World Be Gone Explained

World Be Gone
Type:studio
Artist:Erasure
Cover:Erasure World Be Gone 2017 Album Cover.jpg
Released:19 May 2017
Recorded:2016
Genre:Synth-pop
Length:39:11
Label:Mute
Producer:Erasure
Prev Title:From Moscow to Mars
Prev Year:2016
Next Title:The Neon
Next Year: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 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.

Critical reception

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.

Charts

Chart (2017)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 186

Notes and References

  1. News: Erasure Announce Brand New Album 'World Be Gone' – Out 19th May 2017. Mute. 2017-03-16.
  2. News: 'World Be Gone' – UK charts. ukchart. 2017-03-16.
  3. Web site: Erasure on Pledgemusic. 23 February 2017. 16 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2. 16 March 2017. 16 March 2017.
  5. Web site: Response from ARIA re: Erasure chart history, received 26 October 2018. 5 January 2022. Imgur.