Cut the World

Cut the World
Live album by Antony and the Johnsons
Released	7 August 2012
Recorded	2–3 September 2011
Venue	Koncerthuset (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Genre	Baroque pop
Length	60:42[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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[3]
musicOMH	[4]
NME	8/10[5]
Pitchfork Media	8.1/10[6]

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".^[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Antony and the Johnsons. 

No.	Title	Original album	Length
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 Light	5:26
8.	"Kiss My Name"	The Crying Light	4:07
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 Johnsons	4:47
11.	"The Crying Light"	The Crying Light	3:21
12.	"Twilight"	Antony and the Johnsons	6:09
Total length:			60:42

• The title track "Cut the World" is a new song from Antony that was made for the play The Life and Death of Marina Abramović directed by Robert Wilson and starring Antony, Marina Abramović and Willem Dafoe.^[7]
• "Future Feminism" is a spoken word track where Antony "discusses his ideas in a speech he made during one of the concerts. Addressing the affects of patriarchy on the global ecology, Antony explores the possibility of shifting towards feminine systems of governance in a gesture to restore our world."^[8]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Cut the World album liner notes.^[9]

Antony and the Johnsons

• Antony – 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 (1)

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart[10]	24
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[11]	8
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[12]	38
Danish Albums Chart[13]	31
Dutch Albums Chart[14]	2
French Albums Chart[15]	20
German Albums Chart[16]	27
Irish Albums Chart[17]	22
Irish Indie Albums Chart[18]	4
Italian Albums Chart[19]	25
Norwegian Albums Chart[20]	11
Spanish Albums Chart[21]	10
Swedish Albums Chart[22]	28
Swiss Albums Chart[23]	27
UK Albums Chart[24]	41
UK Indie Albums Chart[25]	3
US Independent Albums[26]	42

References

1. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
2. "Cut the World [Live] – Antony and the Johnsons". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
3. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
4. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". musicOMH. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
5. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". NME. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
6. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
9. Cut the World (CD liner notes). Antony and the Johnsons. Rough Trade Records. 2012. RTRADCD663.
10. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World" (in German). IFPI Austria. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
11. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
12. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
13. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World". IFPI Denmark. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
14. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
15. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
16. "Antony and the Johnsons, Cut The World" (in German). Media Control. charts.de. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
17. "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 9 August 2012". Irish Recorded Music Association. Chart-Track. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
18. "Top 10 Independent Artist Albums, Week Ending 9 August 2012". Irish Recorded Music Association. Chart-Track. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
19. "Artisti – Classifica settimanale dal 06/08/2012 al 12/08/2012" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
20. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World". Verdens Gang. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
21. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World". Productores de Música de España. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
22. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World". Swedish Recording Industry Association. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
23. "Antony and the Johnsons – Cut The World". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
24. "The Official Charts Company – Cut The World by Antony and the Johnsons Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
25. "2012 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
26. "Antony and the Johnsons Album & Song Chart History – Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 4 September 2012.