| Culture Club - The Best Of Culture Club
(1989)
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| Album |
| Artist/Composer |
Culture Club |
| Length |
61:26 |
| Format |
CD |
| Genre |
General Pop; New Wave |
| Label |
Virgin |
| Index |
53 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Packaging |
Jewel Case |
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| Credits |
| Songwriter |
Boy George |
| Songwriter |
Jon Moss |
| Songwriter |
Mikey Craig |
| Songwriter |
Roy Hay |
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| Track List |
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| 01 |
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me |
04:24 |
| 02 |
White Boy |
04:40 |
| 03 |
Church Of The Poison Mind |
03:32 |
| 04 |
Changing Everyday |
03:19 |
| 05 |
The War Song |
03:57 |
| 06 |
I'm Afraid Of Me |
03:18 |
| 07 |
It's A Miracle |
03:25 |
| 08 |
The Dream (From Electric Dreams)
From Electric Dreams
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02:29 |
| 09 |
Time (Clock Of The Heart)
AMG REVIEW: Of all of Culture Club's early hits, "Time (Clock of the Heart)" has probably aged the best. This could be because it's the group's least gimmicky and most straightforward single, an old-fashioned smooth R&B ballad that one could imagine Smokey Robinson or Diana Ross doing, complete with the standard '70s-style adult contemporary saxophone solo. Boy George drops the cryptic self-mythology long enough to deliver a tender, heartfelt lyric on lost love, and sings his festively attired butt off in the process; this is the single that won over a lot of naysayers, some of whom probably didn't even realize that the guy with the great voice on the radio was the same queen they were making fun of around the water cooler. Stewart Levine's ultra-slick production stops just short of cheesiness (in the way that, say, Spandau Ballet's quite similar "True" didn't), and the mix of synths and acoustic instruments owes a lot to Quincy Jones' early-'80s work with Michael Jackson. "Time (Clock of the Heart)" was a stand-alone single in the U.K. but it led off side two of the American version of Kissing to Be Clever; be warned that most CDs available are of the U.K. album and therefore are missing this song. - Stewart Mason
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03:43 |
| 10 |
The Dive |
03:48 |
| 11 |
Victims |
04:54 |
| 12 |
I'll Tumble 4 Ya |
02:35 |
| 13 |
Miss Me Blind |
04:31 |
| 14 |
Mistake No.3 |
04:34 |
| 15 |
The Medal Song |
04:15 |
| 16 |
Karma Chameleon |
04:02 |
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| Details |
| Spars |
DDD |
| Rare |
No |
| Sound |
Stereo |
| UPC |
090431931929 |
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| Notes |
| The Best of Culture Club [Disky] Artist Culture Club Album Title Best of Culture Club [Disky] Date of Release Jun 30, 1998 inprint AMG Rating Genre Rock Styles Pop/Rock, New Wave Type compilation Time 61:25 AMG EXPERT REVIEW: This compilation almost stands as the most complete collection of Culture Club material. However, the collections which include their last hit, 1986’s ”Move Away”, do not include any of the singles (for better or for worse) from their 1984 album Waking Up With The House On Fire. This collection does include those singles, but excludes ”Move Away”. With that fact in mind, this set sums up their best material from 1982 to 1984, including all their hits from that period and several key album tracks (although a few dubious ones, such as ”Changing Every Day” should have been left off). Not much in the way of liner notes or photographs, this collection doesn’t feature any of Boy George’s solo material, but does include one rarity, ”The Dream” from the film Electric Dreams. Also included are ”The War Song” and ”Mistake No. 3”, their two U.S. singles from Waking Up With The House On Fire (the album which pretty much signaled their demise). Other British hits are included, such as ”White Boy”, ”I’m Afraid Of Me”, ”The Medal Song” and the irresistibly funky ”The Dive”, which were never U.S. hits or included on any of their other hits packages. This collection would have been the ultimate Culture Club hits package had it included ”Move Away” and ”Love Is Love”, and, despite the inclusion of some forgotten hits, doesn’t stand up to At Worst…The Best Of Boy George and Culture Club. — Jose Promis 1. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (Culture Club) - 4:24 2. White Boy (Culture Club) - 4:40 3. Church of the Poison Mind (Culture Club) - 3:32 4. Changing Every Day (Culture Club) - 3:19 5. The War Song (Culture Club) - 3:57 6. I'm Afraid of Me (Culture Club) - 3:18 7. It's a Miracle (Culture Club) - 3:25 8. The Dream {From Electric Dreams} (Culture Club) - 2:29 9. Time (Clock of the Heart) (Culture Club) - 3:43 10. The Dive (Culture Club) - 3:48 11. Victims (Culture Club) - 4:54 12. I'll Tumble 4 Ya (Culture Club) - 2:35 13. Miss Me Blind (Culture Club) - 4:31 14. Mistake No. 3 (Culture Club) - 4:34 15. The Medal Song (Culture Club) - 4:15 16. Karma Chameleon (Craig/Hay/Moss/O'Dowd/Pickett) - 4:01 Steve Levine - Producer John Howard - Liner Notes 1998 CD Disky 86312 |
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