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Color in Your Life

Color in Your Life is the third studio album by American band Missing Persons, released in 1986.[1] It was the band's last studio album with the original line-up, with the sole exception of Chuck Wild, who left the group in 1985 and was not replaced. The album was produced by Bernard Edwards.[2]

Color in Your Life
Studio album by
Missing Persons
Released29 July 1986 (1986-07-29)
Length41:48
LabelCapitol
ProducerBernard Edwards
Missing Persons chronology
Rhyme & Reason
(1984) 		Color in Your Life
(1986) 		The Best of Missing Persons
(1987)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Philadelphia Inquirer    [4]

The Philadelphia Inquirer panned the "thoroughly cheesy vocalist Dale Bozzio."[4] The Los Angeles Times noted that the album "features sudden screeching guitar solos slicing through the electronic haze ... those moments come out of nowhere and disappear just as quickly, leaving only that incessant dance beat."[5] The Dallas Morning News called Color in Your Life "a surprisingly feeble effort, filled with colorless, uninspired music."[6] The Omaha World-Herald deemed "I Can't Think About Dancin'" "obnoxiously repetitive."[7]

Track listing

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All songs by Missing Persons (Dale Bozzio, Terry Bozzio, Warren Cuccurullo, and Patrick O'Hearn), except where noted.

  1. "Color in Your Life" – 5:00
  2. "I Can't Think About Dancin'" – 5:16
  3. "No Secrets" – 4:29
  4. "Flash of Love" – 4:15
  5. "Go Against the Flow" – 5:54
  6. "Boy I Say to You" – 4:38
  7. "Come Back for More" – 3:41
  8. "Face to Face" – 3:33
  9. "We Don't Know Love at All" – 5:02

CD bonus tracks

  1. "Hot to Cold" [*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, W. Cuccurullo) – 3:40
  2. "It's a Must" [*] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 4:34
  3. "Words" [live 1981] (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 4:23
  4. "Destination Unknown" [live 1981] (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:20
  5. "Mental Hopscotch" [live 1981] (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:04
  6. "Hello, I Love You" [live 1981] (John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 2:30

* previously unreleased

CD bonus tracks (2021 Rubellan Remasters edition)[8]

  1. "Hot to Cold" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, W. Cuccurullo)
  2. "It's a Must" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo)
  3. "I Can't Think About Dancin'" (single version)
  4. "I Can't Think About Dancin'" (extended version)
  5. "I Can't Think About Dancin'" (dub version)

Personnel

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Additional personnel

  • Carl Carwell – background vocals
  • Roy Galloway – background vocals
  • Mark Isham – brass
  • Robert O'Hearn – synthesizer
  • Phil Perry – background vocals

Production

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  • Producer: Bernard Edwards
  • Engineers: Josh Abbey, Sabrina Buchanek, Bill Freesh, Casey McMackin
  • Assistant engineer: Jon Ingoldsby
  • Mixing: Michael Barbiero, Victor Deyglio, Bernard Edwards, Steve Thompson
  • Mastering: Kit Watkins
  • Programming: Jeff Bova
  • Overdubs: Mark Isham
  • Vocal arrangement: Terry Bozzio
  • Liner notes: Ken Sharp

Charts

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Chart (1986) Peak
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US Billboard 200[9] 86

References

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  1. ^ "Missing Persons Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ^ "'Color in Your Life' Missing Persons". Daily Breeze. 26 September 1986. p. E12.
  3. ^ "Color in Your Life Review by Alex Ogg". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b Rea, Steven (24 August 1986). "Missing Persons, Color of Your Life". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. G4.
  5. ^ Appleford, Steve (7 September 1986). "Missing Warmth". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 57.
  6. ^ Samuels, Lennox (14 September 1986). "Missing Persons, Color in Your Life". The Dallas Morning News. p. 5C.
  7. ^ Healy, James (5 October 1986). "'Color in Your Life', Missing Persons". Entertainment. Omaha World-Herald.
  8. ^ "Missing Persons / Color In Your Life". Rubellan Remasters.
  9. ^ "Missing Persons Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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