(LP) Boy George & Culture Club - Life (BLK)

Release Date:	CLR2024pop
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Please note:	Last copy available. Going forward this title will be special order only.

The first Culture Club album in nearly 20 years, after 1999’s Don’t Mind if I Do.  Thankfully, Culture Club’s musical journey of late has been detached enough from the contemporary music scene that the album’s content doesn’t feel as if it’s missed the mark, or its time. In that sense, it’s a satisfying delivery for fans.  Life is largely dominated by reggae and soul. There’s a spiritual drive to album, with opener “God & Love” sounding almost like it was sung from a pulpit, in lines like “my name is The Messenger”. George’s voice, naturally, has deepened, and the notes feel coarser with age, but that comes with a deeper sense of emotional angst, which lends itself to the moments here that sound almost like a prayer for salvation, backed by a gospel choir. Salvation may not be what Life brings, but acceptance will certainly be found among the band’s fans.

 

--Clarisse Loughrey

 

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