Erasure discography
World Be Gone
Studio album · 2017
The 2017 album takes a more reflective turn, pairing political unease with the hope of “Love You to the Sky.”
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Listening notes
Inside World Be Gone
World Be Gone carries a different mood. Its songs look outward at power, disappointment, and social strain more directly than most of the Erasure catalog. The title track and “Be Careful What You Wish For!” make that shift impossible to miss.
The album still depends on the duo’s melodic instincts; seriousness does not require abandoning hooks. “Love You to the Sky” supplies the most immediate light, while the surrounding record keeps asking what optimism can mean under pressure.
Hear it beside World Beyond, the orchestral reworking made with Echo Collective. On the companion album, voices and acoustic instruments bring a different weight to the same words.
Release details
World Be Gone facts
Verified 2026-07-18
- First release
- 2017-05-19
- Release type
- Studio album
- Label
- Mute
- Catalog number
- CDSTUMM405
Track list (10 tracks)
Reference edition: World Be Gone · XE · 2017-05-19 · CD. Track order can differ by territory and reissue.
- Love You to the Sky
- Be Careful What You Wish For!
- World Be Gone
- A Bitter Parting
- Still It’s Not Over
- Take Me Out of Myself
- Sweet Summer Loving
- Oh What a World
- Lousy Sum of Nothing
- Just a Little Love
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