Painless (album)
Painless is the second studio album by English singer Nilüfer Yanya. It was released on 4 March 2022 on ATO Records.
Critical reception
Painless was met with widespread acclaim reviews from critics. Pitchfork designated the album "Best New Music", with writer Laura Snapes opining 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 | |
| BrooklynVegan | Top 50 Albums of 2022 | 3 | |
| BrooklynVegan | Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2022 | 5 | |
| Crack | Best Albums of 2022 | 40 | |
| Esquire | The 25 Best Albums of 2022 | N/A | |
| Exclaim! | Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 21 | |
| The Forty-Five | Albums of the year 2022 | 26 | |
| The Independent | The 10 Best Indie Albums of 2022 | 2 | |
| Gigwise | Gigewise's 51 Best Albums of 2022 | 15 | |
| Gorilla Vs. Bear | Gorilla Vs Bear's Albums of 2022 | 12 | |
| NPR | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 30 | |
| ourculture | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 18 | |
| Paste | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 36 | |
| Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 16 | |
| The Ringer | The 33 Best Albums of 2022 | 32 | |
| Slant Magazine | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 11 | |
| Treble | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 15 | |
| Under the Radar | The 100 Best Albums of 2022 | 6 | |
| Uproxx | The Best Indie Albums of 2022 | N/A |
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians- Nilüfer Yanya – lead vocals, electric guitar, guitars
- Will Archer – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, backing vocals
- Ellis Dupuy – drums
- Ben Reed – bass guitar
- Dom Pusey – clarinet
- Jazzi Bobbi – vocals
- Matt Colton – mastering
- Kevin Tuffy – mastering
- Nathan Boddy – mixing
- Will Archer – mixing, engineering, additional engineering
- Tom A.D. Fuller – mixing
- Bullion – engineering
- Joe Dworniak – engineering, additional engineering
- Jazzi Bobbi – engineering
- Andrew Sarlo – engineering
- Oli Barton Wood – engineering
- Lilian Nuthall – mixing assistance
- Andy Ramsay – additional engineering
- Dom Kirtley – additional engineering
- M T Hadley – additional vocal engineering
- Molly Daniel – photography
- Nilüfer Yanya – photography, album artwork design
- Elif Yanya – paintings
- Lauren Harewood – additional font design
Charts