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2000
Dumbing Up is the fifth and final studio album by World Party, released in 2000 on Karl Wallinger's own record label.[4][5]

Dumbing Up

Studio album by World Party
Released
30 October 2000
Genre
Rock
Label
Papillon[1]
Seaview[2]
Producer
Karl Wallinger
World Party chronology
Egyptology
(1997) Dumbing Up
(2000) Best in Show
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music [1]
Release
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The album was re-released in 2006 with new track listing and bonus DVD with the music videos. In addition to changing the song sequence, the 2006 release of Dumbing Up drops the tracks "All the Love That's Wasted" and "Little Bit of Perfection", and replaces them with "'Til I Got You" and "I Thought You Were a Spy".

Reception
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The album peaked at No. 64 on the UK Albums Chart.[6]

NPR wrote that "with great melodies and astute lyrics, Dumbing Up is cause for celebration."[7] The Guardian wrote that the songs, while tuneful, "display a dogged determination to ignore the last 30 years of pop."[8] The Washington Post thought that "once again [Wallinger] revels in Have a Nice Day-era sounds."[2]

Track listing
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2000 Release
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All songs written by Karl Wallinger, except "Here Comes the Future" written by Wallinger, Somerset, Gorman & Burnett.

"Here Comes the Future" (4:44)
"What Does It Mean Now?" (4:59)
"Another 1000 Years" (5:29)
"High Love" (6:51)
"Best Place I've Ever Been" (3:31)
"You're a Hurricane, I'm a Caravan" (4:00)
"Who are You?" (5:08)
"See the Light" (5:19)
"Santa Barbara" (4:17)
"All the Love that's Wasted" (4:33)
"Little Bit of Perfection" (5:26)
"Always on My Mind" (8:34)
2006 Release
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"Another 1000 Years" (5:30)
"What Does It Mean Now?" (4:59)
"'Til I Got You" (3:42)
"Who Are You?" (5:06)
"Here Comes the Future" (4:44)
"I Thought You Were a Spy" (3:32)
"High Love" (6:50)
"Best Place I've Ever Been" (3:26)
"Santa Barbara" (4:23)
"You're a Hurricane, I'm a Caravan" (4:02)
"See the Light" (5:19)
"Always on My Mind" (8:34)