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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.[1] In 2006, it was re-released via Temporary Residence Limited.[2]

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)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Brainwashed	favorable[4]
Dusted Magazine	mixed[5]
Exclaim!	favorable[6]
The Japan Times	favorable[7]
Stylus Magazine	A[8]

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."[8]

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."[7]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "puzzling, bewildering and utterly beautiful."[3]

In February 2007, American webzine Somewhere Cold voted Palmless Paryaer / Mass Murder Refrain No. 7 on their 2006 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame.[9]

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

External links

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

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