What the World Needs Now...

2015 studio album by Public Image Ltd From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What the World Needs Now...

What the World Needs Now... is the tenth studio album by British rock band Public Image Ltd. It was released on September 4, 2015.

Quick Facts Studio album by Public Image Ltd, Released ...
What the World Needs Now...
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Released4 September 2015[1]
StudioWincraft Studios, England[2]
GenrePost-punk
Length55:07
LabelPiL Official Ltd
Public Image Ltd chronology
This Is PiL
(2012)
What the World Needs Now...
(2015)
End of World
(2023)
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Reception

More information Aggregate scores, Source ...
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Classic Rock[5]
Drowned in Sound4/10[6]
Mojo[7]
NME7/10[8]
The Observer[9]
Pitchfork6.8/10[10]
Q[11]
Spin7/10[12]
Uncut7/10[13]
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What the World Needs Now... received mostly favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72 based on 17 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Double Trouble"3:52
2."Know Now"2:45
3."Bettie Page"3:21
4."C'est la Vie"6:08
5."Spice of Choice"5:43
6."The One"3:42
7."Big Blue Sky"8:14
8."Whole Life Time"3:46
9."I'm Not Satisfied"5:43
10."Corporate"5:23
11."Shoom"6:30
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Personnel

Personnel adapted from What the World Needs Now liner notes.[14]

Public Image Ltd.
  • John Lydon – vocals, production, cover art
  • Lu Edmonds – guitar, saz, piano, cümbüs, production
  • Scott Firth – bass guitar, keyboards, strings, percussion, production
  • Bruce Smith – drums, percussion, programming, production
Other personnel
  • John "Rambo" Stevens – production, layout
  • James Towler – production, engineering, mixing
  • Tom Colwill – assistant engineering
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Tomohiro Noritsume – booklet photography

Charts

More information Chart (2015), Peak position ...
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15]192
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16]104
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17]23
UK Albums (OCC)[18]29
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[19]3
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