Don't Mind If I Do

Don't Mind If I Do
Studio album by Culture Club
Released 14 December 1999
Recorded 1999
Genre New wave, pop rock, reggae, soul
Length 68:19
Label Virgin
Producer Paul Staveley O'Duffy
John Themis
Culture Club chronology
Greatest Moments - VH1 Storytellers Live
(1998)		 Don't Mind If I Do
(1999)		 Culture Club (Box set)
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Robert Christgau (B+)[1]
Allmusic [2]

Don't Mind If I Do is the fifth and final album by new wave band Culture Club, released in 1999 for the Virgin label. The album has been released only in Europe and Japan. Some promo copies circulated in Australia too.

Contents

Overview

Don't Mind If I Do was Culture Club's comeback album of original material, the first since the band called a halt to recording, back in 1986. However, despite heavy promotion, the album was a commercial failure, only peaking at No.64 in the UK album chart. The work produced one Top 10 single, "I Just Wanna Be Loved", which was actually released almost a year earlier, and was originally included on the Greatest Moments - VH1 Storytellers Live compilation (though the single version did not in fact feature on any album). The second single "Your Kisses Are Charity" hit the Top 25, while the third single "Cold Shoulder"/"Starman" resulted in the lowest charting single ever for the group, stalling at Number 43. Also included on this single was a re-recorded version of "Your Kisses Are Charity" with Dolly Parton.

The music on the album is an amalgam of the classic Culture Club reggae-flavoured pop with rock, soul, and dance influences, and including a couple of ballads. The title of the 1999 work is a British idiom, popularised as a catchphrase in the comedy series It's That Man Again, though some see it as a vague reference to Boy George's famous heroin addiction story.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Culture Club, except "Starman" by David Bowie.

  1. "I Just Wanna Be Loved" – 4:33
  2. "Cold Shoulder" – 4:35
  3. "Maybe I'm a Fool" – 4:32
  4. "Sign Language" – 4:48
  5. "Mirror" – 4:06
  6. "Black Comedy" – 3:51
  7. "Your Kisses Are Charity" – 4:19
  8. "Weep for the Child" – 4:59
  9. "See Thru" – 4:06
  10. "Strange Voodoo" – 5:15
  11. "Truth Behind Her Smile" – 3:04
  12. "Fat Cat" – 3:25
  13. "Confidence Trick" – 4:57
  14. "Starman" – 5:16
  15. "Less Than Perfect" – 6:33

Personnel

Additional musicians

Production personnel

Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
UK 1999 Virgin CD 848666

References

  1. ^ Robert Christgau review
  2. ^ Allmusic review

External links

Culture Club
Albums
Compilation albums
Singles
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