# Painless (album)

Painless is the second album by English singer Nilüfer Yanya. It was released on 4 March 2022 on ATO Records.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The A.V. Club | A− |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| The Independent | |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8/10 |
| NME | |
| Pitchfork | 8.4/10 |
| The Telegraph | |
| Uncut | 8/10 |
Painless was met with widespread acclaim reviews from critics. Laura Snapes of Pitchfork opined that "Painless excels at a kind of subtle disclosure, relying less on power than it does texture and immaculately sparing detail." Chris Taylor of Line of Best Fit wrote, "crunchy, ethereal, and odd in its harsh beauty, Painless is a record of contradictions that Yanya spectacularly weaves together." In a five-star review The Telegraph proclaimed that the album "should rubber stamp Nilüfer Yanya as a generational star".
| Publication | List | Rank |
| A.V. Club | The 25 Best Albums of 2022 | N/A |
| BrooklynVegan | Top 50 Albums of 2022 | 3 |
| BrooklynVegan | Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2022 | 5 |
| Crack | Best Albums of 2022 | 40 |
| Esquire | The 25 Best Albums of 2022 | N/A |
| Exclaim! | Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 21 |
| The Forty-Five | Albums of the year 2022 | 26 |
| The Independent | The 10 Best Indie Albums of 2022 | 2 |
| Gigwise | Gigewise's 51 Best Albums of 2022 | 15 |
| Gorilla Vs. Bear | Gorilla Vs Bear's Albums of 2022 | 12 |
| NPR | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 30 |
| ourculture | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 18 |
| Paste | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 36 |
| Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 16 |
| The Ringer | The 33 Best Albums of 2022 | 32 |
| Slant Magazine | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 11 |
| Treble | The 50 Best Albums of 2022 | 15 |
| Under the Radar | The 100 Best Albums of 2022 | 6 |
| Uproxx | The Best Indie Albums of 2022 | N/A |

## Personnel

Musicians
* Nilüfer Yanya – lead vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (tracks 2, 9), guitars (10–12)
* Will Archer – electric guitar (tracks 1, 3–7, 9), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 8), bass guitar (1, 4, 5, 8), piano (3), backing vocals (5, 8)
* Ellis Dupuy – drums (tracks 1, 4, 6, 10, 11)
* Ben Reed – bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 12)
* Dom Pusey – clarinet (track 3)
* Jazzi Bobbi – vocals (track 10)
Technical
* Matt Colton – mastering (tracks 1–12, 18)
* Kevin Tuffy – mastering (tracks 13–17)
* Nathan Boddy – mixing (tracks 1–12)
* Will Archer – mixing (tracks 13–16), engineering (1, 3–8), additional engineering (9)
* Tom A.D. Fuller – mixing (track 18)
* Bullion – engineering (tracks 2, 12)
* Joe Dworniak – engineering (track 9), additional engineering (1, 3–8, 11)
* Jazzi Bobbi – engineering (track 10)
* Andrew Sarlo – engineering (track 11)
* Oli Barton Wood – engineering (tracks 13–15)
* Lilian Nuthall – mixing assistance
* Andy Ramsay – additional engineering (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 11)
* Dom Kirtley – additional engineering (10)
* M T Hadley – additional vocal engineering (11)
Visuals
* Molly Daniel – photography
* Nilüfer Yanya – photography, album artwork design
* Elif Yanya – paintings
* Lauren Harewood – additional font design

## Charts

Chart performance for Painless :
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) | 33 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 86 |