What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World is the seventh studio album from The Decemberists, released on January 20, 2015. The album's title comes from a line in the song "12/17/12", a reference to the date of Barack Obama's speech in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and lead singer Colin Meloy's conflicting feelings about the shooting and his happy personal life. "What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World" received mostly positive reviews. It currently has a metascore of 77 and user score of 8.1 from Metacritic. "The
All the Way... A Decade of Song was certified four-times Platinum by the BPI. Also in Germany, the album entered the chart at number one spending six non-consecutive weeks at the top. It was certified seven-times Gold by the BVMI after it shipped 1,050,000 copies. Overall, it sold over five million copies in Europe and was certified five-times Platinum by the IFPI. "All the Way… A Decade of Song" topped the charts around the world and was certified multi-platinum in various countries. During the first two years of its release, the album had sold over seventeen million copies globally. "All the Way... A Decade of Song" received