Culture Club - Greatest Hits

80s Music Nostalgia

This is a compilation of songs that most of us who grew up during the 80s heard at some point during the decade. The question of whether or not to get this CD depends entirely on your opinion of the band when they were making records. If you had cassettes or vinyl from this band you are going to find tracks you enjoyed. If you are doing research on music from the 80s this is also a nice sampler of this particular band. Fans of Boy George old and new will want this because this is where he got his start. I grew up in the 80s and had a cassette or two of Culture Club and would get vinyl of them from the library. I may have to go hunting for CDs of the individual cassettes I had but this is a good overview of what the group accomplish when it was still performing. August 2, 2008

WONDERFUL CD!!

I Loved Culture Club as a Child of 13 yrs old and this is the Best Cd by them!! May 27, 2008

Culture Club - Greatest Hits.

An excellent overview of one of the '80's best, most creative bands. Sure, the later material pales in comparison to their earlier hey-day, but if you want an exhaustive collection of Culture Club, you can't go wrong with this! March 8, 2007

Do you really want to hurt me

One thing i must say to the haters, is that Culture Club music was fun 80's music at its best. Some serious, some was just plain dance music. This cd in particular i must say was well done in selection as well as quality. A definite must buy for any culture club fan! August 28, 2006

A group that is still misrepresented, even with this!!!

Yes, I will admit every song on this collection is wonderful. As a matter of fact, most likely the best music that ever existed in the world. However, it is again the commercial stuff, and no one will really understand Culture Club. All the hits from the first greatest hits LP is included, This Time-The Four Years-- 12 Worldwide Hits, which included the classic "Black Money". However, this is what the list should have been to company a real US and UK collection together:

1) White Boy (the single version, and yes it is much better then the dance version from Kissing To Be Clever) 3:24
2) I'm Afraid Of Me (single version, better then the remix) 3:29
3)Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? 4:24
4)Time (Clock Of The Heart) 3:43
5)Church Of The Posion Mind 3:33
6)Karma Chameleon 4:12
7)Victims 4:53
8)It's A Miracle 3:26
9)The War Song 4:14
10) The Medal Song (single version,it is ten seconds longer and better than the album version) 4:25
11)Move Away 4:22
12)God Thank You Woman 4:13
13)Gusto Blusto 4:40
14)Heaven's Children 4:44
15)I Just Wanna Be Loved (the UK Greatest Moments version, much better I promise you then the US GM collection) 4:34
16)Strange Voodoo 5:15
17)That's The Way (I'm Only Tring To Help You) 2:45
18) Unfortunate Thing 3:08

Yes, notice how I have skipped some of the US only singles like "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" "Miss Me Blind" and "Mistake #3". Well, those songs are not bad. However, they make the group look very bubblicious, when the UK singles, like I'm Afraid of Me, Medal Song, and God Thank You Woman are professional, and are a step above those US only singles. Notice how the only US only single here in my list is "Gusto Blusto". It is the ultimate dance rocker, with George's voice being dazzling, as well as being produced by the power team of Arif Mardin and Lew Hahn. "Heaven's Children" is also included, which was going to be the group's last single released in 1986, until it was cancelled from the poor sales of "Gusto Blusto" in the US. Not only is "I Just Wanna Be Loved" included, is is the best version of it from the UK Greatest Moments album. "Strange Voodoo" is included, which was also introduced as the last song George sang at the 1998 Culture Club reunion concert on VH-1, which premiered on his birthday. And yes, it was my birthday and all ultimate Culture Club fans birthday on that day too, Sunday, June 14. "That's The Way", is also included, which proved that George and Helen Terry were the ultimate soul singers ever to live. "Unfortunate Thing" is Boy George's biography to help children remember to stay in school. Whether you believe it our not, George was one of the most important figures to the world at that time, and he still is, if at least his record company in America didn't hate him as well as other jerks. Smart people know George Alan O'Dowd was and still is the best singer in the world, as well as Culture Club being the best group in the world. To talk about Christianity, Boy George is more Christian than any singer I loved since I was five years old in 1984. I love you and all smart people do as well, George. Thanks. November 23, 2005

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