The Corporate World is the debut studio album by the American musician and singer-songwriter Gail Ann Dorsey.

"[4] The single "Wasted Country" peaked at number 76 in the UK in September 1988, though the album itself did not chart there.

[5] The album was dedicated to Dorsey's "mother, and to all my nieces and nephews - may you find the beauty of life within yourselves...then share it..." She also acknowledged Joni Mitchell, Woody Allen, Heart, Lindsay Wagner, Jimi Hendrix, Mingus, Chaka Khan, Sigourney Weaver, Stevie Wonder, Richard Bach and Beethoven for "creative brilliance and a lifetime of inspiration".

"S.W.4" is the postcode for Clapham North where Dorsey purchased a flat with her advance from Warner Bros.[6] AllMusic critic Alex Henderson described the album as "an artistic triumph, but a commercial bomb," noting that "had it been released after alternative rock really exploded in 1992, it might have enjoyed the type of success it deserved.

"[4] On the album, music critic Robert Christgau wrote: "Pet Shop Boys, this is how it sounds with soul."