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.

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)

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
  • 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
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 192
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 104
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 29
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References
  1. Soto, Alfred. "Public Image Ltd. Announce New Album, Tour". SPIN. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  2. Kreps, Daniel (2015-05-18). "Public Image Ltd. Ready New LP 'What the World Needs Now...'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  3. "What the World Needs Now by Public Image Ltd". Metacritic. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  4. Deming, Mark. "Public Image Ltd. - What the World Needs Now..." Allmusic. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  5. Doherty, Jack (September 3, 2015). "Public Image Ltd: What the World Needs Now..." Drowned in Sound. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  6. Mojo magazine. October 2015, p.89
  7. Pattison, Louis (August 26, 2015). "Public Image Ltd – 'What The World Needs Now…'". NME. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  8. Mackay, Emily (September 6, 2015). "PiL: What the World Needs Now review – exhilarating, foul-mouthed fun". The Observer. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  9. Masters, Marc (September 15, 2015). "Public Image Ltd.: What the World Needs Now..." Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  10. Eisenberg, Adam (September 1, 2015). "Public Image Ltd.: What The World Needs Now (2015)". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  11. Q magazine. October 2015, p.113
  12. Weiss, Dan (September 4, 2015). "Review: Public Image Ltd. Accidentally Make an Enjoyable Record With 'What the World Needs Now…'". Spin. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  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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