True Colours (Level 42 album)

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True Colours
True Colours cover
Studio album by Level 42
Released 1984
Recorded 1983-1984, at Genetic Sound and Park Gate Studios. Additional recordings at Total Access, Los Angeles
Genre Pop, Funk, Jazz.
Length 44:50
Label Polydor
Professional reviews
Level 42 chronology
Standing in the Light
(1983)		 True Colours
(1984)		 World Machine
(1985)

True Colours is a studio album released in 1984 by the British musical group Level 42. Beyond the band's native United Kingdom, the album was released 10-pluys other countries, , including Japan, Germany and United States of America.[1] The album charted #14 in the UK album charts.

The first single released, "Hot Water", was the first Level 42 single to entered the Billboard Hot 100, at #87. "Hot Water" hit #18 on the UK single charts, #7 in Belgium and #3 in Holland, and has become a standard piece in Level 42's live sets to the present day. The second single "The Chant Has Begun", released in many countries including the United States of America,[2] peaked at #41 in the UK single charts.

Contents

[edit] 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) – 5:08
  7. "My Hero" (King / P. Gould / R. Gould) – 4:15
  8. "Kouyate" (King / P.Gould / Badarou) – 4:52
  9. "Hours By The Window"A (King / P. Gould) – 5:10

A Only available on the CD release

[edit] Credits

Plus:

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 A&M, Los Angeles

[edit] Chart Positions

[edit] Album charts

Year Chart Position
1984 United Kingdom #14
1984 Germany #23
1984 Sweden #29

[edit] Single charts

Year Song Chart Position
1984 "Hot Water" UK single charts #18
1984 "Hot Water" Billboard Hot 100 #87
1984 "The Chant Has Begun" UK single charts #41

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ True Colours releases
  2. ^ Hot Water Single
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Level 42
Mark King • Mike Lindup • Gary Husband • Nathan King • Sean Freeman
Rowland 'Boon' Gould • Phil Gould • Alan Murphy • Allan Holdsworth • Jakko Jakszyk • Lyndon Connah
Studio albums
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A Physical Presence • The River Sessions • Live At Wembley • Retroglide Tour
Compilations
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Family Of Five (Video Singles 1980-1987) • The Ultimate Collection (Video Singles & Making Of, 1980 - 1989) • Live At The Appollo • Retroglide Tour (Live at the New Oxford Theatre, 2006)
Singles
"Sandstorm" • "Love Meeting Love" • "Love Games" • "Turn It On" • "Starchild" • "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?" • "The Chinese Way" • "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" • "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" • "Micro-Kid" • "Hot Water" • "The Chant Has Begun" • "A Physical Presence" • "Something About You" • "Leaving Me Now" • "Lessons in Love" • "Running in the Family" • "To Be With You Again" • "It's Over" • "Children Say" • "Heaven in My Hands" • "Take a Look" • "Tracie" • "Take Care of Yourself" • "Guaranteed" • "Overtime" • "My Father's Shoes" • "Forever Now" • "All Over You" • "Love In A Peaceful World" • "The Way Back Home"
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