World Be Gone | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 19 May 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
Genre | Synth-pop | |||
Length | 39:11 | |||
Label | Mute | |||
Producer | Erasure | |||
Erasure chronology | ||||
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World Be Gone is the seventeenth studio album by English synth-pop duo Erasure, released by Mute Records on 19 May 2017 in the United Kingdom and on 20 May 2017 in North America. [1] The album reached number six on the UK Albums Chart, dropping out of the chart the next week. [2]
In February 2017, it was announced via the Erasure Information Service newsletter that a new album project had been launched on Pledgemusic. [3] The lead single[ which?] received its UK radio premiere on 16 March on DJ Chris Evans' radio show following a conversation with singer Andy Bell. [4] The album was made available on CD, black vinyl, orange vinyl and on cassette (with the latter including a download code). Thus World Be Gone was one of the few mainstream albums in the year 2017 to be made available as a CD, on vinyl and on cassette at the same time, very much like album releases in the late 80s and early 90s.[ citation needed]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 6.2/10 [5] |
Metacritic | 69/100 [6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
The A.V. Club | B [8] |
The Independent | [9] |
Magnet | [10] |
Mojo | [10] |
Newsday | A [11] |
Q | [10] |
The Times | [12] |
Uncut | [10] |
The Washington Post | Favourable [13] |
World Be Gone received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 69, based on 10 reviews. [6]
All tracks are written by Andy Bell and Vince Clarke
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Love You to the Sky" | 4:26 |
2. | "Be Careful What You Wish For!" | 3:21 |
3. | "World Be Gone" | 3:39 |
4. | "A Bitter Parting" | 3:13 |
5. | "Still It's Not Over" | 4:03 |
6. | "Take Me Out of Myself" | 4:34 |
7. | "Sweet Summer Loving" | 3:55 |
8. | "Oh What a World" | 4:15 |
9. | "Lousy Sum of Nothing" | 4:12 |
10. | "Just a Little Love" | 3:33 |
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( ARIA) [14] | 186 |
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Flanders) [15] | 169 |
Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Wallonia) [16] | 119 |
Czech Albums ( ČNS IFPI) [17] | 30 |
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [18] | 28 |
Irish Albums ( IRMA) [19] | 28 |
Scottish Albums ( OCC) [20] | 4 |
Spanish Albums ( PROMUSICAE) [21] | 99 |
Swedish Albums ( Sverigetopplistan) [22] | 15 |
Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [23] | 69 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [24] | 6 |
UK Independent Albums ( OCC) [25] | 1 |
US Billboard 200 [26] | 137 |
US Independent Albums ( Billboard) [27] | 7 |
US Top Alternative Albums ( Billboard) [28] | 22 |
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard) [29] | 3 |
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard) [30] | 31 |