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Waking Up With the House on Fire
Pop · 1984 · 9 tracks

Waking Up With the House on Fire

Culture Club

Bright 1984 synth-pop with a weary, soulful undercurrent. A polished but hurried snapshot of a band navigating the pressures of global superstardom.

October 25, 1984 · Virgin

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A glossy, high-production pop record that masks a growing sense of exhaustion and celebrity fatigue.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Dangerous Man
4:15
03
Unfortunate Thing
3:08
04
Crime Time
2:59
05
Mistake No. 3
4:35
06
The Dive
3:47
07
The Medal Song
4:15
08
Don’t Talk About It
3:17
09
Mannequin
2:54
10
Hello Goodbye
3:24
Moments Worth Listening For
The Beach Boys-style vocal stacks on Mannequin that provide a brief flash of pure pop sunshine.
The way the synthesizers mimic a deep-sea descent during the chorus of The Dive.
The weary, soulful delivery of the line 'Baby, I'm no Superman' revealing the cracks in the pop-star facade.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

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Digital Clarity+2.0σ

The production is built around digital clarity than this artist usually allows.

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