Waking Up With the House On Fire
Culture Club • 1984
Release Information
Release Date: November 1984
Label: Virgin Records
Genre: New Wave, Pop, Funk
Notable Singles: The War Song, The Medal Song, Mistake No. 3
My Commentary
This is the album where Culture Club took all the eyeliner, glitter, and emotional damage from Colour By Numbers and said: "Let's go campier, messier, and louder -- and maybe scream about war while we're at it."
The production is slick, the sound is insane, and George is just fantastic as always. It's not as cohesive or iconic as Colour By Numbers or Kissing to Be Clever, but it's fascinating in how bold oand chaotic it dares to be.
Tracklist
01. Dangerous Man02. The War Song
03. Unfortunate Thing
04. Crime Time
05. Mistake No. 3
06. The Dive
07. The Medal Song
08. Don't Talk About It
09. Mannequin
10. Hello Goodbye
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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