What the World Needs Now...

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What the World Needs Now...
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Studio album by
Public Image Ltd
Released4 September 2015[1]
StudioWincraft Studios, England[2]
GenrePost-punk
Length55:07
LabelPiL Official Ltd
Public Image Ltd chronology
This Is PiL
(2012) 		What the World Needs Now...
(2015) 		End of World
(2023)

What the World Needs Now... is the tenth studio album by British rock band Public Image Ltd. It was released on September 4, 2015.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[4]
Classic RockStarStarStarStar[5]
Drowned in Sound4/10[6]
MojoStarStarStarStar[7]
NME7/10[8]
The ObserverStarStarStarStar[9]
Pitchfork6.8/10[10]
QStarStarStarStar[11]
Spin7/10[12]
Uncut7/10[13]

What the World Needs Now... received mostly favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72 based on 17 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Double Trouble"3:52
2."Know Now"2:45
3."Bettie Page"3:21
4."C'est la Vie"6:08
5."Spice of Choice"5:43
6."The One"3:42
7."Big Blue Sky"8:14
8."Whole Life Time"3:46
9."I'm Not Satisfied"5:43
10."Corporate"5:23
11."Shoom"6:30

Personnel

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Personnel adapted from What the World Needs Now liner notes.[14]

Public Image Ltd.
  • John Lydon – vocals, production, cover art
  • Lu Edmonds – guitar, saz, piano, cümbüs, production
  • Scott Firth – bass guitar, keyboards, strings, percussion, production
  • Bruce Smith – drums, percussion, programming, production
Other personnel
  • John "Rambo" Stevens – production, layout
  • James Towler – production, engineering, mixing
  • Tom Colwill – assistant engineering
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Tomohiro Noritsume – booklet photography

Charts

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Chart (2015) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 192
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 104
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] 23
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 29
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[19] 3

References

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  13. ^ Uncut magazine. October 2015, p.81
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  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Public Image Limited – What The World Needs Now..." (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Public Image Limited – What The World Needs Now..." (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  17. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  18. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  19. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
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