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Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain
Studio album by Mono & World's End Girlfriend
Released	14 December 2005 (2005-12-14)
Length	74:40
Label	Human Highway Records
Producer	Mono World's End Girlfriend
Mono chronology
You Are There (2006) Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (2005) Memorie dal Futuro (2006)
World's End Girlfriend chronology
The Lie Lay Land (2005) Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (2005) Hurtbreak Wonderland (2007)

Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain is a collaborative studio album by Mono and World's End Girlfriend. It was originally released via Human Highway Records on 14 December 2005. In 2006, it was re-released via Temporary Residence Limited.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Brainwashed	favorable
Dusted Magazine	mixed
Exclaim!	favorable
The Japan Times	favorable
Stylus Magazine	A

Ian Mathers of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of "A", writing, "I'd say this is one of the finest 'imaginary soundtracks' ever released if I could just think of a film that wouldn't seem hideously overpowered by it."

Shawn Dspres of The Japan Times commented that "Although broken down into distinct parts, the seamless transition between tracks makes the album play out like one extended, breathtaking piece."

Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "puzzling, bewildering and utterly beautiful."

In February 2007, American webzine Somewhere Cold voted Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain No. 7 on their 2006 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Mono

• Takaakira "Taka" Goto – music
• Yoda – music
• Tamaki – music
• Yasunori Takada – music

World's End Girlfriend

• Katsuhiko Maeda – music, recording, mixing

Additional musicians

• Mujika Easel – chorus vocals
• Takafumi Ishikawa – saxophone
• Kazumasa Hashimoto – piano
• Seigen Tokuzawa – cello
• Kaoru Hagiwara – viola
• Mikiko Ise – violin
• Mio Okamura – violin

Technical

• Seiji Ueki – recording
• Gondo Tomohiko – recording
• Yuuki Mizutani – recording
• Tetsuya Yamamoto – recording
• John Golden – mastering
• Chieko Akasaka – design
• Jeremy DeVine – design
• Chie Tatsumi – photography

References

1. "palmless prayer/mass murder refrain | MONO". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
2. "Mono". Temporary Residence Limited. Archived from the original on 17 November 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
3. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain - Mono, World's End Girlfriend". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
4. Kealy, John (17 September 2006). "Mono & World's End Girlfriend, "Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain"". Brainwashed. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
5. Becker, Daniel Levin (1 October 2006). "Mono & World's End Girlfriend - Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
6. Whibbs, Chris (1 October 2006). "Mono & World's End Girlfriend Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
7. ^ Despres, Shawn (6 January 2006). "Mono/World's End Girlfriend: "Palmless Prayer/ Mass Murder Refrain"". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
8. ^ Mathers, Ian (1 November 2006). "MONO & world's end girlfriend - Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
9. Lamoreaux, Jason T. (7 February 2007). "2006 Somewhere Cold Awards". Somewhere Cold. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

External links

• Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain at Discogs (list of releases)

• 2005 collaborative albums
• Mono (Japanese band) albums
• World's End Girlfriend albums
• Temporary Residence Limited albums