Wild World (album)

Wild World
Studio album by Bastille
Released	9 September 2016
Genre	Alternative dance indie pop synthpop
Length	49:18
Label	Virgin EMI Virgin Universal
Producer	Dan Smith Mark Crew
Bastille chronology
VS. (Other People's Heartache, Pt. III) (2014) Wild World (2016)
Singles from Wild World
"Good Grief" Released: 16 June 2016 "Send Them Off!" Released: 30 September 2016[1]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Clash	7/10[4]
DIY	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B[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	31[15]

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.	Title	Length
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

Complete Edition
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Way Beyond"	3:19
16.	"Oil On Water"	2:58
17.	"Campus"	3:03
18.	"Shame"	3:30
19.	"The Anchor"	3:24

Target exclusive edition[17]
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
19.	"Final Hour"	3:08
20.	"The Anchor"	3:24
21.	"Send Them Off!" (Bunker Sessions)	3:17

Personnel

• Dan Smith – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, percussion, string arrangements, production, programming
• Kyle Simmons – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
• Will Farquarson – bass, keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
• Chris Wood – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Charlie Barnes – Guitar, keyboard, additional drums

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

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