''Wild World'' (stylised as "WILD WORLD") is the second studio album by English

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, released on 9 September 2016 by

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. The album was co-produced by

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. The lead single, " Good Grief", was released on 16 June 2016. The song "Send Them Off!" is featured on the soundtrack of the game ''

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''. 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 ''

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'' giving the album four out of five stars. On

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, the album received a score of 73 out of 100, based on ten critics—which Metacritic classes as "generally favorable".

Accolades

Track listing

On 15 August 2016, Bastille used

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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,

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, 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

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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