{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = World Be Gone | type = studio | artist = Erasure | cover = Erasure World Be Gone 2017 Album Cover.jpg | alt = | released = 19 May 2017 | recorded = 2016 | studio = | 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 | misc = {{Singles | name = World Be Gone | type = studio | single1 = Love You to the Sky | single1date = 2 June 2017 | single2 = World Be Gone | single2date = 28 July 2017 | single3 = Just a Little Love | single3date = 6 October 2017 }} }}
'''''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.<ref name="Mute">{{Cite news|url=http://mute.com/mute/announce-brand-new-album-world-be-gone-out-19th-may-2017|work=Mute|title=Erasure Announce Brand New Album 'World Be Gone' – Out 19th May 2017|access-date=2017-03-16}}</ref> The album reached number six on the UK Albums Chart, dropping out of the chart the next week.<ref name="ukchart">{{Cite news|url= https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/world-be-gone/|work=ukchart|title='World Be Gone' – UK charts|access-date=2017-03-16}}</ref>
==Background== In February 2017, it was announced via the Erasure Information Service newsletter that a new album project had been launched on Pledgemusic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/erasure-world-be-gone|title=Erasure on Pledgemusic|date=23 February 2017|access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref> The lead single{{which|date=July 2023}} received its UK radio premiere on 16 March on DJ Chris Evans' radio show following a conversation with singer Andy Bell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08hcgdr?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_radio_2&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=radio_and_music|title=Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2|date=16 March 2017|access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref> 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|date=April 2022}}
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | ADM = 6.2/10<ref>{{cite web |title=Erasure: World Be Gone|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8700/Erasure-World-Be-Gone.aspx|website=AnyDecentMusic? |publisher=anydecentmusic.com |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> | MC = 69/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/world-be-gone/erasure/critic-reviews|title=Reviews for World Be Gone by Erasure|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=14 July 2017}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Marcy Donelson |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/world-be-gone-mw0003028270 |title=World Be Gone - Erasure | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The A.V. Club'' | rev2score = B<ref>{{cite web|last=Chavez |first=Danette |url=http://www.avclub.com/live/wavves-land-talk-sandy-alex-g-and-more-weeks-music-255366/entry/778 |title=Wavves, Land Of Talk, (Sandy) Alex G, and more in this week's music reviews · Music Review · The A.V. Club |date=19 May 2017 |publisher=Avclub.com |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Independent'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Andy Gill |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-radiophonic-workshop-burials-in-several-earths-erasure-world-be-gone-chastity-brown-a7741361.html |title=Album reviews: Radiophonic Workshop - Burials In Several Earths, Erasure - World Be Gone, Chastity Brown - Silhouette Of Sirens, and more |work=The Independent |date=17 May 2017 |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Magnet'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="metacritic1">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/world-be-gone/erasure |title=Reviews and Tracks for World Be Gone by Erasure |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Mojo'' | rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="metacritic1"/> | rev6 = ''Newsday'' | rev6score = A<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/world-be-gone-review-erasure-s-latest-plays-up-andy-bell-vocals-1.13643527 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518195742/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/world-be-gone-review-erasure-s-latest-plays-up-andy-bell-vocals-1.13643527 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 May 2017 |title='World Be Gone' review: Erasure's latest plays up Andy Bell vocals |publisher=Newsday |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Q'' | rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="metacritic1"/> | rev8 = ''The Times'' | rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Will Hodgkinson |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/pop-erasure-world-be-gone-q6x5xkp8f |title=Pop: Erasure: World Be Gone | Times2 | The Times & The Sunday Times |publisher=The Times |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Uncut'' | rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="metacritic1"/> | rev10 = ''The Washington Post'' | rev10score = Favourable<ref>{{cite news|last=Gorondi |first=Pablo |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/review-erasure-slow-down-on-moving-topical-world-be-gone/2017/05/15/dc9c6944-398e-11e7-a59b-26e0451a96fd_story.html |title=Review: Erasure slow down on moving, topical 'World Be Gone' |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2017-05-19}}</ref> }} ''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.<ref name="MC"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Andy Bell and Vince Clarke | title1 = Love You to the Sky | length1 = 4:26 | title2 = Be Careful What You Wish For! | length2 = 3:21 | title3 = World Be Gone | length3 = 3:39 | title4 = A Bitter Parting | length4 = 3:13 | title5 = Still It's Not Over | length5 = 4:03 | title6 = Take Me Out of Myself | length6 = 4:34 | title7 = Sweet Summer Loving | length7 = 3:55 | title8 = Oh What a World | length8 = 4:15 | title9 = Lousy Sum of Nothing | length9 = 4:12 | title10 = Just a Little Love | length10 = 3:33 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''World Be Gone'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/7Wu7Kmq.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: Erasure chart history, received 26 October 2018|access-date=5 January 2022|via=Imgur}}</ref> | 186 |- {{album chart|Flanders|169|artist=Erasure|album=World Be Gone|rowheader=true|access-date=26 May 2017}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|119|artist=Erasure|album=World Be Gone|rowheader=true|access-date=26 May 2017}} |- {{album chart|Czech|30|year=2017|week=21|rowheader=true|access-date=30 May 2017}} |- {{album chart|Germany|28|id=331556|artist=Erasure|album=World Be Gone|rowheader=true|access-date=26 May 2017}} |- {{album chart|Ireland2|28|artist=Erasure|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2022}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|4|date=20170526|rowheader=true|access-date=27 May 2017}} |- {{album chart|Spain|99|artist=Erasure|album=World Be Gone|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2022}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|15|artist=Erasure|album=World Be Gone|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2022}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|69|artist=Erasure|album=World Be Gone|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2017}} |- {{album chart|UK2|6|date=20170526|rowheader=true|access-date=27 May 2017}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|1|date=20170526|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2022}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|137|artist=Erasure|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2017}} |- {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|7|artist=Erasure|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2022}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|22|artist=Erasure|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2022}} |- {{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|3|artist=Erasure|rowheader=true|access-date=31 May 2017}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|31|artist=Erasure|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2022}} |}
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Category:2017 albums Category:Erasure (duo) albums Category:Mute Records albums