Colour All My Days
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Colour All My Days was released in 1986 on EMI
label, and was the second album
by pop rock
/dance
singer Limahl
.
for the film of the same name
, in 1984, Limahl's second long playing work 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 1986 record, while the singer himself wrote all but one of the lyrics (in fact, he also co-wrote 2 songs as for the music, 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 big worldwide hit for dance vocalist Lady Violet. The first single, "Love In Your Eyes", was instead a minor hit for ex Kajagoogoo
singer, and, by only reaching Number 80 in the UK Singles Chart
, it represented his last UK single to ever chart among the first 100 positions. The song fared much 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, after the famous soundtrack; it also won a popular Italian
TV
program along with a few other songs by other artists. The B-side to the second single, "Shock", was a stand-out album track, which also became quite popular in Italy. The album got plenty of airplay there and, though not charting at all in the United Kingdom
, was actually very successful in Spain
, where a third single was released, namely the title track, "Colour All My Days". This latter song was also adapted by request in Spanish
as "No Lo Pienses Más" (meaning "Don't Think About It Anymore") and released as a further single there, with the original English
version on its B-side, in fact making it the fifth promotional single to be internationally released from the album. "Don't Send For Me" was released in the Netherlands
as the final single from the album.
The LP/MC
, generally considered as a commercial failure (at least in Great Britain
and in the United States, where it also didn't chart), but highly sought-for as a collectable, was never released on CD
, but the first 8 songs were digitally remastered by Disky Records for 1996 The Best of Limahl compact disc
, which indeed only omits "Love Will Tear the Soul" (also B-side to the "Colour All My Days" first Spanish
single) and the closing track, "For My Heart's Sake" (maybe the weaker song on the whole work). A reduced version of this digital compilation was out in 2002, again on the Disky label, entitled Neverending Story-Best of Limahl, and including 5 tracks from the original album. The full-length greatest hits first CD was however re-released in 2003.
EMI
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label, and was the second album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
/dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
singer Limahl
Limahl
Christopher Hamill better known by his stage name Limahl is an English pop singer. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the 1980s pop group Kajagoogoo, before embarking on a briefly successful solo career, which reached its peak with the 1984 hit "The NeverEnding Story", taken from the film of...
.
The record
Following the huge international success of "The NeverEnding Story", the main theme to the soundtrackSoundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
for the film of the same name
The NeverEnding Story (film)
The NeverEnding Story is a 1984 German-American epic fantasy film based on the novel of the same name written by Michael Ende. The film was directed and co-written by Wolfgang Petersen and starred Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway and Tami Stronach. At the time of its release, it was the most...
, in 1984, Limahl's second long playing work was almost wholly produced by Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder
Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
(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 1986 record, while the singer himself wrote all but one of the lyrics (in fact, he also co-wrote 2 songs as for the music, and played keyboard on two other tracks).
The only track he did not actually collaborate to was "Inside to Outside", the second single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
taken from the album, which was written by Colin Pearson
Colin Pearson
Colin Pearson may refer to:*Colin Pearson, Baron Pearson , Canadian-born English lawyer and judge*Colin Pearson , English potter...
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 big worldwide hit for dance vocalist Lady Violet. The first single, "Love In Your Eyes", was instead a minor hit for ex Kajagoogoo
Kajagoogoo
Kajagoogoo are a British pop band, best known for their hit single, "Too Shy", which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 5 on the U.S...
singer, and, by only reaching Number 80 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, it represented his last UK single to ever chart among the first 100 positions. The song fared much better in the rest of the world, especially in continental Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, in particular in German-speaking
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
countries (it went to Number 28 in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
itself), and in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, where, peaking at Number 22, it became his second best-selling single in that country, after the famous soundtrack; it also won a popular Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
TV
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
program along with a few other songs by other artists. The B-side to the second single, "Shock", was a stand-out album track, which also became quite popular in Italy. The album got plenty of airplay there and, though not charting at all in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, was actually very successful in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, where a third single was released, namely the title track, "Colour All My Days". This latter song was also adapted by request in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
as "No Lo Pienses Más" (meaning "Don't Think About It Anymore") and released as a further single there, with the original English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
version on its B-side, in fact making it the fifth promotional single to be internationally released from the album. "Don't Send For Me" was released in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
as the final single from the album.
