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From Luxury to Heartache is the fourth album by the British pop group Culture Club, released in April 1986. It was the last studio album released by Culture Club until 1999's Don't Mind If I Do.

From Luxury to Heartache
Studio album by Culture Club
Released	1 April 1986[1]
Recorded	1985–1986
Studio	Mountain Studios, Montreux and Atlantic Studios, New York City[2]
Genre	New wave pop rock blue-eyed soul
Length	44:04
Label	Virgin (UK) Epic (US)
Producer	Arif Mardin Lew Hahn
Culture Club chronology
Waking Up with the House on Fire (1984) From Luxury to Heartache (1986) Don't Mind If I Do (1999)
Singles from From Luxury to Heartache
"Move Away" Released: 3 March 1986 "God Thank You Woman" Released: 12 May 1986 (UK, Europe, Japan, Australia) "Gusto Blusto" Released: 23 June 1986 (UK), August 1986 (US, Canada)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Smash Hits	[3]
Robert Christgau	(C) link
AllMusic	link

Background

From Luxury to Heartache was produced by veteran pop and R&B producer Arif Mardin, who replaced Steve Levine, the producer of Culture Club's previous three albums, in a bid to revitalise the band's sound. Due to lead singer Boy George's growing addiction to drugs, recordings dragged on for so long that Mardin had to disband the sessions and leave it up to engineer Lew Hahn to record the final vocals. The final credit on the album gave production credit to both Mardin and Hahn on all tracks. Songs like "Gusto Blusto" and "Reasons" took days for the addicted singer to finish.

Following the release of the album, rumours of George's heroin addiction began to circulate in the press and in British and US tabloids, and by the summer of 1986, he announced that he was indeed addicted to drugs. In July, he was arrested for possession of cannabis.[4] Several days later, keyboardist Michael Rudetsky, who played on the album and had co-written "Sexuality"[5] with George, was found dead from a heroin overdose[6] in George's home.[7]

Commercial performance and single releases

Lead single "Move Away" became a hit in several countries around the world. However, also around this time, media reports of lead singer Boy George's drug abuse were starting to surface from the media. "God Thank You Woman" was the second single released from the album in Europe and Asia, it peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart, while in North and South America "Gusto Blusto" was chosen as a single, but it failed to chart on the US Hot 100. A fourth single, "Heaven's Children", was planned to be released in July 1986, but was cancelled^{[citation needed]}. Within a year of the album's release, the band broke up and Boy George embarked on a solo career, making this the last Culture Club album until 1999's Don't Mind If I Do.

Track listing

CD bonus tracks:

1. "Move Away" (Extended) – 7:25
2. "God Thank You Woman" (Extended) – 7:03
3. "Sexuality" (Extended) – 10:34

Personnel

Culture Club

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

Additional musicians

• Michael Rudetsky – keyboards
• Phil Pickett – keyboards, background vocals
• Lewis Hahn – recorder
• Helen Terry – backing vocals
• Jocelyn Brown – backing vocals
• David Lasley – backing vocals
• Wendell Morrison – backing vocals
• Ruby Turner – backing vocals

Production

• Arif Mardin – producer
• Lewis Hahn – producer, mixing
• George Marino – mastering
• Jon Moss – digital mixing
• Michael O'Reilly – engineer
• Martin Pearson – engineer
• David Richards – engineer
• Tony Gordon – management

Charts

Album

Chart (1986)	Peak position[8]
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[9]	34
Dutch Albums Chart	28
German Albums Chart	45
Italian Albums Chart[10]	14
Japanese Albums Chart	13
New Zealand Albums Chart	44
Norwegian Albums Chart	18
Spanish Albums Chart[11]	30
Swedish Albums Chart	13
Swiss Albums Chart	24
UK Albums Chart	10
U.S. Billboard 200	32

Singles

Single	Chart (1986)	Peak position
"Move Away"	UK Singles Chart	7
"Move Away"	U.S. Adult Contemporary	11
"Move Away"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12
"Move Away"	U.S. Hot Dance Club Play	4
"Move Away"	U.S. R&B Chart	87
"God Thank You Woman"	UK Singles Chart	31
"Gusto Blusto"	CAN Singles Chart	24

Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
	1986	Virgin	CD	E-40345
			LP	2380
	1998	Virgin	CD	86704

References

External links

• Amazon.com review
• Artist Direct review
• Buy.com review
• Rate Your Music review

На других языках

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[it] From Luxury to Heartache

From Luxury to Heartache è il quarto album di studio del gruppo pop/rock/reggae/new wave dei Culture Club, pubblicato nel 1986. Il lavoro rappresenta un deliberato allontanamento per il gruppo dal pop intriso di reggae dei lavori precedenti. Nonostante Reasons sia un pezzo apertamente reggae, i restanti nove brani dell'album (compreso il Lato B che dà il titolo complessivo al disco, pur senza esservi incluso) sono maggiormente orientati verso il genere dance e new wave. Il produttore Arif Mardin, veterano del pop e dell'R&B, sostituisce Steve Levine nel ruolo di produttore, nel tentativo di rivitalizzare il suono della band. A causa della crescente dipendenza da stupefacenti sviluppata dal cantante Boy George, le registrazioni si trascinarono così a lungo che Mardin dovette affidare al tecnico del suono Lew Hahn la registrazione delle voci finali. Ci vollero giorni interi per registrare le tracce vocali di canzoni come Gusto Blusto e la stessa Reasons, con Boy George che continuava a lasciare le session senza preavviso e ad addormentarsi (una volta per due giorni di fila) sul mixer dello studio, come racconta durante il concerto live per "VH1 Storytellers" riproposto nel CD bonus annesso a "Greatest Moments" del 1998, l'anno della riunione della band, dopo quasi 13 anni.

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