Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever (Virgin, Victor VIL-6008) (JP 1982) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)

Info:

Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever

Label: Virgin, Victor Musical Industries
Catalog#: VIL-6008
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic, Pop, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

Tracklist:

A1 White Boy (Dance MIx)
A2 You Know I'm Not Crazy
A3 I'll Tumble 4 Ya
A4 Take Control
A5 Love Twist

B1 Mistery Boy (Suntory Hot Whisky Song)
B2 Boy, Boy, (I'am The Boy)
B3 I'm Afraid Of Me
B4 White Boys Can't Control It
B5 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

Credits:

Artwork By [Culture Club Logo] - Nick Egan And Jik Graham
Artwork By [Symbols] - Sue Clowes
Artwork By [Typesetting] - Montage
Backing Vocals - Colin Campsie , Denise Spooner , Phil Pickett
Bass, Other [Heavy Culture] - Michael Craig
Design [Cover], Typography - Jik Graham ASTD*
Drums, Percussion, Drum Programming - Jon Moss
Engineer [Assistant] - Gordon Milne
Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Sitar [Electric] - Roy Hay
Keyboards [Additional] - Phil Pickett
Mixed By - Jon Moss , Steve Levine
Other [Make Up] - Kitty & Boy George
Other [Special Thanks] - Danny Goodwin & Tony Gordon
Photography - Mark Lebon
Photography [Live Shot] - Andy Phillips
Producer, Engineer - Steve Levine
Saxophone, Flute, Harmonica - Nick Payne
Songwriter [Songs] - George O'Dowd , Jon Moss , Michael Craig , Ron Hay
Synthesizer [Synclavier Ii], Programmed By [Synclavier Ii] - Keith Miller (3)
Vocals - Boy George

Discogs Url: http://www.discogs.com/Culture-Club-Kissing-To-Be-Clever/release/2726729
Wikipedia Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing_to_Be_Clever

Review

by Lindsay Planer

Born of the image- and fashion-conscious glam rock of the mid-'70s, the Brit-based Culture Club were perfectly suited to the 1980s with a fresh blend of pop and (at the very least) eye-catching style – courtesy, for the most part, of flamboyant and ambiguously gendered frontman "Boy" George O' Dowd (vocals). The quartet also featured Jon Moss (percussion), Roy Hay (guitar/keyboard/sitar), and Michael Craig (bass) and quickly became the darlings of the newly launched 24-hour-a-day cable TV phenom known as MTV. Behind George's brash sense of chic, clever wit and more than acceptable vocal talent, their debut, Kissing to Be Clever (1982), was embraced by not only post-disco dance music enthusiasts, but also new wave listeners and pop fans as well. Although the LP itself failed to place within the Top Ten, it spawned a trio of tunes that did make it into the uppermost tier of the singles chart. On the whole, they provide accurate thumbnail sketches of what Culture Club were capable of pulling off musically. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" is a noir love song guilded in the warm and languid balladry and instrumentation that would not have sounded too out of place with a 1940's big-band arrangement. The nimble and undeniably catchy "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" bobbles about with a slightly Caribbean feel, replete with steel drums and repetitive syncopated handclaps. "Time (Clock of the Heart)" – which has been restored to the track list for the Kissing to Be Clever (2003) reissue – remains a brilliant slice of Culture Club at both their most interesting and pop-oriented. From the light and buoyant Philly soul-inspired string arrangement to the effervescent and singalongable chorus, the melody foreshadowed a similar vibe that would carry over to their sophomore long-player, Colour by Numbers (1983). Other bonus tracks on the 2003 remastered disc include previously hard-to-find B-sides. Conspicuously absent is the unique "Dub Mix" of "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," or the single edit of same, which was slightly different from the album version. The 12-page booklet is full of band photos and reproductions of picture sleeves.

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