Shades of Purple

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Shades of Purple
Studio album by M2M
Released March 7, 2000
Recorded October 1999
Genre Pop
Length 51:07
Label Atlantic
Producer Peter Zizzo, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger
M2M chronology

Shades of Purple
(2000)		 The Big Room
(2001)
Alternative cover
Asian Edition cover
Singles from Shades of Purple
  1. "Don't Say You Love Me"
    Released: October 26, 1999 (1999-10-26)
  2. "Mirror Mirror"
    Released: February 22, 2000 (2000-02-22)
  3. "The Day You Went Away"
    Released: March 20, 2000 (2000-03-20)
  4. "Pretty Boy"
    Released: July 2000 (2000-07)
  5. "Girl In Your Dreams"
    Released: September 26, 2000 (2000-09-26)
  6. "Everything You Do"
    Released: December 5, 2000 (2000-12-05)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment Weekly[2] (B)

Shades of Purple is the debut album from Norwegian pop duo, M2M. The album was particularly highly successful in South East Asia, and sold over five million copies worldwide.

Six singles were released from the album: "Don't Say You Love Me", "Mirror Mirror", "The Day You Went Away", "Pretty Boy", "Girl in Your Dreams", and "Everything You Do". The latter was re-recorded with new vocals, and all six tracks appear on their best-of album The Day You Went Away.

Unreleased Tracks

During the recording of Shades of Purple some songs were written or recorded by M2M as demo's but never made it onto the album itself.

  • I'm Not In Love (eventually recorded by BBMak)
  • Daydream
  • Perfect Love
  • Think With Your Heart
  • Not Too Young
  • Where The Day Takes You
  • No Time To Make You Mine
  • Baby Be Real
  • Heaven

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Don't Say You Love Me"   3:46
2. "The Day You Went Away"   3:43
3. "Girl in Your Dreams"   3:31
4. "Mirror Mirror"   3:21
5. "Pretty Boy"   4:40
6. "Give a Little Love"   3:59
7. "Everything You Do"   4:02
8. "Don't Mess with My Love"   3:44
9. "Dear Diary"   3:58
10. "Do You Know What You Want"   4:06
11. "Smiling Face"   4:15
12. "Our Song"   3:54
13. "Why"   4:20

Charts and Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Chile Gold 10,000
Indonesia 7× Platinum 280,000
Malaysia 3× Platinum 110,000
Norway Gold 20,000
Singapore 2× Platinum 30,000
South Korea Platinum 30,000
Taiwan Platinum 70,000
Thailand 8× Platinum 500,000
Philippines 4× Platinum 90,000

Shades of Purple debuted at number eighty nine on the Billboard 200 on the issue dated 2000.[citation needed]

Samples

  • "Our Song" uses the chorus of the Bee Gees' hit single "Too Much Heaven" as its own chorus.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r466636
  2. ↑ link

External links

M2M
Studio albums
Compilations
Singles


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