World Be Gone

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World Be Gone
File:Erasure World Be Gone 2017 Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by Erasure
Released 19 May 2017
Recorded 2016
Genre Synth-pop
Length 39:11
Label Mute
Producer Erasure
Erasure chronology
From Moscow to Mars
(2016)		 World Be Gone
(2017)		 The Neon
(2020)

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

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

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 69/100[6]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[7]
The A.V. Club B[8]
The Independent 3/5 stars[9]
Magnet 3/5 stars[10]
Mojo 4/5 stars[10]
Newsday A[11]
Q 3/5 stars[10]
The Times 3/5 stars[12]
Uncut 3/5 stars[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]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Andy Bell and Vince Clarke. 

No. Title Length
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

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 Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[29] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[30] 31

References

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  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Erasure – World Be Gone" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Erasure – World Be Gone" (in French). Hung Medien.
  17. ↑ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 201721 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data.
  18. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Erasure – World Be Gone" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  19. ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Erasure – {{{album}}}". Hung Medien.
  20. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  21. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Erasure – World Be Gone". Hung Medien.
  22. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Erasure – World Be Gone". Hung Medien.
  23. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Erasure – World Be Gone". Hung Medien.
  24. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  25. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
  26. ↑ "Erasure – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Erasure.
  27. ↑ "Erasure – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Erasure.
  28. ↑ "Erasure – Chart history" Billboard Top Alternative Albums for Erasure.
  29. ↑ "Erasure – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Erasure.
  30. ↑ "Erasure – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Erasure.
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