Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever
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Artist: Culture ClubEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Published: 2003
CD Release Date: 2003-10-07
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- White Boy (Dance Mix)
- You Know I'm Not Crazy
- I'll Tumble For Ya
- Take Control
- Love Twist
- Boy Boy (I'm The Boy)
- I'm Afraid Of Me (Remix)
- White Boys Can't Control It
- Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
- Love Is Cold
- Murder Rap Trap
- Time (Clock Of The Heart)
- Romance Beyond The Alaphabet
Free Music Notes for Kissing to Be Clever
Free Music Review: Spotty is right
Hit: 3 Stars
I would say that I can't fathom why so many people have given this rather spotty album such glowing 5-star reviews, but then again, a lot of people seem to have a tendency to judge things based on nostalgia and sentimentality from their childhood or teen years instead of looking at a product honestly, without the rose-colored glasses. I myself have great sentimentality for Eighties music, but this album doesn't make me feel nostalgic and sentimental at all. The album doesn't stand up all that well over time, unlike 'Colour by Numbers,' which I absolutely love. Too many of the songs on KTBC just strike me as unmemorable and not very distinct from one another. The songs on a truly classic album shouldn't be sounding so similar. There are even three songs in a row with incredibly similar titles, "White Boy," "Boy, Boy (I'm the Boy)," and "White Boys Can't Control It." (At least they were all in a row on the original release; I don't know why the CD reissue scrambled the order of all of the tracks!)
In my opinion, the only songs on this album that really stand up to multiple listens and have held up well over time are the three hits, "Time (Clock of the Heart)," "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?," and "I'll Tumble 4 Ya." The lattermost might be rather trite lyrically, but at least it's catchy, and is more distinct and memorable than most of the rest of the songs on this album. A couple of other songs aren't that bad, like "I'm Afraid of Me" and "White Boys Can't Control It," but overall they just don't make up what I would consider a timeless classic great album. Although if these tracks were played separately at an Eighties-themed dance party, instead of all in a row, they might not seem so similar and underdeveloped.
Kissing to Be Clever Poster
Against the cynical, post-punk backdrop of the early Thatcher and Reagan era, Culture Club's debut release Kissing to Be Clever was as refreshing as a scoop of gelato in a heatwave. These were the innocent days when Boy George could still declare he'd rather "have a cup of tea than sex," well before he hurtled to the brink of near self-destruction. Several of the cuts are still amazingly fresh and easily convey the winning charisma that transformed Boy George and his band into a pop icon. Songs like "I'll tumble 4 ya" and "Boy-Boy-I'm the Boy" seem tailor-made for the frontman's smooth-sliding tenor, while Mikey Craig's bass grooves pump with dance-til-you-drop Hi NRG. Although relatively brief (the original LP had one more cut than the CD release), the album stylistically hops like a Mexican jumping bean from disco funk to rhumba to reggae and contains obvious filler material. But the gender-bender flair perfected by Boy George announced a unique style that helped define the decade. --Thomas May2003 remastered reissue of 1982 album features 13 tracks including four bonus tracks, 'Love Is Cold', 'Murder Rat Trap' (Feat. Captain Crucial), 'Time (Clock Of The Heart)', & 'Romance Beyond The Alphabet', as well as the hit single 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me'. Virgin.
Digitally Remastered Edition of the Glam 4's Debut Album that Introduced the World to the First Cross Dressing Postpunk that Made Gender Bending an Art. Includes the Hits "do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "i'll Tumble Four Ya" and "Time (Clock of the Heart). The Bonus Tracks Are B-sides from the Singles Issued in Conjunction with the Album.
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