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There have been plenty of Culture Club collections over the years, but 2005's Greatest Hits is the first since 1993's At Worst...The Best of Boy George and Culture Club to be assembled with any thought or care. The rest have been cheap budget-line collections, but they did all serve up the big hits -- "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," "Time (Clock of the Heart)," "I'll Tumble 4 Ya," "Church of the Poison Mind," "Karma Chameleon," "Miss Me Blind," "It's a Miracle" -- even if sometimes that's all they served up. Greatest Hits digs deeper (even if it doesn't include the Boy George solo hits on At Worst; it also doesn't have the Malcolm McLaren intro that mars the beginning of "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" on that disc), but the question for most listeners will be: do I need to dig deeper than the biggest hits? Most listeners will be happy with that aforementioned seven and find any disc that runs ten songs longer, as this does, to be kind of tiresome, even if it includes the gloriously silly "The War Song," which is the goofiest protest single ever. That said, those who do want a good 17-song cross-section of the band's entire career will be very happy with this, since it has all the singles in good sound -- even if it's unlikely that most listeners will listen to this much past track eight or ten (the latter is "Black Money," one of the rare first-rate Culture Club album tracks).
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Colin Campsie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Pickett, Additional Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Electric Sitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - Michael Craig, ComposerLyricist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Denise Spooner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Payne, Flute, Saxophone, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Phil Pickett, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Terry, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Humphrey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Milne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Grainger, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Colin Campsie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Pickett, Additional Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Electric Sitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Denise Spooner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Payne, Flute, Saxophone, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Colin Campsie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Pickett, Keyboards, Additional Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, Composer - Roy Hay, Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Electric Sitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jon Moss, Composer, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - Michael Craig, Composer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Denise Spooner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Payne, Flute, Saxophone, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal)
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Virgin Records Limited
Phil Pickett, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Terry, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Humphrey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Milne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Grainger, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Phil Pickett, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Terry, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Culture Club, MainArtist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Simon Humphrey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Milne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Grainger, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Aubrey Moss, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Phil Pickett, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Terry, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Humphrey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Milne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Grainger, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Phil Pickett, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Helen Terry, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Humphrey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Milne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Grainger, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Roy Ernest Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2012 Virgin Records Limited
Phil Pickett, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Terry, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Culture Club, MainArtist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Humphrey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Milne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Grainger, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Aubrey Moss, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Phil Pickett, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Terry, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Humphrey, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Milne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Grainger, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Virgin Records Limited
Colin Campsie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Pickett, Additional Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Electric Sitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Denise Spooner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Payne, Flute, Saxophone, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Virgin Records Limited
Colin Campsie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Pickett, Additional Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Electric Sitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Boy George, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Denise Spooner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Payne, Flute, Saxophone, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Virgin Records Limited
Colin Campsie, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Pickett, Keyboards, Additional Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Electric Sitar, AssociatedPerformer - Clare Torry, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Helen Terry, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Percussion, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Culture Club, MainArtist - Steve Levine, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Derek Green , Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Boy George, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Lees, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Milne, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Denise Spooner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Payne, Flute, Saxophone, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Terry Bailey, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Grainger, Saxophones, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth McGregor, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Williams, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tiara Thomas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Rodgers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Rainbow, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Imogen Exton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Kemp, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Andriana Loizou, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alanda Marchant, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nancy Peppers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Sunley, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 2003 Virgin Records Limited
David Lasley, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Pickett, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Arif Mardin, Producer - LEW HAHN, Producer, Mixer, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jocelyn Brown, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Marino, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael O'Reilly, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Terry, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Mixer, Drums, Shaker, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - David Richards, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ruby Turner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Boy George, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Emile Craig, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roy Ernest Hay, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Pearson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wendell Morrison, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rudetsky, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Virgin Records Limited
George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Jon Moss, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, Producer, MainArtist - Michael Emile Craig, ComposerLyricist - Roy Ernest Hay, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1998 Virgin Records Limited
John Themis, ComposerLyricist - Rolf Wilson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, ComposerLyricist - Sophie Langdon, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, MainArtist - Julian Leaper, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - PAUL STAVELEY O'DUFFY, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gillian Findlay, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Willey, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Green , Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Foster, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Boy George, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Herrington, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robyn Smith, Programmer, Musical Director - Mikey Craig, ComposerLyricist - Tony Remy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Roberts, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - London Musicians Union, Strings, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
John Themis, Producer, Guitar, Executive Producer, Programmer, Vocal Arranger, Horn Arranger, Musical Director, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - George O'Dowd, ComposerLyricist - Roy Hay, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocal Arranger, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Richie Stevens, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Sidwell, Trombone, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Moss, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Culture Club, Producer, MainArtist - Boy George, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Pearce, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Angie Brown, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Zee Asha, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mikey Craig, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Scard, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Thirkell, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John Themistocleous, ComposerLyricist - Chris "Snake" Davis, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Musgrave, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kat Evans, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Honest, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Spencer Graham, Spoken Word, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2005 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1999 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
There have been plenty of Culture Club collections over the years, but 2005's Greatest Hits is the first since 1993's At Worst...The Best of Boy George and Culture Club to be assembled with any thought or care. The rest have been cheap budget-line collections, but they did all serve up the big hits -- "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," "Time (Clock of the Heart)," "I'll Tumble 4 Ya," "Church of the Poison Mind," "Karma Chameleon," "Miss Me Blind," "It's a Miracle" -- even if sometimes that's all they served up. Greatest Hits digs deeper (even if it doesn't include the Boy George solo hits on At Worst; it also doesn't have the Malcolm McLaren intro that mars the beginning of "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" on that disc), but the question for most listeners will be: do I need to dig deeper than the biggest hits? Most listeners will be happy with that aforementioned seven and find any disc that runs ten songs longer, as this does, to be kind of tiresome, even if it includes the gloriously silly "The War Song," which is the goofiest protest single ever. That said, those who do want a good 17-song cross-section of the band's entire career will be very happy with this, since it has all the singles in good sound -- even if it's unlikely that most listeners will listen to this much past track eight or ten (the latter is "Black Money," one of the rare first-rate Culture Club album tracks).
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:03
- Main artists: Culture Club
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone Catalogue
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2005 Virgin Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 2005 Virgin Records Limited
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