Colour By Numbers

Culture Club • 1983

Release Information

Release Date: October 1983
Label: Virgin Records
Genre: New Wave, Pop, Soul, Reggae-influenced
Notable Singles: Karma Chameleon, Church of the Poison Mind, Victims

My Commentary

This is peak Culture Club. Flamboyant, polished, emotional, and wildly iconic. Karma Chameleon may have gotten all the attention, but the real emotional powerhouse here is Victims -- George is bleeding poetry and Jon's somewhere offscreen probably sulking near a drum kit.

Church of the Poison Mind goes ridiculously hard, and Miss Me Blind is just hot. Also, the fashion? UNTOUCHABLE. George is about here in hats taller than Jon and and eyeliner sharper than Roy's jawline.

Tracklist

01. Karma Chameleon
02. It's A Miracle
03. Black Money
04. Changing Every Day
05. That's the Way (I'm Only Trying to Help You)
06. Church of the Poison Mind
07. Miss Me Blind
08. Mister Man
09. Stormkeeper
10. Victims



Each track title links to its own dedicated lyrics page. If a song doesn't have an official set of lyrics, or has multiple versions (because demo versions sometimes have different lyrics, and then we know how George likes to change up lyrics during live performances lol), I'll note that on the individual page.


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