World Party Egyptology 180g 2LP

Egyptology is the fourth studio album by World Party, released in 1997 and remastered in 2021 for a 2022 release. Featuring the Top 40 British single "Beautiful Dream" and the award-winning "She's the One," released with a gatefold jacket and a bonus side recorded Live in NYC 1997.

The fourth album from Karl Wallinger's psych-pop project World Party will always rate a place in the historical record for producing 'She's The One,' a song that ex-Take That member Robbie Williams took to #1 in the U.K. in 1998. Don't let your feelings, positive or negative, cloud your judgment about what was achieved here. Wallinger recorded almost everything here alone at his home studio, letting his finely tuned ear for arrangements and engineering blossom. And he brings so much emotion to this material, lamenting our planet's fate while grasping tightly to those little moments and glimmers of hope that keep humanity aloft and afloat. It's a tricky balancing act, but one that Wallinger had already proved capable of on his commercial breakthroughs Goodbye Jumbo and Bang!. Capping off this welcome vinyl reissue is a selection of live material, recorded in New York that further expands the scope of Wallinger's heartfelt expressions.