{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = World Be Live | type = live | artist = Erasure | cover = Erasure World Be Live 2018 Album Cover.jpg | alt = | released = 6 July 2018<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|author=Marcy Donelson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/world-be-live-mw0003178213 |title=World Be Live - Erasure | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=7 July 2018}}</ref> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 96:17 | label = Mute, Live Here Now | producer = | prev_title = World Beyond | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = | next_year = }} '''''World Be Live''''' is a live album by the English synthpop duo Erasure, released by Mute Records in 2018. The album is the third in a trilogy of releases, following studio albums ''World Be Gone'' in 2017 and ''World Beyond'' in 2018.
The 24-track live album was culled from two concerts at the Eventim Apollo in February 2018, which was part of the ''World Be Gone'' tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mute.com/mute/share-love-you-to-the-sky-from-world-be-live-album |title=MUTE • Erasure • Share 'Love You To The Sky' from 'World Be Live' Album |website=Mute.com |access-date=7 July 2018}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic1"/> |rev2 = ''Classic Pop'' |rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite journal|date=June 2018 |title=Erasure: World Be Live |journal=Classic Pop |issue=42}}</ref> }} Upon release, Marcy Donelson of AllMusic praised the "well-curated mix" of songs on the album and described Bell as giving an "emotive performance".<ref name="allmusic1"/> ''Classic Pop'' considered the live material a "nostalgic celebration" and highlighted Bell's "entertaining interjections". They concluded: "It's abundantly clear, as the ''World Be...'' trilogy concludes, that Erasure have lost none of their sparkle."<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Oh L'amour | writer1 = Vince Clarke, Andy Bell | length1 = 3:51 | title2 = Ship of Fools | writer2 = Clarke, Bell | length2 = 4:04 | title3 = Breathe | writer3 = Clarke, Bell | length3 = 3:35 | title4 = Mad As We Are | writer4 = Clarke, Bell | length4 = 3:56 | title5 = Just a Little Love | writer5 = Clarke, Bell | length5 = 3:36 | title6 = In My Arms | writer6 = Clarke, Bell | length6 = 3:41 | title7 = Chains of Love | writer7 = Clarke, Bell | length7 = 4:00 | title8 = Sacred | writer8 = Clarke, Bell, Richard X | length8 = 4:40 | title9 = Sweet Summer Loving | writer9 = Clarke, Bell | length9 = 4:20 | title10 = I Love Saturday | writer10 = Clarke, Bell | length10 = 3:52 | title11 = Victim of Love | writer11 = Clarke, Bell | length11 = 4:17 | title12 = Phantom Bride | writer12 = Clarke, Bell | length12 = 3:46 | title13 = World Be Gone | writer13 = Clarke, Bell | length13 = 3:49 }}
{{Track listing | title1 = Who Needs Love (Like That) | writer1 = Clarke | length1 = 3:09 | title2 = Take Me Out of Myself | writer2 = Clarke, Bell | length2 = 5:31 | title3 = Blue Savannah | writer3 = Clarke, Bell | length3 = 4:45 | title4 = Atomic | writer4 = Deborah Harry, Jimmy Destri | length4 = 4:36 | title5 = Drama! | writer5 = Clarke, Bell | length5 = 4:12 | title6 = Stop! | writer6 = Clarke, Bell | length6 = 3:23 | title7 = Love You to the Sky | writer7 = Clarke, Bell | length7 = 4:17 | title8 = Always | writer8 = Clarke, Bell | length8 = 3:53 | title9 = Here I Go Impossible Again | writer9 = Clarke, Bell | length9 = 3:30 | title10 = Sometimes | writer10 = Clarke, Bell | length10 = 3:30 | title11 = A Little Respect | writer11 = Clarke, Bell | length11 = 3:52 }}
==Personnel== '''Erasure''' * Andy Bell – vocals * Vince Clarke – synthesizers
'''Production''' * Will Shapland – mixing, recording * Alex Wharton – mastering
'''Other''' * P.A. Taylor – art direction * Louise Hendy – painting * Andy Sturmey – photography
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Germany|100|id=362994|artist=Erasure|album=World Be Live|rowheader=true|access-date=20 July 2018}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|72|date=20180720|rowheader=true|access-date=21 July 2018}} |}
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Category:2018 live albums Category:Erasure (duo) live albums Category:Mute Records live albums