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Peter and Gordon (titled A World Without Love in North America) is the debut album by English music duo Peter and Gordon,released on 5 June 1964. [a]
"A World Without Love" was composed sometime around 1963,when its songwriter Paul McCartney moved in with his then-girlfriend Jane Asher,who was sharing a room with her brother Peter. [4]
Peter and Gordon was released on 5 June 1964 in the United Kingdom by Columbia Records. The record's only single,"A World Without Love" was released on 28 February 1964 and became a worldwide hit. [5] The album was reissued in 1999 on compact disc in stereo alongside the already existing mono mix. [6]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic (Peter and Gordon) |    [6] |
| AllMusic (A World Without Love) | [7] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Both versions) | [8] |
Reviewing the U.K. release,critic Bruce Eder states it is "not bad",noting that "nothing here is distinguishable from work by the Merseybeats,the Roulettes,or a dozen other groups of the period or,indeed,is as distinctive as the best work of either of those bands",stating that the songs the duo are best on are the folk tracks. [6] Reviewing the North American release,a writer of Cash Box wrote the duo "display an easy-listening teen-folk delivery with broad appeal,and have a real feeling for the American folk idiom". [9]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Lucille" |
| 2:11 |
| 2. | "Five Hundred Miles" | Hedy West | 3:18 |
| 3. | "If I Were You" | 2:32 | |
| 4. | "Pretty Mary" |
| 2:19 |
| 5. | "Trouble in Mind" | Richard M. Jones | 2:22 |
| 6. | "A World Without Love" | Lennon–McCartney | 2:44 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tell Me How" | 2:21 | |
| 2. | "You Don't Have to Tell Me" | Asher–Waller | 2:39 |
| 3. | "Leave My Woman Alone" | Ray Charles | 1:56 |
| 4. | "All My Trials" | Traditional, arranged by Asher–Waller | 2:35 |
| 5. | "Last Night I Woke" | Asher–Waller | 2:48 |
| 6. | "Long Time Gone" | Traditional, arranged by Asher–Waller | 3:27 |
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| Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums (OCC) [10] | 18 |
| US Billboard Top LPs [11] | 21 |
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)Peter and Gordon at Discogs (list of releases)