''Color in Your Life'' is the third studio album by the American band

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, released in 1986. It was the band's last studio album with the original line-up, with the sole exception of

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, who left the group in 1985 and was not replaced. The album was produced by

Bernard Edwards Bernard Edwards (October 31, 1952 – April 18, 1996) was an American bass player and record producer, known primarily for his work in disco music with guitarist Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded Chic. In 2017, Edwards was selected as the ...

Critical reception

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'' panned the "thoroughly cheesy vocalist Dale Bozzio." The ''

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'' 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." ''

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'' called ''Color in Your Life'' "a surprisingly feeble effort, filled with colorless, uninspired music." The ''

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'' deemed "I Can't Think About Dancin'" "obnoxiously repetitive."

Track listing

All songs by

(

Dale Bozzio Dale Frances Bozzio (née Consalvi; born March 2, 1955) is an American rock and pop vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer of the '80s new wave band Missing Persons and for her work with Frank Zappa. While with Zappa, she perf ...

Terry Bozzio Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Person ...

Warren Cuccurullo Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8, 1956) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, restaurant owner and former body builder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s. He was also a founding member of Missing Persons in the 1980s ...

, and

Patrick O'Hearn Patrick John O'Hearn (born September 6, 1954) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and recording artist. Known primarily as a bass guitarist and keyboardist, O'Hearn came to prominence with Frank Zappa and co-founded the early 1980s ...

), except where noted. #"Color in Your Life" – 5:00 #"I Can't Think About Dancin'" – 5:16 #"No Secrets" – 4:29 #"Flash of Love" – 4:15 #"Go Against the Flow" – 5:54 #"Boy I Say to You" – 4:38 #"Come Back for More" – 3:41 #"Face to Face" – 3:33 #"We Don't Know Love at All" – 5:02 CD Bonus Tracks' #"Hot to Cold" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, W. Cuccurullo) – 3:40 #"It's a Must" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 4:34 #"Words" ive 1981(T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 4:23 #"Destination Unknown" ive 1981(D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:20 #"Mental Hopscotch" ive 1981(T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) – 3:04 #"

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" ive 1981(

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) – 2:30 * = previously unreleased CD Bonus Tracks (2021 Rubellan Remasters edition) #"Hot to Cold" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, W. Cuccurullo) #"It's a Must" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) #"I Can't Think About Dancin'" (Single Version) #"I Can't Think About Dancin'" (Extended Version) #"I Can't Think About Dancin'" (Dub Version)

Personnel

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synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

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, vocals *

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, vocals *

- synthesizer, bass, vocals Additional personnel *Carl Carwell - background vocals *Roy Galloway - background vocals *

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- brass *Robert O'Hearn - synthesizer *Phil Perry - background vocals

Production

*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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(United States)

References

{{Authority control Missing Persons (band) albums 1986 albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Bernard Edwards