Waking Up with the House on Fire

by Culture Club

Overview

Tell-all books and TV shows later explained that Culture Club was slowly imploding under the weight of intra-band tensions and Boy George's increasing drug addiction, but upon its release in 1984, WAKING UP WITH THE HOUSE ON FIRE just sounded strained and odd. Listening to the album in hindsight, its charms are more apparent, and the discomfort of its creation is readily audible in the subtle tension of songs like "Dangerous Man" and the sweeping ballad "Mistake Number Three." George is in fine voice, and the band's playing is as smooth and relaxed as always, but there's no denying that the songwriting is uneven--the plainly imbecilic "The War Song" was a horrid choice for the first single--and there's an unsettling sense of listening to the psychic collapse of a once-promising talent. Waking up with the house on fire indeed...

Product Details

Release Date:	12/23/2022
Label:	Universal Music
UPC:	4988031542224
Rank:	57380

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Culture Club   Primary Artist
Nancy Peppers   Vocals (Background),Vocals
Andriana Marchant   Vocals
Andriana Loizou   Vocals (Background)
Tara Thomas   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Clare Torry   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Jon Moss   Drums,Percussion
John Moss   Drums,Percussion
Roy Hay   Sitar,Guitar,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Phil Pickett   Piano,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Chris Rainbow   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Mikey Craig   Bass
Steve Grainger   Saxophone
Alanda Marchant   Vocals (Background)
Boy George   Vocals
Helen Terry   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Derek Green   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Martin Sunley   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Ronny Williams   Trumpet
Kenneth McGregor   Trombone
Alice Kemp   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Louis Rogers   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Imogen Exton   Vocals,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Steve Levine   Mixing,Producer
Culture Club   Composer
Jon Moss   Mixing,Composer,Drum Programming
Peter Lee   Assistant Engineer
Roy Hay   Composer
Mikey Craig   Composer
George O'Dowd   Composer
Gordon Milne   Engineer
Ray Allington   Hair Stylist
Connie Jude   Illustrations
Boy George   Composer
Steve Hughes   Make-Up,Photography