Colour by Numbers

Artist: Culture Club
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 077778618027
EAN: 0077778618027
ASIN: B000000WHH

Release Date: 1992-06-29

Colour by Numbers

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Tracks:

Karma Chameleon
It's A Miracle
Black Money
Changing Every Day
That's The Way (I'm Only Trying To Help You)
Church Of The Poison Mind
Miss Me Blind
Mister Man
Stormkeeper
Victims

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Customer Reviews:

Red, Gold and Green:Boy George All Over The World.......2004-05-10

I got this CD back in August 2002 and I absolutely love the CD. It's what I call my driving music. (...) Here we go, track by track.

1.Karma Chameleon - A country like type of song. It is very catchy and singable. Everybody knows the words to this song. Who doesn't? ''Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon....you come and go, you come and go.'' Love the harmonica. When Boy George does it at his concerts, he repeats the word ''karma'' 17 times at the end. Don't you think it's very, very repetitive? I'd say ''OK!! Enough!!''

2.It's A Miracle - A feel-good type of song. It was originally titled ''It's America.'' You clap your hands, stomp your feet, sing along. Always, like it says in the song ''Dreams are made of emotions!'' It's true.

3.Black Money - The soul song on the CD and very slow. It was about the band realizing the cost of fame to become very sucessful. George and Helen Terry are blasting away when you listen to this song.

4.Changing Every Day - Another slow jam that has very good sax solos. You always listen to this song on a very quiet morning.

5.That's the Way - The piano ballad with George and Helen Terry again singing a duet. It was about George's mom and George has some strong vocals.

6.Church of the Poisoned Mind - A tribute to Motown 60's soul. Aretha Franklin meets Stevie Wonder. There are some nice harmonica breaks during the song. It is a song about George's boyfriend, drummer Jon Moss.

7.Miss Me Blind - Wow!! Awesome song that will keep you rocking on your feet and will catch you singing along, though it gets repetitive after the awesome guitar solo by Roy Hay. Awesome! The trip to 70's disco!!

8.Mister Man - This is a trumpet song and very mid-tempo. George's smooth vocals have you dancing along to this song. It is not very fast.

9.Stormkeeper - The flute meets the sax. Awesome song. Hey, what is that noise at the end? It's the stormkeeper! Ha Ha!

10.Victims - The dark and drippy ballad almost like a storm. George sounds very vocallly and there are nice orchestra selections, including flute and violins. There's a piano in this, too.

"When you love someone, you've got money to burn".......2004-02-06

Colour By Numbers is Culture Club's best album, but buy the remastered version as it has many bonus tracks including, among others, the song from where this album got its name and a Helen Terry fanny-kicking on B-side "Man Shake." Now, here is the reason this album is one of the best of the 1980s and definitely the best by Culture Club: Put aside all those stories about Boy George and drummer Jon Moss and Boy George's drug collapse and just listen to this album. It is nearly perfect and is one of the best albums to come out of the 1980s. Considering that their smash debut album had three songs in a row with the word "Boy" in the title, Colour By Numbers is a surprisingly mature-sounding album. "Victims" (a single in the UK) is an interesting and beautiful ballad. The rest are amazing pop tracks. So many of these songs were released as singles ("Karma Chameleon," "It's A Miracle," "Church of the Poison Mind," "Miss Me Blind," "Victims," and even "Black Money" was considered for release off the "This Time" hits set) it can almost be considered a greatest hits package in and of itself. All it needs is "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," Culture Club's best song "Time (Clock of the Heart)" and maybe "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" and there you go. In fact, the weakest track here is probably the most famous one: "Karma Chameleon." In his autobiography, Boy George writes how guitarist Roy Hay hated this track and, due to a bet, married his girlfriend when the single reached #1. Things went downhill for the band after this album but Colour By Numbers made Culture Club one of the most important bands of the 1980s.

Skip this version, & get the REMASTERED version!.......2004-01-29

Just FYI- I would recomend skipping this version of the CD, and instead getting the REMASTERED version that was released in 2003 and includes bonus tracks!

LOVE IT-THE BEST EVER!!.......2003-10-13

I have been a Culture Club/Boy George fan for years.George O'Dowd (aka Boy George) is one of the best writers of all times and still to this day continues to write beautiful music.This album says alot about his personal life which makes it even better.I will always love this album,and it is their/his best to date.My only problem is Amazon has the date wrong,it was 1983.They should get their information straight.Other than that,this album is a classic for all the Culture Club/Boy George fans!!

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