The LP/MC
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
, generally considered as a commercial failure (at least in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
and in the United States, where it also didn't chart), but highly sought-for as a collectable, was never released on CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
, but the first 8 songs were digitally remastered by Disky Records for 1996 The Best of Limahl compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
, which indeed only omits "Love Will Tear the Soul" (also B-side to the "Colour All My Days" first Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
single) and the closing track, "For My Heart's Sake" (maybe the weaker song on the whole work). A reduced version of this digital compilation was out in 2002, again on the Disky label, entitled Neverending Story-Best of Limahl, and including 5 tracks from the original album. The full-length greatest hits first CD was however re-released in 2003.
Quotation
Track listing
- "Love in Your Eyes" – 4:18 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
- "Colour All My Days" – 4:46 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
- "Nothing on Earth (Can Keep Me from You)" – 3:50 (Limahl/Billy Griffin/Derek Nakamoto)
- "Tonight Will Be the Night" – 4:10 (Limahl/Glen Grayson)
- "Working Out" – 4:16 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
- "Don't Send for Me" – 3:37 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
- "Shock" – 4:38 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
- "Inside to Outside" – 3:41 (Colin Pearson/Achim Opperman)
- "Love Will Tear the Soul" – 3:30 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
- "For My Heart's Sake" – 4:00 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
Singles from the album
- "Love in Your Eyes"/"Love Will Tear the Soul" (UKUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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#22, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
#28) - "Inside to Outside"/"Shock"
- "Inside to Outside (Remix)"/"Shock" (Germany #57)
- "Colour All My Days"/"Love Will Tear the Soul" (only released in SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) - "No Lo Pienses Más"/"Colour All My Days" (A side: Spanish version of "Colour All My Days" - only released in Spain)
- "Don't Send For Me"/"Colour All My Days"
Band
- LimahlLimahlChristopher Hamill better known by his stage name Limahl is an English pop singer. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the 1980s pop group Kajagoogoo, before embarking on a briefly successful solo career, which reached its peak with the 1984 hit "The NeverEnding Story", taken from the film of...
: lead and background vocals; remixRemixA remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
and additional keyboards on #3 and #4 - Giorgio MoroderGiorgio MoroderHansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
: production; background vocals; keyboards - Charlie Hornemann: guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Derek Nakamoto: keyboards, programming and production on #3 and #4
- Freddie Santiago: percussion on #3
- Dino Solera: saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Laslo Szuecs: keyboards and programming
- Donald Griffin: guitars on #3
- Tony Buchannan: saxophone on #3
- Judy CheeksJudy CheeksJudy Cheeks is a female dance music singer born in Miami, Florida in 1954 and is the daughter of gospel singer and preacher Rev. Julius Cheeks. In 1978 she hit #10 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Mellow Lovin'," and then had a career resurgence in the 1990s, when she re-emerged with a...
, Victoria Miles: background vocals - Vanetta Fields, Shirley Matthews, Billy GriffinBilly GriffinBilly Griffin is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known for replacing Smokey Robinson as lead singer of The Miracles in 1972.-Biography:...
, Michael Hamm: background vocals #3
Production
- Brian Reeves: engineer; remix (except #5)
- Hans Menzel: engineer and mix-down
- Zeke Lund: engineer on #3 and #4
- Juergen Koppers: mix on #3 and #4
- Harry Schnitzler: remix #3 and #4
Staff
- Bill Smith Studio: cover artCover artCover art is the illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book , magazine, comic book, video game , DVD, CD, videotape, or music album. The art has a primarily commercial function, i.e...
- Johnny Rosza: photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- Michael John: hairdresser
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, Simon G. Smith @ EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
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- Riva Music: publishers
Release details
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
| UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
1986 | EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... |
LP | 64-2405671 |
| MC Compact Cassette The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel... |
64-2405674 |
Sources and external links
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, Jonathan Rice (1993), British Hit Singles, Guinness Publishing Ltd. - Limahl's German official Website
- Amazon.com: general page of contents dedicated to Limahl's musical releases
- Amazon.com: The Best of Limahl track listing and info
- HitParadeItalia