World Be Gone
2017 studio album by Erasure
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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]
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| Released | 19 May 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop | |||
| Length | 39:11 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
| Producer | Erasure | |||
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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
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 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 |
Charts
| 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 |