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At Worst...The Best Of Boy George And Culture Club
(1993)
Culture Club
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Label: Virgin
Duration: 75:13
Genre: Pop

At best, Boy George and his band Culture Club were a dizzy mix of camp, drag, dub, disco, reggae, and new wave. The androgynous George rhumba-ed his way through hits like "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" and crooned with white boy soul through their reggae classic "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" as well as the Delta-inspired "Karma Chameleon." At worst, the band had trouble finding direction and the proper vehicles for his smooth voice, producing clunkers like "Church of the Poison Mind." "Move Away" and "Miss Me Blind"--which actually took its chorus from a Japanese whiskey commercial--were Culture Club at their most brilliant. The band knew it wasn't making fine art and rose to the task of crafting flawless pop gems. George's later work didn't have the sense of fun and abandon as his stint with Culture Club, but his remake of "The Crying Game" again demonstrated those soulful pipes. Also worthy of note from his later career is the Krishna-inspired club hit "Bow Dow Mister." "--Steve Gdula"


Track
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Time (Clock Of The Heart)
Church Of The Poison Mind
Karma Chameleon
Victims
I'll Tumble 4 Ya
It's A Miracle
Miss Me Blind
Move Away
Love Is Love
Love Hurts
Everything I Own
Don't Cry
After The Love
More Than Likely
Crying Game
Generations of Love [La La Gone Gaga Mix]
Bow Down Mister [A Small Portion 2B Polite Mix]
Sweet Toxic Love [Deliverance Mix]
Original Release: 1993-11-02
UPC: 4988006813380, 724383901425