Greatest Moments - VH1 Storytellers Live
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Greatest Moments is a greatest hits
compilation by British
band Culture Club
. It was released in the UK on 9 November 1998, and went platinum in the UK, reaching #15 in the album charts. The album also contains three solo Boy George
tracks.
The album includes the greatest hits released from the band, spanning from their debut album (1982's Kissing to Be Clever
), to their most recent single in 1998. There is also a limited edition bonus disc called VH1 Storytellers Live, recorded live on 2 May 1998 at Sony Studios
, New York
.
The only single taken from the album is "I Just Wanna Be Loved" which managed to reach #4 in the singles chart.
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
compilation by British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
band Culture Club
Culture Club
Culture Club are a British rock band who were part of the 1980s New Romantic movement. The original band consisted of Boy George , Mikey Craig , Roy Hay and Jon Moss...
. It was released in the UK on 9 November 1998, and went platinum in the UK, reaching #15 in the album charts. The album also contains three solo Boy George
Boy George
Boy George is a British singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by...
tracks.
The album includes the greatest hits released from the band, spanning from their debut album (1982's Kissing to Be Clever
Kissing to Be Clever
Kissing to Be Clever is the debut album by new wave soul band Culture Club, released in 1982.-Overview:The album was anchored by the international hit "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me". The album's first two singles were "White Boy" , and "I'm Afraid of Me"...
), to their most recent single in 1998. There is also a limited edition bonus disc called VH1 Storytellers Live, recorded live on 2 May 1998 at Sony Studios
Sony Pictures Entertainment
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, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
The only single taken from the album is "I Just Wanna Be Loved" which managed to reach #4 in the singles chart.
Greatest Moments (Disc 1)
- "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
- "Time (Clock of the Heart)"
- "Church of the Poison MindChurch of the Poison Mind"Church of the Poison Mind" is a 1983 hit single for Culture Club. It was the first single to be released from their second album Colour by Numbers....
" - "Karma ChameleonKarma Chameleon"Karma Chameleon" is a song by British New Wave band Culture Club, featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers. The song spent three weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1984, becoming the group's biggest hit and only US #1 among their many top ten hits...
" - "VictimsVictims (song)"Victims" is a single from UK band Culture Club's album Colour by Numbers, released in 1983. As with most early Culture Club singles, the song is about Boy George's then publicly unknown relationship with drummer Jon Moss....
" - "I'll Tumble 4 YaI'll Tumble 4 Ya"I'll Tumble 4 Ya" was a single from Culture Club's debut album Kissing to Be Clever.The single was released only in North America, peaking at number nine in both the U.S. and Canada...
" - "It's a Miracle"
- "Miss Me BlindMiss Me Blind"Miss Me Blind" is a song by the 1980s pop band Culture Club. The song was released on the band's second album, Colour by Numbers, and it peaked at #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in April 1984....
" - "Move Away"
- "Love is Love"
- "Everything I OwnEverything I Own"Everything I Own" is a song written by David Gates. Originally recorded by Gates's band Bread for their 1972 album Baby, I'm a Want You, the single was recorded by The Connells, Jack Jones, Ken Boothe, Olivia Newton-John, Georgie Fame, Boy George, *NSYNC, Jude, Rod Stewart, Crystal Gayle, Nicole...
" (Boy George solo track) - "The Crying GameThe Crying Game (song)"The Crying Game" is a song written by Geoff Stephens. It was first released by Dave Berry in July 1964. It reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart. Then-unknown session guitarist Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan played guitar in this song.-Song history:...
" (Boy George solo track) - "I Just Wanna Be Loved"
- "Generations of Love (The Timewriter Bootleg Mix)" (Boy George solo track)
VH1 Storytellers Live (Disc 2)
- "Church of the Poison Mind"
- "Miss Me Blind"
- "Move Away"
- "I'll Tumble 4 Ya"
- "It's a Miracle"
- "That's the Way (I'm Only Trying to Help You)"
- "Strange Voodoo"
- "I Just Wanna Be Loved"
- "What Do You Want"
- "The Crying Game"
- "Victims"
- "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
- "Time (Clock of the Heart)"
- "Karma Chameleon"
- On the Canadian and American editions of the album, the live track "Black Money" is included in the middle of the set.
- Also, on the studio record, the Timewriter Remix of "Generations of Love" is only on the UK edition.
Charts
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
---|---|
UK Albums Chart | 15 |
US Albums Chart | 148 |
Japanese Albums Chart | 94 |