Culture Club "Life" 10/26/18 (1 Viewer)

[Malcolm R]

For the 80's fans out there, reminder that a new Culture Club album, "Life", is coming next week. The first album of new material since 1999's "Don't Mind If I Do", and the first new CC album released in the U.S. since "From Luxury to Heartache" in 1986.

It appears that it will even be available in cassette format, and vinyl, if anyone wants to really pretend it's still the 80's.

 

[EricSchulz]

The video for the first single is pretty cool. I’m interested in hearing more.

 

[Malcolm R]

An interview with Boy George in the current EW (link below) also includes the video for "Let Somebody Love You," which I guess is considered the first single though "More than Silence" was released a couple years back ahead of what was the eventually cancelled "Tribes" album.

https://ew.com/music/2018/10/18/boy-george-culture-club-life-interview/

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Wow, I actually thought Boy George had passed away several years ago. I guess not.

 

[Malcolm R]

Wow, I actually thought Boy George had passed away several years ago. I guess not.

Nope. We've lost a number of 80's artists (Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston, George Michael, Pete Burns & Steve Coy (of Dead or Alive)), but he's still going strong.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Wow, I actually thought Boy George had passed away several years ago. I guess not.

I was thinking long and hard about that very thing, too, when I saw the title of this thread.

Like Scott, I fell on the side that I thought he had passed.

Ooops.

 

[EricSchulz]

I was thinking long and hard about that very thing, too, when I saw the title of this thread.

Like Scott, I fell on the side that I thought he had passed.

Ooops.

Mike, when I saw you had posted in this thread I was sure you’d gotten the CD and then found the bonus tracks version somewhere else!

 

[Malcolm R]

Mike, when I saw you had posted in this thread I was sure you’d gotten the CD and then found the bonus tracks version somewhere else!

I also held my breath, seeing Mike's reply after I'd already bought the album without having checked around. But I don't think this is enough of a high-profile release to warrant an exclusive bonus tracks edition.

I did buy the "deluxe" version, but the only difference is the packaging, which is a book-style with some extra photos.

I like the album, and think the second half is stronger than the first. Pretty consistently mid-tempo tracks. Nothing with the pop exuberence of "Church of the Poison Mind" or "I'll Tumble 4 Ya," nor ballads like "Victims" or "Mistake No. 3". All pretty much middle of the road.