World Be Gone

World Be Gone
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
AnyDecentMusic?	6.2/10 [5]
Metacritic	69/100 [6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The A.V. Club	B [8]
The Independent	[9]
Magnet	[10]
Mojo	[10]
Newsday	A [11]
Q	[10]
The Times	[12]
Uncut	[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 tracks are written 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 Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [29]	3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [30]	31

References

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8. Chavez, Danette. "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. "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.
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