What the World Needs Now...

{{Music ratings

| MC = 72/100{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/what-the-world-needs-now/public-image-ltd/critic-reviews | title=What the World Needs Now by Public Image Ltd | publisher=Metacritic | accessdate=September 8, 2015}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/what-the-world-needs-now-mw0002859909 | title=Public Image Ltd. - What the World Needs Now... | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=September 8, 2015 | author=Deming, Mark}}

| rev2 = Classic Rock

| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/pil-what-the-world-needs-now|title=PiL: What The World Needs Now...|website=Classic Rock|last=Hasted|first=Nick|date=4 September 2015|access-date=12 April 2025}}

| rev3 = Drowned in Sound

| rev3Score = 4/10{{cite web | url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18983/reviews/4149338 | title=Public Image Ltd: What the World Needs Now... | publisher=Drowned in Sound | date=September 3, 2015 | accessdate=November 12, 2015 | author=Doherty, Jack | archive-date=November 21, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121151713/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18983/reviews/4149338 | url-status=dead }}

| rev4 = Mojo

| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}Mojo magazine. October 2015, p.89

| rev5 = NME

| rev5Score = 7/10{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/public-image-ltd/16227 | title=Public Image Ltd – 'What The World Needs Now…' | publisher=NME | date=August 26, 2015 | accessdate=September 8, 2015 | author=Pattison, Louis}}

| rev6 = The Observer

| rev6Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/06/pil-what-the-world-needs-now-review | title=PiL: What the World Needs Now review – exhilarating, foul-mouthed fun | publisher=The Observer | date=September 6, 2015 | accessdate=September 8, 2015 | author=Mackay, Emily}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 6.8/10{{cite web | url= https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21058-what-the-world-needs-now/ | title=Public Image Ltd.: What the World Needs Now... | publisher=Pitchfork | date=September 15, 2015 | accessdate=September 17, 2015 | author=Masters, Marc}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}}Q magazine. October 2015, p.113

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9Score = 7/10{{cite web | url= http://www.spin.com/2015/09/review-public-image-ltd-accidentally-make-an-enjoyable-record-with-what-the-world-needs-now/ | title=Review: Public Image Ltd. Accidentally Make an Enjoyable Record With 'What the World Needs Now…' | publisher=Spin | date=September 4, 2015 | accessdate=September 8, 2015 | author=Weiss, Dan}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10Score = 7/10Uncut magazine. October 2015, p.81

}}

What the World Needs Now... received mostly favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72 based on 17 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

{{Track list

|title1 = Double Trouble

|length1 = 3:52

|title2 = Know Now

|length2 = 2:45

|title3 = Bettie Page

|length3 = 3:21

|title4 = C'est la Vie

|length4 = 6:08

|title5 = Spice of Choice

|length5 = 5:43

|title6 = The One

|length6 = 3:42

|title7 = Big Blue Sky

|length7 = 8:14

|title8 = Whole Life Time

|length8 = 3:46

|title9 = I'm Not Satisfied

|length9 = 5:43

|title10 = Corporate

|length10 = 5:23

|title11 = Shoom

|length11 = 6:30

}}

Personnel adapted from What the World Needs Now liner notes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Public-Image-Ltd-What-The-World-Needs-Now/release/7419748|title = PiL – What the World Needs Now... (2015, Digipak, CD)|website = Discogs}}

;Public Image Ltd.

• John Lydon – vocals, production, cover art
• Lu Edmonds – guitar, saz, piano, cümbüs, production
• Scott Firth – bass guitar, keyboards, strings, percussion, production
• Bruce Smith – drums, percussion, programming, production

;Other personnel

• John "Rambo" Stevens – production, layout
• James Towler – production, engineering, mixing
• Tom Colwill – assistant engineering
• John Dent – mastering
• Tomohiro Noritsume – booklet photography

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