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- Summary: This is the 10th full-length studio release for the British post-punk band led by John Lydon.
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- Record Label: PIL Official
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 14 out of 20
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Mixed: 6 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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Sep 10, 2015With relative ease, What The World Needs Now... can be placed aside the likes of the 80s influenced 2012 release This Is PiL. The second half of the album is the most interesting musically; it displays a set of songs built around cluttered instruments, rhythms and animalistic noises, but cluttered only to the conditioned ears of the modern listener.
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MojoAug 26, 2015A record of disarming directness. [Oct 2015, p.89]
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Sep 4, 2015What The World Needs Now builds on This Is PiL in just about every way, taking the band in new directions while remaining rooted in the sound that PiL invented so long ago. For those who thought the band's 2012 return album was a one-shot burst, you're dead wrong, and you're lucky you are.
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UncutAug 26, 2015Lydon remains a devout pop modernist. [Oct 2015, p.81]
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The WireSep 1, 2015The new sound is taut and spare.[Sep 2015, p.50]
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Sep 10, 2015It’s noticeably similar to 2012’s This Is PiL--and for a truly engaged evisceration of the establishment, you’d currently do better with Sleaford Mods.
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Sep 3, 2015What The World Needs Now... is solid proof that reformations never sound good on record.
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Mar 20, 2021One more great album from PiL, and awesome follow up to 2012s album This is PiL.
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Sep 5, 2015
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