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Album dossier / 1983

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Culture Club · New Wave/Pop

Culture Club's breakthrough second album paired Boy George's genre-blurring pop-reggae-soul songwriting with producer Steve Levine and backing vocalist Jermaine Stewart, spawning the harmonica-driven, multi-country #1 single 'Karma Chameleon' and going on to sell over 16 million copies, triple-platinum in the UK and quadruple-platinum in the US.

Year1983
GenreNew Wave/Pop
Chart peak#1 UK, #2 US
Vinyl sales (est.)16 million+ (worldwide, all formats)

Record facts

Label
Virgin Records
Producer
Steve Levine
Chart peak
#1 UK, #2 US
Notable tracks
  • ★ Karma Chameleon
  • ★ Church of the Poison Mind
  • ★ Miss Me Blind

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1983 · Virgin Records

Complete 1980s Studio Discography

4 studio albums released from 1980–1989 by Culture Club. Archived records link directly to full dossiers; remaining releases are queued for harvesting. MusicBrainz source.

♫ 1982
Kissing to Be Clever
1982 ·
⏳ Queued for Harvesting
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1983 · Virgin Records
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♫ 1984
Waking Up With the House on Fire
1984 ·
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♫ 1986
From Luxury to Heartache
1986 ·
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Complete track listing · 10 tracks

  1. Karma Chameleon
  2. It's A Miracle
  3. Black Money
  4. Changing Every Day
  5. That's The Way (I'm Only Trying To Help You)
  6. Church Of The Poison Mind
  7. Miss Me Blind
  8. Mister Man
  9. Stormkeeper
  10. Victims

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theaudiodb.com, discogs.com, cd-lexikon.de · track listing: https://www.discogs.com/release/245765 · cover art: coverartarchive.org

Last enriched: 2026-08-22