Colour All My Days

Colour All My Days
Studio album by Limahl
Released 1986
Recorded October–December 1985
Munich, then West Germany
Musicland Studios
Union Studios
Genre Pop rock / Dance
Length 40:46
Label EMI
Producer Giorgio Moroder
Limahl
Derek Nakamoto
Limahl chronology

Don't Suppose
(1984)		 Colour All My Days
(1986)		 Love Is Blind
(1992)

Colour All My Days was released in 1986 on EMI label, and was the second album by pop rock/dance singer Limahl.

Overview

Following the huge international success of "The NeverEnding Story", the main theme to the soundtrack for the film of the same name, in 1984, Limahl's second album was almost wholly produced by Giorgio Moroder (except for a couple of tracks, by Derek Nakamoto), who already produced the former smash hit. Moroder also provided the music to 7 out of the 10 tracks making up the album, while the singer himself wrote all but one of the lyrics (he also co-wrote the music for two tracks and played keyboard on two other tracks). The only track he did not actually collaborate to was "Inside to Outside", the second single taken from the album, which was written by Colin Pearson and Achim Opperman (the latter also composed the music). Though this song was a complete commercial flop for Limahl (it was actually released twice, the second time in a more spirited remixed version), it would later become a hit for dance vocalist Lady Violet. The first single, "Love In Your Eyes", was a minor hit reaching No.80 in the UK Singles Chart, (his final chart entry there). The song fared better in the rest of the world, especially in continental Europe, in particular in German-speaking countries (it went to Number 28 in Germany itself), and in Italy, where, peaking at Number 22, it became his second best-selling single in that country. The album proved successful in Spain, where a third single was released, namely the title track, "Colour All My Days". This latter song was also recorded in Spanish as "No Lo Pienses Más" (meaning "Don't Think About It Anymore") and released as a further single there. "Don't Send For Me" was released in the Netherlands as the final single from the album.

The album was never released on CD, but the first eight songs were digitally remastered by Disky Records for the 1996 compilation The Best of Limahl. A reduced version of this digital compilation was released in 2002, again on the Disky label, entitled Neverending Story-Best of Limahl, and included five tracks from the original album. The whole album will appear as part of Warner Music's Original Albums Series in 2014 along with Don't Suppose and the three Kajagoogoo albums in a budget priced boxed set.

The album bears strong resemblances to 1985 Crazy Peoples Right To Speak.

Track listing

  1. "Love in Your Eyes" – 4:18 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
  2. "Colour All My Days" – 4:46 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
  3. "Nothing on Earth (Can Keep Me from You)" – 3:50 (Limahl/Billy Griffin/Derek Nakamoto)
  4. "Tonight Will Be the Night" – 4:10 (Limahl/Glen Grayson)
  5. "Working Out" – 4:16 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
  6. "Don't Send for Me" – 3:37 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
  7. "Shock" – 4:38 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
  8. "Inside to Outside" – 3:41 (Colin Pearson/Achim Opperman)
  9. "Love Will Tear the Soul" – 3:30 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
  10. "For My Heart's Sake" – 4:00 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)

Singles from the album

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