Editing World Party (section)

===Breakthrough and peak years – ''Goodbye Jumbo'' and ''Bang!''===
Relocating to a 32-track studio in London (which he called "Seaview"), Wallinger began work on the second World Party album, ''[[Goodbye Jumbo]]''.<ref name="kwobituaryguardian" /><ref name="guardian12032024" /> As with ''Private Revolution'', he played almost all of the instruments himself.<ref name="kwobituaryguardian" /> In 2000, recalling his songwriting aims at the time, Wallinger explained "I wanted to personify the world and sing about her. I always thought it would have been great if [[Otis Redding]]'s "[[Try a Little Tenderness]]" had been about the planet. Plus, if I stand on top of a mountain [[Julie Andrews]]-style, the hills do seem to be alive with the sound of music. You can say whatever you like about eco whatever, but if you fuck up the environment you’re going to die."<ref name="mojo337"/>

On some of the tracks, Wallinger collaborated with fellow former Waterboy and [[songwriter]] [[Guy Chambers]], who had originally joined the project in 1986 for live and studio work.<ref name="mojo337" /> Sessions were lengthy, carried out during the night and fuelled by copious amounts of [[marijuana]],<ref name="mojo337" /> with Chambers later remembering "if you worked with Karl you had to get into his headspace. Everything was very slow and you had to be extremely patient. I was one of Karl’s principal cheerleaders at that point. We laughed a lot and I learned a lot from him, particularly about lyrics, but he was a terrible procrastinator and still is now."<ref name="mojo337" /> For his part, Wallinger would credit Chambers as being "the pushy guy who would cue me into the corner pocket. I’ve got to thank him for that."<ref name="mojo337" />

[[File:Davidcatlinbirch.jpg|thumb|right|[[David Catlin-Birch|Dave Catlin-Birch]] (pictured as [[Paul McCartney]] in [[the Bootleg Beatles]] in 2006) served as bassist from 1992 to 1995.]]
[[File:ChrisSharrock.jpg|thumb|right|[[Chris Sharrock]] (pictured performing with [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] in 2008) served as drummer from 1992 to 1997.]]
Released on 24 April 1990, ''Goodbye Jumbo'' was voted "album of the year" by ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine<ref name="mojo337" /> and was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for "best alternative music performance" in the US.<ref name="kwobituaryguardian" /> The album contained the minor UK hit singles "[[Way Down Now]]" and "Put the Message in the Box"<ref name="The Great Rock Discography" /> (the latter going on to be covered by [[Brian Kennedy (singer)|Brian Kennedy]] on his 1996 album ''[[A Better Man (album)|A Better Man]]'', and becoming a top 40 hit in the UK and a top 20 hit in Ireland). After the 1991 [[Extended play|EP]] ''Thank You World'', World Party recruited former [[Bootleg Beatles]] member [[David Catlin-Birch]] as guitarist and ex-Icicle Works member [[Chris Sharrock]] on drums, with intentions to play more live dates.<ref name="kwobituaryguardian" /> Instead, Ensign label boss [[Nigel Grainge]] cancelled a planned tour support slot with [[Neil Young]] in favour of further recording.

Looking back on the events twenty-two years later, Wallinger reflected "nowadays you would tour the fuck out of the Q Award thing, but (Grainge) was like, "No, you can’t go and support Neil Young in America – get back in the studio," and for me that meant three more years out of sight."<ref name="mojo337" /> He would consider this to be the decisive moment in the band's career which damaged its long-term chances. ("That was it. There was a moment there: door open, door closes.")<ref name=telegraphbacon>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/9478275/Karl-Wallinger-The-song-that-saved-my-bacon.html|title=Karl Wallinger: The song that saved my bacon|date=15 August 2012|website=The Telegraph}}</ref>

With touring plans shelved, World Party began work on a third album, ''[[Bang! (World Party album)|Bang!]]''.<ref name="kwobituaryguardian" /> During the lengthy recording process, Chambers set up his own band [[The Lemon Trees]] in 1992, continuing with them in parallel to his World Party work until 1995.

Released in 1993, ''Bang!'' reached No. 2 on the [[UK Albums Chart]],<ref name="mojo337" /> A single, "Is It Like Today?" (described by Wallinger as "a précis of [[Bertrand Russell]]'s ''[[A History of Western Philosophy]]'' in four verses"), reached No. 19 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="The Great Rock Discography" /> as well as becoming a moderately successful single in Europe. Following the success of ''Bang!'', World Party appeared at the [[Glastonbury Festival]] in 1994, at which they had previously played in 1987 and 1990. The album generated two further singles, "'Give It All Away" and "All I Gave".

In 1994, World Party recorded "When You Come Back to Me" for the ''[[Reality Bites]]'' [[soundtrack]], influenced by [[David Bowie]]'s 1975 song "[[Young Americans (song)|Young Americans]]".