Waking Up With the House on Fire [Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Culture Club | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B0000C83YK
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,479 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Includes Dangerous Man; Unfortunate Thing; Crime Time; Mannequin; Hello Goodbye ; bonus tracks Love Is Love; The Dream; Don't Go down That Street , and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A forgotten gem, June 12, 2006

By 

T. Lim (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waking Up With the House on Fire (Audio CD)

Despite all the negative reviews, Waking Up is strangely a very listenable album, which grows on you with each repeated listening. Sure, it doesn't have the instant recognisable hits from previous albums, and many other tracks here, though catchy, seem somewhat lacklustre. You know, it's impossible to top Colour By Numbers and there are bound to be comparisons. I really love the inclusion of Love Is Love and The Dream, two of the most beautiful ballads Culture Club has ever recorded. Don't be put off by what you hear or read, this is an album worth keeping in your 80's and Culture Club collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Group's last GOOD album, October 2, 2005

By 

Reginald D. Garrard "the G-man" (Camilla, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waking Up With the House on Fire (Audio CD)

The album is most notable for its hard-hitting "War" and the poetic "Mistake #3". These two singular songs stand as a testament to the writing skills and vocal talent of O'Dowd and company.

Unfortunately, the remainder of the release was typical of the period, having significance only to those of us that were around during the decade. However, the album, as a whole, was much better than the group's next effort, the mediocre "From Luxury to Heartache".

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!!! My FAVORITE Culture Club album to date!! A+, July 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Waking Up With the House on Fire (Audio CD)

TOTALLY AWESOME!!! "Waking Up With The House On Fire" remains my absolute FAVORITE Culture Club album to date!! I never cared about negative media reviews. The proof is in the pudding!! This album kicks rock & roll butt!! I first saw Boy George in concert at age 15 when Culture Club were on tour to promote this album - the "Waking Up With The House On Fire" TOUR came to the Meadowlands/Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ on November 12, 1984! How could I possibly forget that date?? I was 15 years-old then, and my hero was Boy George!! Seeing him LIVE from the 17th row was a life-changing event for me!! Oh what a night!! I will never in a million years forget seeing George O'Dowd, decked-out in neon-red hair and a silver pillbox hat with pink & gold scarves like a genie dressed in full-length black capes with bare feet, emerge from a pit of blue smoke underneath the mid-air-rising drum kit singing "The Dive" - my favorite song from this album! What a stage entrance!! What a concert!! What a TIME to be a teenager!! SOOOOOO COOL!! This digitally-remastered version of "Waking Up With The House On Fire" is even greater yet!! The songs are brilliant!! My favorites aside from "The Dive" are the singles - "The War Song," "Mistake No.3," and "The Medal Song." Additionally, there are some damn catchy tunes like "Mannequin" and the heavy metal "Hello Goodbye." The BONUS TRACKS are an AWESOME testimony to the brilliance of this album, as they were all recorded at that same time... "Don't Go Down Street" - haunting and rad with Japanese talk-over, and a song I feel is the most beautiful ballad Culture Club ever recorded and Boy George ever sang - "The Dream" - AWESOME times 10!!! Boy George's voice on this song gives me chills and Roy Hay's pianoplaying is his best!! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! Jon Moss's drumming and Mikey Craig's bass shine through big-time on "The Dive" and "Hello Goodbye." Check this CD out!! How can you not miss the '80's??!! These guys are BRILLIANT!! Boy George is the best!! Peace...