Don't Mind If I Do

Don't Mind If I Do
Studio album by Culture Club
Released	14 December 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	New wave, pop rock, reggae, soul
Length	68:19
Label	Virgin
Producer	Paul Staveley O'Duffy John Themis
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Greatest Moments - VH1 Storytellers Live (1998) Don't Mind If I Do (1999) Culture Club (Box set) (2002)

Don't Mind If I Do is the fifth and final album by new wave band Culture Club, released in 1999 for the Virgin label. The album has been released only in Europe and Japan. Some promo copies circulated in Australia too.

Overview

Don't Mind If I Do was Culture Club's comeback album of original material, the first since the band called a halt to recording, back in 1986. However, despite heavy promotion, the album was a commercial failure, only peaking at No.64 in the UK album chart. The work produced one Top 10 single, "I Just Wanna Be Loved", which was actually released almost a year earlier, and was originally included on the Greatest Moments - VH1 Storytellers Live compilation (though the single version did not in fact feature on any album). The second single "Your Kisses Are Charity" hit the Top 25, while the third single "Cold Shoulder"/"Starman" resulted in the lowest charting single ever for the group, stalling at Number 43. Also included on this single was a re-recorded version of "Your Kisses Are Charity" with Dolly Parton.

The music on the album is an amalgam of the classic Culture Club reggae-flavoured pop with rock, soul, and dance influences, and including a couple of ballads. The title of the 1999 work is a British idiom, popularised as a catchphrase in the comedy series It's That Man Again, though some see it as a vague reference to Boy George's famous heroin addiction story.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Culture Club, except "Starman" by David Bowie.

1. "I Just Wanna Be Loved" – 4:33
2. "Cold Shoulder" – 4:35
3. "Maybe I'm a Fool" – 4:32
4. "Sign Language" – 4:48
5. "Mirror" – 4:06
6. "Black Comedy" – 3:51
7. "Your Kisses Are Charity" – 4:19
8. "Weep for the Child" – 4:59
9. "See Thru" – 4:06
10. "Strange Voodoo" – 5:15
11. "Truth Behind Her Smile" – 3:04
12. "Fat Cat" – 3:25
13. "Confidence Trick" – 4:57
14. "Starman" – 5:16
15. "Less Than Perfect" – 6:33

Personnel

• Boy George - vocals
• Mikey Craig - bass guitar, piano, vocal arrangement
• Roy Hay - conductor, guitar, keyboards, vocal arrangements, brass arrangements
• Jon Moss - percussion, drums

Additional musicians

• John Themis - guitar, vocal arrangement
• Tim Cansfield - guitar
• Tony Remy - guitar
• Steve Honest - pedal steel guitar
• Darius Zickus - keyboards, programming
• Kevan Frost - keyboards
• Jonathan Shorten - keyboards
• Sacha Skarbek - keyboards
• Chaz Kkoshi - hammond organ
• Richie Stevens - percussion, programming
• Gillian Findlay - violin
• Sophie Langdon - violin
• Julian Leaper - violin
• Roland Roberts - violin
• Paul Wiley - violin
• Rolf Wilson - violin
• Kate Evans - fiddle
• Chris Davis - flute, saxophone
• J. Neil Sidwell - trombone, brass arrangement
• Steve Sidwell - trumpet, flugelhorn, brass
• Paul Spong - trumpet, flugelhorn
• John Thirkell - trumpet
• London Chamber Orchestra - strings
• Robin Smith - arranger, programming, music direction
• Paul Staveley O'Duffy - programming
• Steve Levine - programming
• Disco Dave - programming
• Adian Love - programming
• David Maurice - programming
• Mr. Spee - programming
• Emily Themis - backing vocals
• Zee Asher - backing vocals
• Angie Brown - backing vocals
• Linda Duggan - backing vocals
• Gina Foster - backing vocals
• Chyna Gordon - backing vocals
• Spencer Graham - backing vocals
• Derek Green - backing vocals
• Mary Pearce - backing vocals
• Tubbs Williams - backing vocals
• Derick Johnson - rap

Production personnel

• Jon Themis - executive producer, music direction
• Paul Staveley O'Duffy - producer, engineer, mixing engineer
• Dom T - producer, remixing
• Roy Hay - producer
• Steven Levine - producer
• John Musgrave - engineer, mixing engineer
• Chris Scard - engineer, mixing engineer
• Albert Pinheiro - engineer, assistant engineer
• Pete Lewis - engineer
• Frank Arkwright - mastering, cutting engineer
• Wing Commander Gill - assistant engineer
• Daniel Gilliland - assistant engineer
• Graham Hogg - assistant engineer
• Ian Rossiter - assistant engineer
• Ryan Tully - assistant engineer
• Roland Herrington - mixing engineer
• Richie Stevens - mixing
• Fiesta Mailing - transcription
• Ryan Art - design
• Paul Cox - photography

Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
UK	1999	Virgin	CD	848666

External links

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