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Cut the World
Live album by Antony and the Johnsons
Released	7 August 2012 (2012-08-07)
Recorded	2–3 September 2011
Venue	Koncerthuset (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Length	60:42
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.

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

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Drowned in Sound	8/10
musicOMH
NME	8/10
Pitchfork Media	8.1/10

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

All tracks are written by Anohni

• 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 ideas in a speech 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

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

Additional

Charts

References

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• 2012 live albums
• Anohni and the Johnsons live albums
• Rough Trade Records live albums
• Secretly Canadian live albums