wide ▁release ▁on ▁ 7 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁The ▁Japanese ▁and ▁digital ▁versions ▁included ▁three ▁rem ix es ▁done ▁by ▁Bro adr ick . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁Bro adr ick ' s ▁label , ▁A val anche ▁Record ings , ▁released ▁an ▁album ▁by ▁C eler ▁known ▁as ▁Pl ays ▁God f lesh ; ▁it ▁is ▁composed ▁entirely ▁of ▁ambient ▁samples ▁from ▁A ▁World ▁Lit ▁Only ▁by ▁Fire . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception A ▁World ▁Lit ▁Only ▁by ▁Fire ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁very ▁positive ▁reception ; ▁it ▁received ▁an ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 8 4 / 1 0 0 ▁from ▁ 1 0 ▁reviews ▁on ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁indicating ▁" univers al ▁acc laim ". ▁All Music ' s ▁Gregory ▁He an ey ▁wrote ▁that ▁" A ▁World ▁Lit ▁Only ▁by ▁Fire ▁makes ▁it ▁cry stal ▁clear ▁that ▁God f lesh ▁have ▁a ▁long , ▁un fail ing ▁memory , ▁and ▁that ▁their ▁pun ishing ▁work ▁has ▁only ▁just ▁begun ." ▁Cl ash ▁critic ▁James ▁Barry ▁described ▁the ▁album ▁as ▁" a ▁brave ▁record " ▁and ▁stated , ▁" there ’ s ▁nothing ▁nost alg ic ▁here — it ’ s ▁the ▁sound ▁of ▁a ▁band ▁re born , ▁rather ▁than ▁one ▁reform ed ." ▁Den ise ▁Fal zon ▁of ▁Ex c laim ! ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁a ▁perfect ▁score ▁and ▁said , ▁" Complete ▁with ▁ble ak , ▁n ih il istic ▁them es , ▁A ▁World ▁Lit ▁Only ▁by ▁Fire ▁is