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2018 studio album by the Body
I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer.
Studio album by the Body
ReleasedMay 11, 2018 (2018-05-11)
Recorded2017
StudioMachines with Magnets
GenreNoise, power electronics
Length49:35
LabelThrill Jockey
ProducerSeth Manchester, Keith Souza
The Body chronology
A Home on Earth
(2017) 		I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer.
(2018) 		Mental Wounds Not Healing
(2018)

I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer. is the sixth full-length studio album by the American experimental metal band the Body. The album was released on May 11, 2018, through Thrill Jockey. The band have described the album as their most ambitious to date, featuring samples of their own past recordings. The album's title is an excerpt from Virginia Woolf's suicide letter.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year76/100
Metacritic75/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The A.V. ClubB+
Consequence of SoundB
Drowned in Sound8/10
The Line of Best Fit7/10
Loud and Quiet7/10
Louder Sound
Metal Injection8/10
Pitchfork7.8/10.0
Rolling Stone

I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 9 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 12 reviews.

Pitchfork included I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer. on its list of 2018's best metal albums.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Last Form of Loving"3:34
2."Can Carry No Weight"4:30
3."Partly Alive"4:22
4."The West Has Failed"3:38
5."Nothing Stirs"5:55
6."Off Script"5:28
7."An Urn"4:03
8."Blessed, Alone"3:58
9."Sickly Heart of Sand"5:35
10."Ten Times a Day, Every Day, a Stranger"8:32
Total length:49:35

Personnel

I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer. credits adapted from AllMusic.

The Body
  • Lee Buford
  • Chip King
Additional musicians
  • Michael Berdan (Uniform) – vocals
  • Ben Eberle (Sandworm) – vocals
  • Laura Gulley (Amoebic Ensemble) – viola, violin
  • Kristin Hayter (Lingua Ignota) – piano, vocals
  • Jim Manchester – vocals
  • Seth Manchester – drums, programming
  • Ryan Seaton – saxophone
  • Keith Souza – drums, keyboards
  • Chrissy Wolpert (Assembly of Light Choir) – piano, vocals
Production
  • Seth Manchester – engineering, production
  • Keith Souza – engineering, production
  • Paco Barba – layout
  • Richard Rankin – artwork, photography

References

  1. ^ Kliebhan, TJ (May 7, 2018). "Album Review: The Body Tread New Ground on I Have Fought Against It…". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  2. Smart, Dan (February 13, 2018). "The Body just can't fight the excitement any longer: announce new album, share terrifying first single 'Nothing Stirs'". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Dowd, A.A. (May 11, 2018). "The Body, I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  4. ^ McCaffrey, Conor (May 9, 2018). "Album Review: The Body - I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer.". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  6. ^ "I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer. by The Body Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Simpson, Paul. "I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer. - The Body". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  8. Mashurov, NM (May 15, 2018). "The Body: I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer. Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  9. Grow, Kory (May 14, 2018). "Review: The Body's 'I Have Fought Against It' Is Powerful, Uniquely Confounding". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  10. Lilly, Evan (April 29, 2018). "The Body run roughshod on I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer.". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  11. Jenkins, Dafydd (May 10, 2018). "The Body - I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  12. Cook, Toby (May 11, 2018). "The Body - I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer album review". Louder Sound. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  13. Pementel, Michael (May 9, 2018). "Album Review: The Body I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer". Metal Injection. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  14. Currin, Grayson Haver (December 19, 2018). "The Best Metal Albums of 2018". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 27, 2019.

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