The World Won't End

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The World Won't End | type = studio | artist = Pernice Brothers | cover = Pernice Brothers The World Won't End.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = June 19, 2001 | recorded = October 2000 | venue = | studio = | genre = Indie rock | length = 40:05 | label = Ashmont | producer = {{hlist|Thom Monahan|Joe Pernice}} | prev_title = Overcome by Happiness | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = Yours, Mine & Ours | next_year = 2003 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-world-wont-end-mw0000590195 |title=The World Won't End – The Pernice Brothers |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=April 28, 2016 |last=Kellman |first=Andy}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' | rev2Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pernice Brothers: The World Won't End |journal=Alternative Press |issue=159 |date=October 2001 |page=92}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3Score = A−<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2001/07/20/world-wont-end |title=The World Won't End |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 20, 2001 |accessdate=April 28, 2016 |last=Raftery |first=Brian M. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006195100/https://ew.com/article/2001/07/20/world-wont-end/ |archivedate=October 6, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Guardian'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/jun/08/shopping.artsfeatures1 |title=Pernice Brothers: The World Won't End (Southpaw Recordings) |work=The Guardian |date=June 8, 2001 |accessdate=April 28, 2016 |last=Clarke |first=Betty}}</ref> | rev5 = ''NME'' | rev5Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/5176 |title=Pernice Brothers : World won't end, The |journal=NME |accessdate=April 28, 2016 |last=Naylor |first=Tony |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507231513/http://www.nme.com/reviews/5176 |archivedate=May 7, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev6Score = 7.2/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6238-the-world-wont-end/ |title=Pernice Brothers: The World Won't End |work=Pitchfork |date=June 19, 2001 |accessdate=April 28, 2016 |last=Tangari |first=Joe}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Q'' | rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pernice Brothers: The World Won't End |journal=Q |issue=179 |date=August 2001 |page=140}}</ref> | rev8 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Pernice Brothers |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/629 629] }}</ref> | rev9 = ''Spin'' | rev9Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f4iBwoaNrbcC&pg=PT14 |title=Pernice Brothers, 'The World Won't End' (Ashmont) |journal=Spin |volume=17 |issue=8 |date=August 2001 |accessdate=April 28, 2016 |last=Haslett |first=Tim |page=132}}</ref> | rev10 = ''The Village Voice'' | rev10Score = B+<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv901-01.php |title=Consumer Guide: Minstrels All |work=The Village Voice |date=September 18, 2001 |accessdate=April 28, 2016 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref> | noprose = yes }} '''''The World Won't End''''' is the second studio album by American indie rock band Pernice Brothers. It was released by Ashmont Records on June 19, 2001. It peaked at number 26 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.<ref name=officialcharts/>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Joe Pernice | title1 = Working Girls (Sunlight Shines) | length1 = 3:20 | title2 = 7:30 | length2 = 3:03 | title3 = Our Time Has Passed | length3 = 3:53 | title4 = She Heightened Everything | length4 = 2:38 | title5 = Bryte Side | length5 = 3:11 | title6 = Let That Show | length6 = 3:44 | title7 = Shaken Baby | length7 = 4:06 | title8 = Flaming Wreck | length8 = 5:34 | title9 = The Ballad of Bjorn Borg | length9 = 3:38 | title10 = Endless Supply | length10 = 3:51 | title11 = Cronulla Breakdown | length11 = 3:07 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks | title12 = Up The Down Escalator | length12 = 3:59 | title13 = Our Time Has Passed (4 Track Version) | length13 = 4:25 }}

==Personnel== Credits adapted from liner notes.

'''Pernice Brothers''' * Joe Pernice – vocals, guitar, bass guitar * Thom Monahan – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drum programming * Mike Belitsky – drums, percussion * Laura Stein – vocals, piano, keyboards * Peyton Pinkerton – vocals, guitar, percussion * Bob Pernice – vocals, guitar

'''Additional musicians''' * Jeremy Smith – percussion * Mike Daly – guitar, pedal steel guitar, baritone guitar, mandocello * Jeffrey Underhill – guitar * Joe Harvard – guitar * Ann Viebig – vocals * Jane Scarpantoni – cello * Antoine Silverman – violin * Lorenza Ponce – violin * David Gold – viola

'''Technical personnel''' * Thom Monahan – production, recording, engineering, mixing * Joe Pernice – production * Joe Harvard – additional engineering * José Ayerve – additional engineering * Mark Allan Miller – mixing * Jeff Lipton – mastering * David Trenholm – string arrangement * Laura Stein – design * Adam Woolfit – cover photography * Norm Demoura – band photography

==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1" !scope="col"| Chart (2001) !scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{Album chart|UKIndependent|26|date=20010617|accessdate=March 31, 2018|refname="officialcharts"|rowheader=true}} |}

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==External links== * {{Discogs master|60609|The World Won't End}} * {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=41ac2b0d-4159-314f-8cdf-3722fc46f71b|name=The World Won't End}}

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