| Cheapness and Beauty | ||||
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| Studio album by Boy George | ||||
| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | Sarm Hook End Studios, 1993-95 | |||
| Genre | Punk/rock, country | |||
| Length | 50:20 | |||
| Label | Virgin Records | |||
| Producer | Jessica Corcoran, John Themis (5, 6 & 13) |
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Cheapness and Beauty is an album by Boy George, released in 1995. It peaked at number 44 on the UK Albums Chart.
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The album opens with a cover version of Iggy Pop's "Funtime", which was released as a single and reached #45 in the UK Singles Chart. Another single was the ballad "Il Adore" (later featured on the soundtrack album Taboo) which peaked at #50, and "Same Thing in Reverse", which reached #56 in the UK and #28 on the Billboard Dance Charts in the US.
Having scored his biggest solo success in the US and Canada with the theme song of the movie The Crying Game in 1992, George decided to move away from an electronic sound and record some rock-oriented tracks with a glam-rock edge. One of the reasons he cited for this move was revisiting his teenage years while writing his autobiography, Take It Like a Man, which was released around the same time as the album.[2] The album also marked the first time in which George didn't hide his gay sexuality in the lyrics.
This was George's last original studio album on Virgin.
All tracks composed by George O'Dowd (Boy George) and John Themis; except where indicated