World Be Gone

World Be Gone is the 17th studio album by English synthpop duo Erasure. The album was released through Mute Records on 19 May 2017 in the UK, and 20 May 2017 in North America.[1] The album reached #6 on the UK Album charts.

World Be Gone
Studio album by
Erasure
Released19 May 2017
Recorded2016
GenreSynthpop
Length39:11
LabelMute
ProducerErasure, Matty Green
Erasure chronology
From Moscow to Mars
(2016)		 World Be Gone
(2017)		 The Neon
(2020)

Background

In February 2017, it was announced via the Erasure Information Service newsletter that a new album project had been launched on Pledgemusic.[2] The lead single received its UK radio premiere on 16 March on DJ Chris Evans' radio show following a conversation with singer Andy Bell.[3] 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.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.2/10[4]
Metacritic69/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The A.V. ClubB[7]
The Independent[8]
Magnet[9]
Mojo[9]
NewsdayA[10]
Q[9]
The Times[11]
Uncut[9]
The Washington Postfavorable[12]

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.[5]

Track listing

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
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 169
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 119
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[15] 30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 28
Irish Albums (IRMA)[17] 28
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19] 99
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 69
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 6
US Billboard 200[23] 137
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[24] 3

References
  1. "Erasure Announce Brand New Album 'World Be Gone' – Out 19th May 2017". Mute. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  2. "Erasure on Pledgemusic". 23 February 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. "Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2". 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. "Erasure: World Be Gone". AnyDecentMusic?. anydecentmusic.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  5. "Reviews for World Be Gone by Erasure". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  6. AllMusic Review by Marcy Donelson. "World Be Gone - Erasure | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  7. 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 2017-05-19.
  8. Andy Gill. "Album reviews: Radiophonic Workshop - Burials In Several Earths, Erasure - World Be Gone, Chastity Brown - Silhouette Of Sirens, and more". The Independent. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  9. "Reviews and Tracks for World Be Gone by Erasure". Metacritic. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  10. "'World Be Gone' review: Erasure's latest plays up Andy Bell vocals". Newsday. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  11. Will Hodgkinson. "Pop: Erasure: World Be Gone | Times2 | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  12. Gorondi, Pablo. "Review: Erasure slow down on moving, topical 'World Be Gone'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  13. "Ultratop.be – Erasure – World Be Gone" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  14. "Ultratop.be – Erasure – World Be Gone" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  15. "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 201721 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  16. "Offiziellecharts.de – Erasure – World Be Gone" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  17. "Irish Albums Chart: 26 May 2017". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  18. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  19. "Top 100 Albumes — Semana 21: del 19.05.2017 al 25.05.2017" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  20. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 26 May 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
  21. "Swisscharts.com – Erasure – World Be Gone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  22. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  23. "Erasure Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  24. "Erasure Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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