| This Time - The First Four Years | ||||
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| Compilation album by Culture Club | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1982-1986 | |||
| Genre | New wave, pop, rock, reggae, country, white soul | |||
| Length | 48:07 (LP); 62:15 (CD/MC) |
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| Label | Virgin Epic (US) |
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| Producer | Steve Levine | |||
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This Time – The First Four Years is the first official greatest hits album of British new wave group Culture Club, released, by Virgin Records, in 1987. Its release came one year after the band had split up.
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The compilation exclusively includes, in its vinyl edition, the band's most successful hits. The one track which was never available in single format is "Black Money" (originally on their second album, Colour by Numbers), which was intended to be released to promote this collection, but never actually came out. The album includes a wide selection of tracks taken from all their albums (including more than half the tracks from the Colour By Numbers album), as well as the group's contribution to the Electric Dreams film soundtrack; "Love Is Love". For many countries, it was the first time that their hit "Time (Clock of the Heart)" was included on an album.
Two additional tracks are featured on the CD and cassette version: the remix of "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" and a medley segueing the remixes of "It's a Miracle" and "Miss Me Blind".
The bulk of these tracks would be re-issued on numerous compilations for years after.
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue N° |
| UK | 1987 | Virgin | CD | CDVTV 1 |
| MC | MCVTV 1 | |||
| vinyl LP | VTV 1 |
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