Cut the World

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

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

Reception

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".

Track listing

• 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.
• "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."

Personnel

Credits adapted from Cut the World album liner notes.

Antony and the Johnsons

• Antony Hegarty – vocals, arranger
• Thomas Bartlett – piano
• Rob Moose – arranger, conductor
• Maxim Moston – arranger

Additional

• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Danish National Chamber Orchestra – orchestra
• Erik Heide – first violin
• Tatjana Kandel – orchestra artistic manager
• Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin – photography
• Jens Langkilde – recording technician

• Shaun MacDonald – administration
• Nico Muhly – arranger
• Daniel Murphy – layout
• Ossian Ryner – engineer, mixing
• Karl Bjerre Skibsted – producer
• Robert Wilson – director <small>(1)</small>

Charts

References