Colour by Numbers

This article is about the Culture Club album. For the artistic activity, see Color by numbers. For the Freeze the Atlantic EP, see Colour by Numbers (Freeze the Atlantic EP). For the Swedish art installation, see Colour by Numbers (art installation).

Colour by Numbers
Studio album by
Culture Club
Released10 October 1983
Recorded1983
StudioRed Bus Studios and CBS Studios, London[1]
Genre
Length38:14
57:50 (2003 remaster)
LabelVirgin (UK)
Epic (US)
ProducerSteve Levine
Culture Club chronology
Kissing to Be Clever
(1982) 		Colour by Numbers
(1983) 		Waking Up with the House on Fire
(1984)
Singles from Colour by Numbers
  1. "Church of the Poison Mind"
    Released: 1 April 1983
  2. "Karma Chameleon"
    Released: 5 September 1983
  3. "Victims"
    Released: 28 November 1983
  4. "Miss Me Blind"
    Released: 14 February 1984 (US)
  5. "It's a Miracle"
    Released: 12 March 1984[2]

Colour by Numbers is the second album by the British new wave group Culture Club, released in October 1983. Preceded by the hit single "Karma Chameleon", which reached number one in several countries, the album reached number one in the UK and has sold 10 million copies. It has been certified triple platinum in the UK and quadruple platinum in the US. It was ranked number 96 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Best Albums of the 1980s.

  1. ^ "Culture Club - Colour By Numbers". Discogs.
  2. ^ "Music week" (PDF). p. 36.