Colour By Numbers
by Culture Club
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Colour By Numbers is ranked as the best album by Culture Club.
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Colour By Numbers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Colour By Numbers rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1980s | 82/100 | - |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum artists Pt 3 | 29/100 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 81/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Artists Pt 3 | 94/100 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1983 | 21/41 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | CjHubb117 | Top 27 Music Albums of the 1980s | 21/27 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 130 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 434 | |||
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Colour By Numbers ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/19/2026 00:18 | CjHubb117 | 301 | 89/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 14:46 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/21/2026 15:44 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.1/100, a mean average of 65.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.1.
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cestuneblague 12/12/2023 15:12 in What album are you listening to right now?Colour By Numbers comments
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Its been 30 years, time to listen to the music and not the image. Boy George and Culture Club were ultimately a rather short lived phenomenon, but that 18 months or so that they ruled the airwaves was a strong one and this album represents them at the peak of their powers, before overexposure and drug addiction derailed this band into a Trivial Pursuit question. People forget this album was so big that only Michael Jackson was able to hold it off #1.
No.1 for 5 weeks & contains 3 of the Top 50 biggest selling singles of 1983 incl the biggest seller of the year "Karma Chameleon". The others being the haunting melody "Victims" & the pure energy of "Church of the poison mind". There's also the No.4 hit "It's a miracle". "Stormkeeper", "That's the way" & "Black money" also standouts but there are no fillers on this album, making this a true classic of 80's pop. The 2003 re-issue CD contains the majestic orchestral instrumental of Victims, "Romance revisited".
One of the very fist albums I owned being only 11 years old then and a popular album at the time, two of the tracks being on the first 'Now That's What I Call Music' Album 'Karma Chameleon' and 'Victims' (Edited)
Jboy56 01/29/2022 14:30 | #280264 | TOP COMMENT
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Criminally underrated. I love this album full of excellent pop tunes! (Edited)
eclab 11/24/2014 04:38 | #127829 | TOP COMMENT
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There are a few lyrical duds, but the music quite good throughout. Underrated on this site. (Edited)
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