World's on Fire (album)

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World's on Fire
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Live album by
Released23 May 2011
Recorded24 July 2010, National Bowl, Milton Keynes
Length65:33
Label
Producer
The Prodigy chronology
Invaders Must Die
(2009)
World's on Fire
(2011)
The Day Is My Enemy
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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BBC (positive) [2]

World's on Fire is the first live album and second DVD by English electronic dance music band the Prodigy, released on 11 May 2011. [3]

Contents

In October 2011, it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA), which indicated sales in excess of 75,000 copies throughout Europe. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:32
2."Breathe"5:02
3."Omen"3:48
4."Colours"4:06
5."Thunder"2:51
6."Warrior's Dance"4:56
7."Firestarter"4:39
8."Run with the Wolves"4:23
9."Weather Experience"3:57
10."Voodoo People"3:45
11."Omen (Reprise)"1:21
12."Invaders Must Die"3:45
13."Smack My Bitch Up"5:04
14."Take Me to the Hospital"4:08
15."Everybody in the Place"3:16
16."Their Law"5:28
17."Out of Space"4:32

DVD and Blu-ray bonus content

  1. "Run (Brixton, London)"
  2. "Spitfire / Mescaline (Brazil)"
  3. "Breathe (Slane Castle, Ireland)"
  4. "Poison (Glastonbury, England)"
  5. "Warning (T in the Park , Scotland)"
  6. "Japanese film"
  7. "Voodoo (Bestival and Paris, France)"
  8. "USA film"
  9. "UK arena tour film"
  10. "Smack My Bitch Up (Isle of Wight to Download, England)" (video)

Personnel

The Prodigy

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 29
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 39
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 15
Irish Albums (IRMA) [9] 28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 25
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 5
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [12] 1
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [13] 15

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