''And Nothing Hurt'' is the eighth studio album by

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. The album was released on 7 September 2018 through

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in the United States and

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in the United Kingdom, and is the band's first album in six years since 2012's '' Sweet Heart Sweet Light''. The album was announced on 11 June 2018, along with the release of the album's first singles, "I'm Your Man" and "A Perfect Miracle". The album was produced by Jason Pierce. '' Everything Was Beautiful'', the band's ninth studio album released in 2022, is intended to be a companion piece to ''And Nothing Hurt'' and was created from the same demo sessions as that album. When both album titles are combined, they form the quote "Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt", taken from the 1969 novel ''

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'' by

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Track listing

Personnel

Musicians * Jason Pierce – Fender Thinline, Fender Jazzmaster, Gibson L-00, Fender Bass VI, Burns Sonic Bass, Gibson Firebird III,

Farfisa Farfisa () is a manufacturer of electronics based in Osimo, Italy, founded in 1946. The company manufactured a series of compact electronic organs in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Compact, FAST, Professional and VIP ranges, and later, a se ...

, Vox Continental, Juno-60, Radioshack 100, harmonica, glockenspiel * Tony Foster – Gibson Black Beauty, Fender Jazzmaster, harmonica,

Rickenbacker Rickenbacker International Corporation is a string instrument manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California. Rickenbacker is the first known maker of electric guitars, with a steel guitar in 1932, and produces a range of electric guitars and bass ...

lap steel The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar or lap slide guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of play ...

, Epiphone Batwing * James Stelfox –

Fender Precision Bass The Fender Precision Bass (or "P-Bass") is a model of bass guitar, electric bass guitar manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. In its standard, post-1957 configuration, the Precision Bass is a solid body, four-stringed instrument ...

Fender Jazz Bass The Fender Jazz Bass (often shortened to "J-Bass") is the second model of Bass guitar, electric bass guitar created by Leo Fender. It is distinct from the Fender Precision Bass, Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midra ...

, Burns Sonic Bass, Fender Bass VI * Tom Edwards – percussion, timpani, vibraphone, glockenspiel * Lee Horsley – Hammond, piano, Vox Continental,

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...

, Farfisa Compact * Dave Richmond – orchestral bass, Burns Bison Bass * Scott Baylis –

Roland Juno-106 The Roland Juno-106 is a synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in February 1984. Features The Juno-106 is a polyphonic synthesizer with six voices. It is an analog synthesizer but with digitally controlled oscillators and chorus effects. ...

, Roland SH-01, Roland JU-06, Roli Seaboard * Jonny Aitken – drums * John Coxon – Gibson Firebird * Alan Wilkinson – saxophones * Kevin Brown – saxophones * Kevin Cunningham – trumpet * Stuart Haugh – trombone * Jim Walker – violin * Daniel Thomas – singing * Lena Wright – singing * Wendi Rose – singing * Travis Cole – singing * Alex Lamey – strings and horns * Adam Langston – strings and horns Technical personnel * J. Spaceman – production, mixing, further production and mixing * Darren Lawson – mixing * Guy Massey – recording engineering * Tom Leach – recording engineering, assistant engineering * Misha Hering – recording engineering * Aaron Cupples – recording engineering * Iggy B – recording engineering * David Stanley – recording engineering * Shuta Shinoda – recording engineering * Darren Lawson – recording engineering * Oli Bayston – recording engineering * Emre Ramazanoglu – recording engineering * Armelle Pignon – assistant engineering * Ben McCluskey – assistant engineering * Josh Green – assistant engineering * Max Prior – assistant engineering * Tom Leach – assistant engineering * Noel Summerville – mastering engineering *

Steve Mackey Stephen Patrick Mackey (10 November 1966 – 2 March 2023) was an English musician and record producer best known as the bass guitarist for the Britpop band Pulp, which he joined in 1989. As a record producer, he produced songs and albums by ...

– further production and mixing Artwork * Juliette Larthe – photography * Christina Dunlap – photography * Travis Waddell – photography * John Coxon – photography * Rich Good – photography * Farrow – design and art direction * Spaceman – design and art direction

Charts

References

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