| World of Wonders | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Bruce Cockburn |
| Cover: | World_of_wonders_album_cover.jpg |
| Released: | 1986 |
| Recorded: | October–November 1985 |
| Genre: | Folk, pop |
| Length: | 43:30 |
| Label: | True North |
| Producer: | Jon Goldsmith, Kerry Crawford |
| Prev Title: | Stealing Fire |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Big Circumstance |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
World of Wonders is the fifteenth full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1986 by True North Records. A video for "Call it Democracy" was produced, and received a moderate amount of airplay on MTV.
In a retrospective review, Allmusic critic Brett Hartenbach wrote the album, "Whereas that record's best moments centered around his time in Central America, World of Wonders takes you across the globe, through Berlin, Chile, parts of the Caribbean, and North America. Along the way, Cockburn, who has always been intrigued by life's contradictions, is both "dazzled... at this world of wonders" and troubled, "...when life isn't so sweet." Bruce Cockburn is a complex artist writing about complex times, and World of Wonders does a good job of capturing that."
All songs written by Bruce Cockburn.
Production