What the World Needs Now...

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What the World Needs Now...
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Studio album by Public Image Ltd
Released 4 September 2015[1]
Studio Wincraft Studios, England[2]
Genre Alternative rock, post-punk
Length 55:07
Label PiL Official Ltd
Public Image Ltd chronology
This is PiL
(2012)This is PiL2012		 What the World Needs Now...
(2015)

What the World Needs Now... is the tenth studio album by British rock band Public Image Ltd. It was released on September 4, 2015. It was preceded by lead single "Double Trouble," backed with "Bettie Page" and a non-album track, "Turkey Tits," and secondary single "The One."

Album artwork

The cover of the album is an original painting by singer John Lydon, partly inspired by Hopi Native American tribe characters. Lydon designed and painted all artwork for the album and singles.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 72/100[3]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[4]
Drowned in Sound 4/10[5]
Mojo 4/5 stars[6]
NME 7/10[7]
The Observer 4/5 stars[8]
Pitchfork Media 6.8/10[9]
Punknews.org 4/5 stars[10]
Q 4/5 stars[11]
Spin 7/10[12]
Uncut 7/10[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

  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
  • Public Image Ltd – production
  • John Rambo Stevens – production, layout
  • James Towler – production, engineering, mixing
  • John Lydon – artwork
  • Tom Colwill – assistant engineering
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Tomohiro Noritsume – booklet photography

Charts

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

References

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  13. ↑ Uncut magazine. October 2015, p.81
  14. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Public-Image-Ltd-What-The-World-Needs-Now/release/7419748
  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.

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