True_Colours_(Level_42_album)

<i>True Colours</i> (Level 42 album)

True Colours (Level 42 album)

1984 studio album by Level 42

For other uses, see True Colors (disambiguation).

True Colours is the fifth studio album by the English jazz-funk band Level 42, released on 5 October 1984 by Polydor Records. Beyond the band's native United Kingdom, the album was released in 10-plus other countries, including Japan, Germany and the United States of America.[3] The album peaked at #14 in the UK Albums Chart.[4]

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The first single released, "Hot Water", hit #18 on the UK Singles Chart,[4] #7 in Belgium and #3 in the Netherlands, and has become a staple in Level 42's live sets to the present day. The second single "The Chant Has Begun", released in many countries, peaked at #41 in the UK Singles Chart.

"Hot Water" was released in the US in 1986 (after being featured in a single version on the US version of band's follow-up studio album World Machine) and entered the Billboard Hot 100, at #87.

Track listing

Side A

  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

Side B

  2. "A Floating Life" (King, P. Gould) – 5:14
  3. "True Believers" (King, P. Gould) – 5:03
  4. "My Hero" (King, P. Gould, R. Gould) – 4:15 [originally a bonus track on the CD and cassette]
  5. "Kouyate" (King, P. Gould, Badarou) – 4:52
  6. "Hours by the Window" (King, P. Gould) – 5:10

Personnel

Level 42

Additional musicians

Production

  • Produced and engineered by Ken Scott for KoMos Productions.
  • Assisted by James Tippett-IIes and Jim Russell
  • Mixed at Park Gate Studios
  • Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Sleeve design – Baker Dave and Malcolm Garrett for Assorted Images.
  • Photography – Sheila Rock

Chart positions

Album charts

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Single charts

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References

  1. [1]
    "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. 29 September 1984. p. 4. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. [2]
    "True Colours - Level 42 | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. [3]
    "The Definitive Online Level 42 Collectors Resource: Media". Ultimatelevel42.com. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  4. [4]
    Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 318/9. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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