Wild World (album)

Wild World
Studio album by Bastille
Released 9 September 2016
Genre
Length 49:18
Label
Producer
Bastille chronology
VS. (Other People's Heartache, Pt. III)
(2014)
Wild World
(2016)
Singles from Wild World
  1. "Good Grief"
    Released: 16 June 2016
  2. "Send Them Off!"
    Released: 30 September 2016[1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Clash7/10[4]
DIY[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB[6]
The Guardian[7]
musicOMH[8]
NME[9]
The Observer[10]
Q[11]
Rolling Stone[12]

Wild World is the second studio album by British indie pop band Bastille, released on 9 September 2016.[13] The album was co-produced by Mark Crew.[14] The lead single, "Good Grief", was released on 16 June 2016.

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
NME NME's Albums of the Year 2016 2016

Track listing

On 15 August 2016, Bastille used Snapchat to reveal the track names of the 19 tracks on the Complete Edition via Snapchat geofilters planted at significant sites around the globe.[16]

All songs were written by Dan Smith and produced by Smith and Mark Crew.

Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Good Grief"  3:26
2."The Currents"  3:24
3."An Act of Kindness"  3:28
4."Warmth"  3:49
5."Glory"  4:41
6."Power"  3:29
7."Two Evils"  2:46
8."Send Them Off!"  3:20
9."Lethargy"  3:24
10."Four Walls (The Ballad of Perry Smith)"  4:12
11."Blame"  2:55
12."Fake It"  4:04
13."Snakes"  3:17
14."Winter of Our Youth"  3:23

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[18] 7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21] 14
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[22] 7
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[23] 38
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[24] 4
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[25] 13
French Albums (SNEP)[26] 54
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 6
Greek Albums (IFPI)[28] 50
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[29] 36
Irish Albums (IRMA)[30] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[31] 9
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[32] 12
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[33] 14
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[34] 7
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[35] 16
Scottish Albums (OCC)[36] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[37] 25
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[38] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[40] 1
US Billboard 200[41] 4

Critical reception

Wild World received generally positive reviews.

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[42] Gold 100,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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  3. Heather Phares (2016-09-09). "Wild World - Bastille | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  4. Ivey, Georgia (2016-10-06). "Bastille - Wild World". Clash. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
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  7. Caroline Sullivan. "Bastille: Wild World review – edging Coldplay for unfeigned emotionalism | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
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