He may be a pompous degenerate freak but...

If you want to own a Boy George release this is the one. Released under his "Jesus Loves You" alias. Quality dance pop with a oriental/house/goa vibe. One of my all time favorite albums of the 90's.





Generations of Love



Bow Down Mister

specialized in loneliness is great!

Isn't this the cd, with that song, "Mind On a Trip"? The track that was produced by Teddy Reily?

shorttrini said:

No that would be the High Hat cd... Btw i have them both

banks said:

It was called something else in the UK...but yeah that's the one.

Miserablism said:

Honestly, I think this was the peak of George. It certainly was the best album of his career IMO. I loved this album from start to finish. He was really onto something with the music and the More Protien Label (MC Kinky, EZ Posse, Eve Gallagher). I was really hoping that he would continue in this vein, but alas he did not. Looking back, I see that his solo carreer is very varied and he never carried a sound for more than one album.

But yeah, this is a great album. Even the fact that it was released as Jesus Loves You is brilliant.

IT WAS CALLED 'TENSE NERVOUS HEADACHE.'

(NO, REALLY, IT WAS!!!)

superspaceboy said:

FormerlyKnownAs said:

I was too lazy to look it up.

superspaceboy said:

High Hat was one in a trio of variations of some of the same material. High Hat was basically released as Tense Nervous Headache in the UK, but that version had around a half a dozen songs that High Hat doesn't have, and vice versa. In other various countries, TNH was released as Boyfriend, but with fewer tracks. High Hat was a US-only album. Which ever way it is looked at, this album is pretty good. Of course, George had not fully recovered from his drug problems when this was recorded; he had stopped using heroin, but cocaine and prescription drugs were big on his list. But unlike George's first solo album, Sold, his drug use is not quite as apparent on this recording. But the song You Are My Heroin is blunt about George and drugs, and actually was shocking to me when i first heard it. Don't Take My Mind On A Trip, a single, is a great dance track, and the video was one of the first where Boy George was not wearing lipstick. I'm Not Sleeping Anymore goes back to George's more soulful upbringing, rivaling some work with Culture Club such as the 1982 single Time (Clock Of The Heart). Kipsy, with MC Kinky rapping, is another song about George and drugs, with mentions of Marylebone Court and "Ecstasy". The Jamaican vibe is another style that George is no stranger to; see also Everything I Own and Do You Really Want To Hurt Me. Don't Cry, perhaps the best song on the album and yet another single, lacks the ambitiously excessful sound of some of the other tracks. George sings in a Roy Orbison style voice, something that took a while to get used to. Other noteworthy songs are the tale of a mixed female dating a black man Girl With Combination Skin, and the gentle Something Strange Called Love. The only real downside to this album are 3 tracks on the first side: the slow-paced Whisper, the ridiculous Whether They Like It Or Not (which George himself has said that it was his "worst record ever"), and the single You Found Another Guy, probably the best of those three. This album probably will not be in print much longer; i'm actually surprised it is now. This is probably George's best solo effort, so i suggest all George fans get this.

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banks said:

Thanks! It makes me want to go out and get it. I only had it and Sold on Cassette and never got around to getting CD versions. I think it's better than Sold, but has some really awful tracks too. I think his best solo effort was Martyr Mantras. After that, I became uninterested in his sound...I think he went for rock or something like that.

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Thanks I just discovered this album after reading this post - suprised at how good the album is - certainly way ahead of it's time.

I love this album. Great stuff!
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OLDHATJ said:

Why does it matter that George was gay and having sex with the drummer? I loved CC's music, but I never fantasized about George in that way. He looked like a girl with makeup so I don't see how a heterosexual woman would be attracted to him anyway. I'm a straight woman. I'm attracted to guys that look like guys, not ones with makeup who look feminine.
I don't get the appeal of fantasizing about someone who's a celebrity who you will never meet anyway. If I fantasize about someone sexy, it's someone I see in real life, at school, work or the gym.
I found your comment about the drumsticks very homophobic, vulgar and offensive. Jon Moss, the drummer in CC was a very talented musician and I don't see the need to be so offensive and homophobic about either him or George.

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OLDHATJ said:

I am sorry to have offended you. I was just being stupid I guess. Boy George is one of my favorite singers along with Holly Johnson, George Michael and Freddie Mercury. Again, I am sorry!
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OLDHATJ said:

you could edit your post...