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World Be Gone
Studio album by
Erasure
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
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[7]
The A.V. ClubB[8]
The IndependentStarStarStar[9]
MagnetStarStarStar[10]
MojoStarStarStarStar[10]
NewsdayA[11]
QStarStarStar[10]
The TimesStarStarStar[12]
UncutStarStarStar[10]
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 (Official Charts)[20]4
Spanish Albums (Promusicae)[21]99
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22]15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23]69
UK Albums (Official Charts)[24]6
UK Independent Albums (Official Charts)[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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  1. ↑ "Erasure Announce Brand New Album 'World Be Gone' – Out 19th May 2017". Mute. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "'World Be Gone' – UK charts". ukchart. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Erasure on Pledgemusic". 23 February 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2". 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Erasure: World Be Gone". AnyDecentMusic?. anydecentmusic.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Reviews for World Be Gone by Erasure". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Marcy Donelson. "World Be Gone - Erasure | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Chavez, Danette (19 May 2017). "Wavves, Land Of Talk, (Sandy) Alex G, and more in this week's music reviews · Music Review · The A.V. Club". Avclub.com. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Andy Gill (17 May 2017). "Album reviews: Radiophonic Workshop - Burials In Several Earths, Erasure - World Be Gone, Chastity Brown - Silhouette Of Sirens, and more". The Independent. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Reviews and Tracks for World Be Gone by Erasure". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "'World Be Gone' review: Erasure's latest plays up Andy Bell vocals". Newsday. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  12. ↑ Will Hodgkinson. "Pop: Erasure: World Be Gone | Times2 | The Times & The Sunday Times". The Times. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  13. ↑ Gorondi, Pablo. "Review: Erasure slow down on moving, topical 'World Be Gone'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: Erasure chart history, received 26 October 2018". Retrieved 5 January 2022 – via Imgur.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Erasure – World Be Gone" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Erasure – World Be Gone" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "ČNS IFPI – CZ Albums – Top 100 – 21. týden 2017" (in Czech). ČNS IFPI. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Erasure – World Be Gone" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  19. ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Erasure". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 26/5/2017 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  21. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Erasure – World Be Gone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  22. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Erasure – World Be Gone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Erasure – World Be Gone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  24. ↑ "Official Albums Chart on 26/5/2017 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  25. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart on 26/5/2017 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  26. ↑ "Erasure Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  27. ↑ "Erasure Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  28. ↑ "Erasure Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  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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