What the World Needs Now... explained
| What the World Needs Now... |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Public Image Ltd |
| Cover: | PIL What the World Needs Now..jpg |
| Released: | 4 September 2015[1] |
| Studio: | Wincraft Studios, England[2] |
| Genre: | Post-punk |
| Length: | 55:07 |
| Label: | PiL Official Ltd |
| Prev Title: | This Is PiL |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | End of World |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
What the World Needs Now... is the tenth studio album by British rock band Public Image Ltd. It was released on September 4, 2015.
Reception
What the World Needs Now... received mostly favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72 based on 17 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Personnel
Personnel adapted from What the World Needs Now liner notes.[3]
- Public Image Ltd.
- John Lydon – vocals, production, cover art
- Lu Edmonds – guitar, saz, piano, cümbüs, production
- Scott Firth – bass guitar, keyboards, strings, percussion, production
- Bruce Smith – drums, percussion, programming, production
- Other personnel
- John "Rambo" Stevens – production, layout
- James Towler – production, engineering, mixing
- Tom Colwill – assistant engineering
- John Dent – mastering
- Tomohiro Noritsume – booklet photography
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Soto . Alfred . Public Image Ltd. Announce New Album, Tour . SPIN . 18 May 2015. 2015-07-22.
- Web site: Kreps . Daniel . Public Image Ltd. Ready New LP 'What the World Needs Now...' . Rolling Stone . 2015-05-18 . 2015-07-22.
- Web site: PiL – What the World Needs Now... (2015, Digipak, CD). Discogs.
