Waking Up With The House On Fire
by Culture Club
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Culture Club bestography
Waking Up With The House On Fire is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by Culture Club on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Culture Club is Colour By Numbers which is ranked number 3473 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 434.
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Waking Up With The House On Fire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Waking Up With The House On Fire rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 70 Music Albums of 1984 | 61/70 | 1 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 44 Music Albums of 1984 | 34/44 | 1 |
| 2024 | byuzak | Top 96 Music Albums of 1984 | 89/96 | 0 |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2018 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2016 |  lightmyway | Top 40 Music Albums of 1984 | 35/40 | 1 |
| 2016 | razumov | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2014 | nf0603 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1984 | 42/50 | 1 |
| 1984 | Spex | The 50 Best Albums of 1984 | 49/50 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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Waking Up With The House On Fire ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/12/2025 06:07 | Tamthebam | 23,301 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2024 10:20 | RemainInLight | 3,803 | 36/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2023 14:17 | tim0505 | 4,418 | 82/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.1/100, a mean average of 56.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.5.
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neilgee 11/08/2025 02:44 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 05/13/2023 16:16 in What music video are you watching right now?Waking Up With The House On Fire comments
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Stand out songs are their two hits, "The medal song"(No.32) and "The war song"(No.2), as well as "Dangerous man", "The dive" and Don't Talk About It". The 2003 re-issue has the wonderful "Love is love" included, but because of the urgency to issue before xmas '84 it was missing from the original album. "La Cancion de Guerra" is the great Chilean version of The medal song and is also on the re-issue. (Edited)
Third time's not the charm. Admittedly rushed to get a new album out for the Christmas 1984 season, Waking Up With The House On Fire is mostly filler except for a couple bright spots, namely "Mistake No. 3" and "Don't Talk About It". Only for those who love and own the first two albums.
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