Wild World is the second studio album by English indie pop band Bastille, released on 9 September 2016 by Virgin EMI Records. The album was co-produced by Mark Crew. The lead single, "Good Grief", was released on 16 June 2016. The song "Send Them Off!" is featured on the soundtrack of the game FIFA 17. The cover photograph was taken at 30 Park Place in Downtown, New York City.
Critical reception
Wild World received generally positive reviews, with Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian giving the album four out of five stars. On Metacritic, the album received a score of 73 out of 100, based on ten critics—which Metacritic classes as "generally favorable".
Accolades + Accolades for Wild World Publication Accolade Year Award NME NME Albums of the Year 2016 2016 NME NME Awards 2017 2017
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.
All songs were written by Dan Smith and produced by Smith and Mark Crew.
Personnel Dan Smith – lead vocals, keyboards, piano, percussion, string arrangements, production, programming Kyle Simmons – keyboards Will Farquarson – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar Chris "Woody" Wood – drums, percussion on "Glory" and "Send Them Off!" Tinashe Fazakerley – additional backing vocals Rory Graham – additional backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Wild World Chart (2016) Peakposition Greek Albums (IFPI) 50
Year-end charts + 2016 year-end chart performance for Wild World Chart (2016) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 37 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 89 UK Albums (OCC) 50 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) 40 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 60
+ 2017 year-end chart performance for Wild World Chart (2017) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 175
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