en-US.
20. Web site: Under the Radar Magazine . 2022-12-24 . www.undertheradarmag.com . en.
21. Web site: 2022-12-07 . The Best Indie Albums Of 2022 . 2022-12-24 . UPROXX . en-US.