Cut the World

Cut the World
Live album by
Antony and the Johnsons
Released7 August 2012 (2012-08-07)
Recorded2–3 September 2011
VenueKoncerthuset
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
GenreArt pop, chamber pop, baroque pop
Length60:42[1]
LabelRough Trade
ProducerKarl 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]

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
Metacritic82/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The A.V. ClubB+[4]
Drowned in Sound8/10[5]
The Irish Times[6]
Mojo[7]
musicOMH[8]
NME8/10[9]
Pitchfork8.1/10[10]
PopMatters9/10[11]
The Telegraph[12]

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 Johnsons5:32
4."You Are My Sister"I Am a Bird Now4:20
5."Swanlights"Swanlights7:18
6."Epilepsy Is Dancing"The Crying Light2:57
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
  • The title track "Cut the World" is a new song from Anohni that was made for the play The Life and Death of Marina Abramović directed by Robert Wilson and starring Anohni, Marina Abramović and Willem Dafoe.[13]
  • "Future Feminism" is a spoken word track where Anohni "discusses [her] ideas in a speech [she] made during one of the concerts. Addressing the effects of patriarchy on the global ecology, Anohni explores the possibility of shifting towards feminine systems of governance in a gesture to restore our world."[13]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Cut the World album liner notes.[14]

Antony and the Johnsons
Additional

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 38
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[18] 31
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 2
French Albums (SNEP)[20] 20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21] 27
Irish Albums (IRMA)[22] 22
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)[23] 4
Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 25
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[25] 11
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 44
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[27] 10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 27
UK Albums (OCC)[30] 41
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[31] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[32] 42
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[33] 15

References

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  2. ^ "13/12/12: More Independent Artists Take European Gold, Silver and Platinum Awards Than Ever Before | Impala". Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Cut the World [Live] – Antony and the Johnsons". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. ^ Sundermann, Eric (7 August 2012). "Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  6. ^ Murphy, Lauren (3 August 2012). "Antony and the Johnsons - Cut the World Rough Trade". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  7. ^ The four songs drawn from eco-themed album The Crying Light gain particular vitality.... The other major beneficiaries of Muhly and co.'s top notch orchestral work art Antony's earliest songs. [Aug 2012, p.82]
  8. ^ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". musicOMH. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". NME. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". Pitchfork]. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  11. ^ Chiola, Enio (6 August 2012). "Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World". PopMatters. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  12. ^ Brown, Helen (3 August 2012). "Antony and the Johnsons, Cut the World, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Secretly Canadian". Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  14. ^ Cut the World (CD liner notes). Antony and the Johnsons. Rough Trade Records. 2012. RTRADCD663.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  30. ^ "{{{artist}}} | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  31. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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  33. ^ "Antony and the Johnsons Chart History (Vinyl Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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