Colour of Your Dreams

Colour of Your Dreams
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 16, 1993
Recorded1992
Studio
  • Rude Stude Recording (Studio City, California)
  • Mad Hatter Studios (Los Angeles, California)
  • Skyline Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre
  • Pop
  • rock
Length47:21
LabelRhythm Safari/Priority/EMI
Producer
  • Rudy Guess
  • Carole King
Carole King chronology
City Streets
(1989)
Colour of Your Dreams
(1993)
In Concert
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Colour of Your Dreams is the 15th studio album by singer-songwriter Carole King, released in March 1993. The album includes "Now and Forever", a Grammy-nominated song which was featured in the film A League of Their Own.

Track listing

All song written and composed by Carole King, except where indicated

  1. "Lay Down My Life" – 5:14
  2. "Hold Out for Love" – 4:51
  3. "Standing in the Rain" (Gerry Goffin, King) – 4:04
  4. "Now and Forever" – 3:13
  5. "Wishful Thinking" – 3:17
  6. "Colour of Your Dreams" – 3:02
  7. "Tears Falling Down on Me" – 4:57
  8. "Friday's Tie-Dye Nightmare" – 4:34
  9. "Just One Thing" – 5:04
  10. "Do You Feel Love" – 5:24
  11. "It's Never Too Late" (Goffin, King) – 3:41

Bonus tracks on 1993 Japanese edition

  1. "Te Daria La Vida (Amor)" [Spanish Version of "Lay Down My Life"] (King, Cecilia Noël) – 3:50
  2. "Lay Down My Life" [Radio Edit] – 3:47

Personnel

Musicians

  • Carole King – vocals, acoustic piano (1, 3–6, 9, 11), acoustic piano solo (1), organ (1, 10), keyboards (2), acoustic guitar (6, 7), synthesizers (10)
  • Teddy Andreadis – keyboards (2), organ (3, 11), organ solo (10)
  • Robbie Kondor – synthesizers (4)
  • Rudy Guess – guitars (2–4, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (5–8)
  • Slash – lead guitar (2)
  • J.J. Holiday – acoustic slide guitar (8)
  • John Humphrey – bass, bass solo (10)
  • Danny Carey – drums (1, 10, 11), Yamaha RY-30 (1)
  • Jerry Angel – drums (2–4, 7, 9)
  • Chris Frazier – drums (8)
  • Lynn Coulter – percussion (2), drums (6)
  • Danny Pelfrey – alto saxophone (5), sax solo (10)
  • Jim Avery – French horn (9)
Background vocalists
  • Carole King – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 10)
  • Leata Galloway – backing vocals (2)
  • Linda Lawley – backing vocals (2)
  • Danny Pelfrey – backing vocals (2)

Production

  • Carole King – producer, mixing (1–3, 5–10)
  • Rudy Guess – producer, mixing (1–3, 5–10), recording (1–3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
  • Evren Göknar – recording (1, 2, 6, 8–10)
  • Larry Mah – recording (4)
  • Malcolm Pollack – mixing (4)
  • John Bennett – recording (9)
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
  • Kosh – art direction, design
  • Robert Blakeman – photography

Charts

Chart performance for Colour of Your Dreams
Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 72

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Colour of Your Dreams at AllMusic
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 155.