This World's for Everyone


This World's For Everyone is the fourth studio album by English pop band The Korgis. It was released in France, the Netherlands, Spain and Japan in 1992 and in Germany in 1993.
The album includes the 1990 charity single version of "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" recorded for the International Hostage Release Foundation, single "One Life" as well as a new rendition of "All The Love In The World".
The German 1993 re-release of the album adds the DNA dance remix of "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" as a bonus track.
The album was re-released in 2007 by Angel Air Records with five bonus tracks.

Background

In 1989, original members James Warren and Andy Davis reunited the Korgis after they were approached by the Bristol-based International Hostage Release Foundation, who were gathering artists for the recording of a charity album to raise money for their cause. The duo re-recorded their 1980 hit "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" for the project. Originally due for release as a single in November 1989, the release was delayed until August 1990.
In 1990, Warren and Davis, alongside vocalist John Baker, decided to continue working together as the Korgis and record a new album. After months of trying, the band were unable to secure a recording contract in the UK and decided to record and produce the album themselves. This World's for Everyone was recorded over the course of 1991 and 1992 at the band's Ha'penny Bridge Studios in Bath, which they converted themselves from a derelict building, and at David Lord's Terra Incognita studio in Bath. Speaking to the Western Daily Press in 1992, Warren said, "We are excited it's all gone so well, pure magic." The album prominently featured Davis's Hammond B-3 organ, which he had acquired from a derelict church.
With the band unable to secure a deal for a UK release of the album, they focused on other territories. A deal was quickly signed for a release in France with Jacques Attali's independent label JBM. Attali had previously worked with the Korgis under the Disques Vogue label in the early 1980s. A deal was also secured for Japan via Alfa Records, the Netherlands via Dureco, and Spain via Sanni Records. In 1993, it was released in Germany by Eurostar with a different sleeve, followed by a release in South Korea via Jigu Records in 1994. It did not receive a UK release until 2007, when it was issued on CD by Angel Air Records with five bonus tracks.
In 1993, the band planned their first ever live dates. Davis withdrew from the tour project after initial rehearsals, leaving Warren and Baker to recruit four new musicians to take on the road. The band performed a few shows, beginning with the Trinity Centre in Bristol on 24 November 1993, but they soon realised that a profitable tour was not going to be viable and ceased planning any further shows.
In a 2025 interview with The Strange Brew Podcast, Warren recalled, "I think it was a good album, we should've had an outside producer. Some tracks work pretty well, but it probably would've benefitted from someone else producing. We were so anonymous by that time that general public weren't interested."

Critical reception

Jo-Ann Greene of AllMusic described the Korgis as a "sophisticated pop group" who "reached new aural heights of lushness" with This World's for Everyone. She noted that "strong melodies and catchy choruses reign supreme, with every song emphasizing the band's exquisite vocals and ferocious musical talent".

Track listing

  1. "This World's for Everyone" - 3:26
  2. "Hold on" - 4:08
  3. *German edition: remix - 4:36
  4. "Work Together" - 3:42
  5. "Hunger" - 4:49
  6. "Show Me" - 3:43
  7. "Who Are These Tears for Anyway" - 4:14
  8. "One Life" - 3:35
  9. "Love Turned Me Around" - 5:00
  10. "Wreckage of a Broken Heart" - 3:12
  11. "All the Love in the World" - 3:15
  12. "Third Time Around" - 3:49
  13. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" - 4:09
Bonus track German 1993 edition

  1. "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" - 3:51

Bonus tracks 2008 re-release

  1. "This World’s for Everyone"
  2. "Hold On"
  3. "All The Love In The World"
  4. "The Way I Feel"
  5. "Mount Everest Sings the Blues"

Personnel

;Additional personnel
  • David Lord - additional keyboards
  • Dave Goodier - bass guitar on "One Life"
  • Helen Turner - piano on "Love Turned Me Around", chorus choir "This World's For Everyone" and "One Life"
  • Sam Howard - backing vocals on "Love Turned Me Around", chorus choir "This World's For Everyone" and "One Life"
  • John Griffiths - backing vocals on "Work Together", chorus choir "This World's For Everyone" and "One Life"
  • Stuart Gordon - violin solo on "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"
  • Debbie Clarkson - chorus choir "This World's For Everyone" and "One Life"

Production

Single releases

Format CD unless otherwise noted.
  • "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" - 4:09 / "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" - 4:09 / "This World's for Everyone" - 3:07
  • "One Life" - 3:36 / "Wreckage of a Broken Heart" - 3:12 / "No Love in the World" - 3:39
  • The Korgis, DNA vs. N-R-G: "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime - 1993 Remixes" - 3:43 / - 5:24 / - 6:47 / - 3:51
  • "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" / "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"
  • "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" / "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"