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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]

World Be Gone
Studio album by Erasure
Released	19 May 2017
Recorded	2016
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	39:11
Label	Mute
Producer	Erasure
Erasure chronology
From Moscow to Mars (2016) World Be Gone (2017) The Neon (2020)

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.^{[citation needed]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.2/10[5]
Metacritic	69/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The A.V. Club	B[8]
The Independent	[9]
Magnet	[10]
Mojo	[10]
Newsday	A[11]
Q	[10]
The Times	[12]
Uncut	[10]
The Washington Post	Favourable[13]

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.[6]

Track listing

Charts

Chart performance for World Be Gone

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14]	186
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15]	169
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16]	119
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[17]	30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18]	28
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19]	28
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20]	4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21]	99
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22]	15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23]	69
UK Albums (OCC)[24]	6
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[25]	1
US Billboard 200[26]	137
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[27]	7
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[28]	22
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[29]	3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[30]	31

References

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