Don't Mind If I Do (Culture Club album)

Don't Mind If I Do
Studio album by Culture Club
Released	22 November 1999
Recorded	1999 at Roundhouse Studios, Konk Studios, Strongroom Studios, Church Studios, Manmade Soul Studios and Angel Studios, London and the Themis Mobile Studio[1]
Genre	New wave, pop rock, reggae, soul
Length	68:19
Label	Virgin
Producer	Roy Hay, Culture Club, Paul Staveley O'Duffy, John Themis, Steve Levine
Culture Club chronology
Greatest Moments - VH1 Storytellers Live (1998) Don't Mind If I Do (1999) Culture Club (box set) (2002)
Singles from Don't Mind If I Do
"Your Kisses Are Charity" Released: 26 July 1999 "Cold Shoulder/Starman" Released: 15 November 1999

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Don't Mind If I Do is the fifth album by the British new wave band Culture Club, released in 1999 by Virgin Records. The album was released only in Europe and Japan, though some promo copies also circulated in Australia.

Overview

Don't Mind If I Do was Culture Club's first album of new material in 13 years, after the break-up of the band in 1986 and subsequent reformation in 1998. Numerous producers worked on the project, including Culture Club's original producer Steve Levine (who had produced their first three hit albums). However, despite heavy promotion, the album was a commercial failure, only peaking at No.64 in the UK Albums Chart. The album contains the UK Top 10 single, "I Just Wanna Be Loved", which was actually released over a year earlier and originally included on the band's Greatest Moments compilation. Further singles taken from the album included "Your Kisses Are Charity" which reached Number 25 in the UK, while the next single "Cold Shoulder"/"Starman" stalled at Number 43.

Track listing

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

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