Stuck In The Vinyl Again (Day 3 Pen Names From Facebook Penitentiary 09-23-16) Culture Club - Colour By Numbers

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Good morning gang and welcome to Stuck In The Vinyl Again's Random Record Friday. That's right folks, this morning we stumbled into a darkened room and (after stepping on the Cat's tail) we grabbed a random record that happened to be Colour By Numbers by  new wave pop band, Culture Club. Released in 1983 on the Virgin label, the LP reached #1 in :

Australia

Canada

Japan

New Zealand

and the UK

while reaching #2 in the U.S. 

It has been certified 4X Platinum in America and 3X Platinum in the UK, selling over 16 million copies worldwide. It is their most sucessful record to date.

The record spawned an impressive five singles :

1. "Church of the Poison Mind"  #2 UK, #10 US
   
   
2. "Karma Chameleon"  #1 UK,US
   
   
3. "Victims" #3 UK
   
   
4. "Miss Me Blind" #5 US
   
   
5. "It's a Miracle" #4 UK, #13 US
   
   

1. "Karma Chameleon" – 4:12
2. "It's a Miracle" – 3:25
3. "Black Money" – 5:19
4. "Changing Every Day" – 3:17
5. "That's the Way (I'm Only Trying to Help You)" – 2:45

6. "Church of the Poison Mind" – 3:30
7. "Miss Me Blind" – 4:30
8. "Mister Man" – 3:36
9. "Stormkeeper" – 2:46
10. "Victims" – 4:55

• Boy George – vocals
• Mikey Craig – bass guitar
• Roy Hay – guitar, piano, keyboards, sitar, electric sitar
• Jon Moss – percussion, drums

Additional musicians 

• Judd Lander – harmonica
• Phil Pickett – keyboards, backing vocals
• Steve Grainger – saxophone
• Patrick Seymour – flute
• Helen Terry – backing vocals
• Graham Broad – percussion
• Trevor Bastow – string arrangements
• Jermaine Stewart – backing vocals
• Terry Bailey – trumpet

This random record was recently purchased from  The Wax & The Needle , Lakeland's  premier record store. Stop by and shop awhile. Tell them Stuck In The Vinyl Again, sent you.