I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer.

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 Body described I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer. as their most ambitious album today, which features samples of their own past recordings.[5]

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
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)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork7.8/10.0[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Pitchfork included I Have Fought Against It, but I Can't Any Longer. on its list of 2018's best metal albums.[6]

Critical reception

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.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 12 reviews.[7]

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.[2]

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
Artwork
  • Paco Barba – layout
  • Richard Rankin – artwork, photography

References
  1. "I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer. by The Body Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. Simpson, Paul. "I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer. - The Body". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Currin, Grayson Haver (December 19, 2018). "The Best Metal Albums of 2018". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  7. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
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