World Power

The album reached number seven on Germany's Media Control Charts,{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=a&country=de&year=1990&date=19900910&x=18&y=14|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707100515/http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=a&country=de&year=1990&date=19900910&x=18&y=14|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2014|title=Top 100 Longplay Official Media Control (10-9-1990)|language=German|publisher=charts.de|accessdate=2010-07-27}} number 25 on Australia's ARIA Charts,{{cite web |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Snap%21&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|title=Interpret: Snap!|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-27}} number four on the Ö3 Austria Top 40,{{cite web |url=http://www.austriancharts.at/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Snap%21&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|title=Artist: Snap!|language=German|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-27}} number 20 on the Topplistan chart in Sweden,{{cite web |url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Snap&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|title=Artist: Snap|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-27}} number four on the Swiss Music Charts,{{cite web |url=http://www.swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&artist=Snap&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|title=Artist: Snap|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-27}} number 10 on the UK Albums Chart,{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|title=UK's Singles/Albums Positions to Snap!|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=2010-07-27}} and number 30 on the US Billboard 200 chart.{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the snap|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=US Albums Positions to Snap!|publisher=Billboard Magazine|accessdate=2010-07-27}} Although it did not chart on the Dutch MegaCharts,{{cite web |url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=a&artist=SNap%21&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts|title=Artiest: SNap!|language=Dutch|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2010-07-27}} it earned gold certification from the NVPI, for sales in excess of 50,000 copies in the Netherlands. World Power has also been certified gold in Australia,{{cite book|first=Gavin|last=Ryan|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}} Austria, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, while it has received platinum certifications in both Germany and Switzerland. Worldwide, the album sold in excess of 5 million copies as of June 1992.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=the+power+single+snap+sold+worldwide&pg=PA50|title=New Generation|date=27 June 1992|publisher=Billboard Magazine|accessdate=2018-08-28}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}

| rev3 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 578.

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = A−Sandow, Greg. Entertainment Weekly.

| rev5 = Melody Maker

| rev5score = (favorable){{cite magazine|first=Andrew|last=Smith|work=Melody Maker|title=Albums|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52099567150/|date=5 May 1990|access-date=24 February 2023}}

| rev6 = Select

| rev6Score = 1/5{{Cite magazine|title=Snap Crackle And Flop|last=Harrison|first=Andrew|date=July 1990|magazine=Select}}

| rev7 = The Village Voice

| rev7score = A−

}}

Upon its release, World Power received generally positive reviews from music critics. Chicago Tribune writer Mitchell May called it "a dance record you can listen to", noting that "pulsating synth chords, slashing guitar riffs, thundering drums and the gospel-like wails of Penny Ford combine to give Snap a riveting sound".{{cite web|last=May|first=Mitchell|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527133146/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-08-09/features/9003060711_1_star-snap-raps|title=Snap: World Power (Arista)|work=Chicago Tribune|date=9 August 1990|access-date=22 August 2010|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/08/09/snapworld-power-arista-starstarstarthe-power-the-lead/|url-status=live|archive-date=27 May 2012}} Greg Sandow of Entertainment Weekly called the album "smart dance/rap, full of surprises", giving it an "A−". Robert Christgau also gave World Power an A− rating in his consumer guide for The Village Voice.{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv790-90.php|title=Consumer Guide|work=The Village Voice|date=31 July 1990|accessdate=22 August 2010}} indicating "the kind of garden-variety good record that is the great luxury of musical micromarketing and overproduction. Anyone open to its aesthetic will enjoy more than half its tracks".[http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php CG Grades 1990– : Key to Icons]. Robert Christgau. Retrieved on 2010-02-15. Christgau noted it as "in the great transcultural Technotronic tradition" and described its music as "crazy and radio-ready at the same time. Also funny". In a retrospective review, AllMusic writer Andrew Hamilton perceived rapper Turbo B's enunciation as a flaw, but commended his "energy" and singer Penny Ford's vocals.{{cite web|last=Hamilton|first=Andrew|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/world-power-mw0000314697|title=World Power – Snap!|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=22 August 2010}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Benito Benites (Michael Münzing), John Virgo Garrett III (Luca Anzilotti) and Durron Butler, unless otherwise specified

| title1 = The Power

| writer1 = B.Benites, J.Garrett, D.Butler

| length1 = 5:44

| title2 = Ooops Up

| writer2 = Benites, Garrett, Butler, Penny Ford, Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor, Charlie Wilson, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson

| length2 = 6:42

| title3 = Cult of Snap

| length3 = 5:21

| title4 = Believe the Hype

| length4 = 4:50

| title5 = I'm Gonna Get You (To Whom It May Concern)

| length5 = 5:20

| title6 = Witness the Strength

| length6 = 4:57

| title7 = Mary Had a Little Boy

| writer7 = Benites, Garrett, Butler, Penny Ford

| length7 = 4:53

| title8 = Blasé Blasé

| length8 = 4:30

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Reissue bonus tracks

| title9 = Only Human

| writer9 = Butler

| length9 = 3:11

| title10 = The Power (Jungle Fever Mix)

| writer10 = Benites, C., Garrett

| length10 = 7:23

}}

• Artwork – Ariola-Studios, Tom
• Lyrics – Durron Butler (tracks: 3 to 10)
• Lyrics – Penny Ford (tracks: 2 and 7, and the single version of track 3)
• Music – Benito Benites, John "Virgo" Garrett III
• Original sound – Master Musikproduktion GmbH
• Photography – Markus Löffel
• Producer – Snap!

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Singles — Billboard (United States)[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the snap|chart=all}} Billboard.com – Artist Chart History – Snap! – Singles]

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|award=Platinum|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|relyear=1990|certyear=1994|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref={{cite book|author=Wolfgang Spahr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=whitney+houston+japan+bodyguard&pg=PA64|title=Grammy's Two Way Street|publisher=Billboard|date=13 May 2000|access-date=27 March 2022}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|relyear=1990|certyear=1991|refname="NVPI"|accessdate=23 September 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|id=1991-03-29|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1990}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|relyear=1990|certyear=1992|refname="GLF"|position=549|accessdate=23 September 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|relyear=1990|certyear=1991|refname="CHcert"|accessdate=23 September 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|refname="BPI"|id=8352-667-2|accessdate=23 September 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Snap|title=World Power|accessdate=20 August 2016|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|refname="RIAA"}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.snap-world.com/}}
• [http://www.discogs.com/Snap-World-Power/master/70499 World Power] at Discogs

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