Censored Colors

Censored Colors is the third full length album from Alaskan experimental rock band Portugal. The Man. The album was released through a partnership with Equal Vision Records on September 16, 2008. This partnership is not a traditional record contract, as the band "could work at their own pace and be intimately involved in all factors of their recording career."^[6]

The first music video from Censored Colors is for "Lay Me Back Down" and is now available at http://portugaltheman.net. "Lay Me Back Down" features the band performing in a desert, painted in gold.

The album leaked onto the internet August 25, 2008. The following day, the band posted a blog discussing the leak and their support of music downloading, encouraging their fans to download, share, and give feedback about the album.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks by John Baldwin Gourley

1. "Lay Me Back Down" – 3:50
2. "Colors" – 5:03
3. "And I" – 5:40
4. "Salt" – 4:18
5. "Created" – 2:53
6. "Out and In and In and Out" – 4:46
7. "Intermission" – 1:50
8. "New Orleans" – 5:04
9. "Never Pleased" – 3:46
10. "Sit Back and Dream" – 1:21
11. "Hard Times" – 2:35
12. "Our Times" – 1:45
13. "All Mine" – 3:46
14. "1989" – 4:12
15. "Our Way" – 2:31

Personnel

• Matt Clifford – slide guitar
• Rich Holtzman – management
• Kirk Huffman – guitar, percussion, vocals, producer, engineer
• Thomas Hunter – slide guitar
• Ian Kennedy – mastering
• Paul Q. Kolderie – producer, mixing
• Garrett Lunceford - percussion
• Ryan Neighbors – organ, synthesizer, piano, vocals, fender rhodes
• Victoria Parker – violin
• Aaron Perrino – vocals, moog synthesizer
• Charles Peterson – shouts
• Phil Peterson – synthesizer, harmonica, percussion, trombone, trumpet, accordion, cello, harp, vocals, producer, engineer
• Anthony Saffery – sitar
• Jason Sechrist – drums, backing vocals
• Ryan Sollee – vocals
• Adam Taylor – producer, mixing

External links

• Billboard review of Censored Colors

References