Censored Colors

Censored Colors
Studio album by Portugal. The Man
Released September 16, 2008
Recorded January, 2008[1]
Genre Psychedelic rock
Progressive rock
Length 53:11
Label Equal Vision Records
Approaching AIRballoons
Portugal. The Man chronology

Church Mouth
(2007)		 Censored Colors
(2008)		 The Satanic Satanist
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Alternative Press [3]
PopMatters [4]
World of Music [5]

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 album leaked onto the internet August 25, 2008. The following day, the band posted a blog entry 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 songs written and composed by John Baldwin Gourley. 

No. Title Length
1. "Lay Me Back Down"   3:49
2. "Colors"   5:02
3. "And I"   5:39
4. "Salt"   4:17
5. "Created"   2:52
6. "Out and In and In and Out"   4:46
7. "Intermission"   1:49
8. "New Orleans"   5:03
9. "Never Pleased"   3:46
10. "Sit Back and Dream"   1:20
11. "Hard Times"   2:34
12. "Our Times"   1:45
13. "All Mine"   3:46
14. "1989"   4:12
15. "Our Way"   2:31

Personnel

Portugal. The Man
  • John Baldwin Gourley – vocals, guitar, organ, drum machines
  • Zachary Carothers – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jason Sechrist – drums, backing vocals
  • Ryan Neighbors – organ, synthesizer, piano, vocals, Fender Rhodes
Technical personnel
  • Kirk Huffman – production, engineering
  • Phil Peterson – production, engineering
  • Paul Q. Kolderie – production, mixing
  • Adam Taylor – production, mixing
  • Ian Kennedy – mastering
  • Rich Holtzman – management
Additional musicians
  • Matt Clifford – slide guitar
  • Kirk Huffman – guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Thomas Hunter – slide guitar
  • Garrett Lunceford - percussion
  • Victoria Parker – violin
  • Aaron Perrino – vocals, moog synthesizer
  • Zoe Manville - vocals
  • Charles Peterson – shouts
  • Phil Peterson – synthesizer, harmonica, percussion, trombone, trumpet, accordion, cello, harp, vocals
  • Anthony Saffery – sitar
  • Ryan Sollee – vocals

References

  1. ↑ Interview with John Gourley of Portugal. The Man
  2. ↑ Henderson, Alex. Censored Colors at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Alternative Press (#243, p. 161)
  4. ↑ PopMatters review
  5. ↑ "musik angehört". WOM magazin (in German) (World of Music) (September 08): 29.
  6. ↑ "Equal Vision to release new Portugal. The Man full length." Punknews.org. July 31, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Hooray For Future Music." Portugaltheman.net blog archive. August 26, 2008.