What the World Needs Now...
Studio album by
Public Image Ltd
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)

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Drowned in Sound4/10[5]
Mojo[6]
NME7/10[7]
The Observer[8]
Pitchfork Media6.8/10[9]
Punknews.org[10]
Q[11]
Spin7/10[12]
Uncut7/10[13]

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

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

Personnel

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

Public Image Ltd.
Other personnel

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 192
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 104
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 29

References

  1. ^ Soto, Alfred (18 May 2015). "Public Image Ltd. Announce New Album, Tour". SPIN. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. ^ Kreps, Daniel (18 May 2015). "Public Image Ltd. Ready New LP 'What the World Needs Now...'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b "What the World Needs Now by Public Image Ltd". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. ^ Deming, Mark. "Public Image Ltd. - What the World Needs Now..." Allmusic. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. ^ Doherty, Jack (3 September 2015). "Public Image Ltd: What the World Needs Now..." Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  6. ^ Mojo magazine. October 2015, p.89
  7. ^ Pattison, Louis (26 August 2015). "Public Image Ltd – 'What The World Needs Now…'". NME. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  8. ^ Mackay, Emily (6 September 2015). "PiL: What the World Needs Now review – exhilarating, foul-mouthed fun". The Observer. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  9. ^ Masters, Marc (15 September 2015). "Public Image Ltd.: What the World Needs Now..." Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  10. ^ Eisenberg, Adam (1 September 2015). "Public Image Ltd.: What The World Needs Now (2015)". Punknews.org. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  11. ^ Q magazine. October 2015, p.113
  12. ^ Weiss, Dan (4 September 2015). "Review: Public Image Ltd. Accidentally Make an Enjoyable Record With 'What the World Needs Now…'". Spin. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  13. ^ Uncut magazine. October 2015, p.81
  14. ^ "PiL – What the World Needs Now... (2015, Digipak, CD)". Discogs.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Public Image Limited – What the World Needs Now..." (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Public Image Limited – What the World Needs Now..." (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  17. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

External links

Public Image Ltd
Authority control databases
Categories