This Is What I Do (Boy George album)

This Is What I Do
Studio album by Boy George
Released 28 October 2013
Recorded 2013
Genre Indie pop
Alternative
Label Very Me Records/Cometmarket/Kobalt Label Services
Producer Richie Stevens
Boy George chronology

Ordinary Alien
(2010)		 This Is What I Do
(2013)

This Is What I Do is a 2013 album by Boy George. It is produced by Richie Stevens. It is the first time since the mid-nineties that a sober George took the time to really complete a full-length. It did gain good to very good reviews, with The Guardian calling it "the best comeback of the year". It was Boy George's first album in the UK top 40 since 1987's Sold.

The three songs that were selected as "focus track", with a video, are "King Of Everything", "My God" and "Nice And Slow". A dub version, named "This Is What I Dub", featuring cameos from Sinéad O'Connor, Dennis Bovvell and George Clinton, is scheduled for the end of the year.

To promote the album, George undertook a UK tour in November 2013 featuring support from self-styled "Flock Rock" band The Featherz, whose lead singer/guitarist Danie Cox appeared in the videos for "King Of Everything", "My God" and non-album single "I'm Coming Home".[1] A further tour took place in April 2014.

Track listing

  1. "King of Everything" (4:21)
  2. "Bigger Than War" (3:45)
  3. "Live Your Life" (4:33)
  4. "My God" (4:11)
  5. "It's Easy" (3:35)
  6. "Death of Samantha" (5:28)
  7. "Any Road" (4:54)
  8. "My Star" (4:20)
  9. "Love and Danger" (3:28)
  10. "Nice and Slow" (4:08)
  11. "Play Me" (6:28)
  12. "Feel the Vibration" (5:13)

Canada and USA bonus tracks (Released in March 2014)

  1. "Turn On A Little Light For Me"
  2. "Make You Feel My Love"
  3. "Video Games"

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] 61
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 120
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 71
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[5] 37
French Albums (SNEP)[6] 58
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 56
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 33

References

  1. ↑ http://www.boygeorgeuk.com/wordpress/the-featherz-support-george/
  2. ↑ "Boy George – This Is What I Do" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Boy George – This Is What I Do" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Boy George – This Is What I Do" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Boy George – This Is What I Do". Danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Boy George – This Is What I Do". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Boy George | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 9 February 2014.