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True Colours (Level 42 album)

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Released
  
October 1984

True Colours (1984)
  
World Machine (1985)

Release date
  
October 1984

Label
  
Polydor Records

Length
  
44:50

Artist
  
Level 42

Producer
  
Ken Scott

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Recorded
  
1984 at Genetic Sound and Park Gate Studios. Additional recordings at Total Access, Los Angeles

Genres
  
Funk, Pop music, Jazz-funk, Rock music, Jazz, Dance-rock

Similar
  
Level 42 albums, Rock music albums

True Colours is the fifth studio album by the British musical group Level 42, released in 1984. Beyond the band's native United Kingdom, the album was released in 10-plus other countries, including Japan, Germany and the United States of America. The album charted #14 in the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

The first single released, "Hot Water", hit #18 on the UK Singles Chart, #7 in Belgium and #3 in the Netherlands, and has become a staple in Level 42's live sets to the present day. The second single "The Chant Has Begun", released in many countries, peaked at #41 in the UK single charts.

"Hot Water" was released in the US in 1986 and entered the Billboard Hot 100, at #87.

Level 42 kansas city milkman original studio version


Track listing

  1. "The Chant Has Begun" (King, P. Gould) 5:23
  2. "Kansas City Milkman" (Badarou, King, Lindup, P. Gould) 5.31
  3. "Seven Days" (P. Gould, King, Lindup, R. Gould) 4:26
  4. "Hot Water" (King, P. Gould, Lindup, Badarou) 5:41
  5. "A Floating Life" (King, P. Gould) 5:14
  6. "True Believers" (King, P. Gould) 5:03
  7. "My Hero" (King, P. Gould, R. Gould) 4:15 - originally a bonus track on the CD and cassette
  8. "Kouyate" (King, P.Gould, Badarou) 4:52
  9. "Hours By The Window" (King, P. Gould) 5:10

Personnel

Level 42
  • Mark King – vocals, bass, percussion
  • Mike Lindup – vocals, keyboards
  • Boon Gould – guitars
  • Phil Gould – drums, percussion

    • with:

  • Wally Badarou – keyboards
  • Gary Barnacle – tenor, alto & electric saxophones
    • Production
  • Mixed at Park Gate Studios
  • Produced and Engineered by Ken Scott for KoMos Productions
  • Assisted by James Tippett-IIes and Jim Russell
  • Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Los Angeles, CA)

    • Songs

    1The Chant Has Begun5:19
    2Kansas City Milkman5:34
    3Seven Days4:27

    References

    True Colours (Level 42 album) Wikipedia
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