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Colour by Numbers: Rolling Stone's #96 of 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s

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Colour by Numbers Studio album: Culture Club Released: October 10, 1983 Genre: New wave, pop, blue-eyed soul Colour by Numbers is the second album by the British new wave group Culture Club . It spawned four hits in the US:   "Church of the Poison Mind," "Karma Chameleon," "Miss Me Blind," and "It's a Miracle." In addition, " Victims " was released as a single in the UK.  In 1989, Colour by Numbers was ranked number 96 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s. It came in at number 7 among NME's list of "Albums of the Year" for 1983. The LP is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

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Nothing Compares 2 U: Rolling Stone's #165 of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)

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Nothing Compares 2 U Single: Sinéad O'Connor Album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got B-side: Jump in the River Released: January 8, 1990 Genre: Pop Songwriter: Prince Prince wrote "Nothing Compares 2 U" in 1984. In 1989, Sinéad O'Connor covered it for her second album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got .  It hit Number 1 in 17 countries and topped the Billboard Hot 100 single's chart in the US for four weeks, making the song the number 3 single for 1990. The track came in at number 2 for the year in Great Britain, behind a re-release of the Righteous Brothers ' hit " Unchained Melody ."  It ranks  number 165 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and  18  on VH's list of 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders.

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Breakfast in America: Number 207 of Guinness' All Time Top 1000 Albums

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Breakfast in America Studio album: Supertramp Released: March 29, 1979 Genre: Pop, art rock, soft rock Breakfast in America ,   Supertramp 's sixth LP, is their biggest-selling. It spent six weeks atop Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart and sold over 20 million copies; the biggest-selling prog album of all time after Dark Side Of The Moon .  It spawned four US Billboard hit singles: " The Logical Song ,"" Goodbye Stranger ," " Take the Long Way Home ," and " Breakfast in America ." Bob C. Benberg, the drummer for Supertramp, has said, "We think artistically we hit our peak with " Crime of the Century ," and commercially with "Breakfast in America." In 1980, the record won Grammy Awards for Best Album Package and Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording. In 1987, The World Critics List 's Joel Whitburn ranked Breakfast in America the fourth greatest album of all time. The Guinness All Time Top 1000 Albums ' 19

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