World Be Gone

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World Be Gone
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Studio album by
Released19 May 2017
Recorded2016
GenreSynth-pop
Length39:11
LabelMute
ProducerErasure
Erasure chronology
From Moscow to Mars
(2016)
World Be Gone
(2017)
The Neon
(2020)
Singles from World Be Gone
  1. "Love You to the Sky"
    Released: 2 June 2017
  2. "World Be Gone"
    Released: 28 July 2017
  3. "Just a Little Love"
    Released: 6 October 2017

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]

Background

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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]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.2/10[5]
Metacritic69/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
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The A.V. ClubB[8]
The IndependentStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[9]
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MojoStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[10]
NewsdayA[11]
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The Washington PostFavourable[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]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Andy Bell and Vince Clarke.

No.TitleLength
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

Charts

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Chart performance for World Be Gone
Chart (2017) Peak
position
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 Albums (Billboard)[29] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[30] 31

References

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  29. ^ "Erasure Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  30. ^ "Erasure Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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