Colour of Your Dreams

Colour of Your Dreams
Studio album by
Carole King
ReleasedMarch 16, 1993
Recorded1992
StudioRude Stude Recording, Studio City, California (except "Now and Forever")
Genre
  • Pop
  • rock
LabelRhythm Safari/Priority/EMI
ProducerRudy 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 – acoustic guitar, keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer, lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Ted Andreadis – Hammond organ, keyboards
  • Robbie Kondor – synthesizer
  • Rudy Guess – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Slash – lead guitar
  • J.J. Holiday – acoustic guitar, slide guitar
  • John Humphrey – bass guitar
  • Jerry Angel, Danny Carey, Chris Frazier – drums
  • Lynn Coulter – drums, percussion
  • Danny Pelfrey – alto saxophone, backing vocals
  • Jim Avery – French horn
  • Linda Lee Lawley – backing vocals
  • Leata Galloway – backing vocals

Production

  • Carole King & Rudy Guess – producers, mixing
  • Rudy Guess – engineer
  • John Bennett – engineer
  • Larry Mah – engineer
  • Evren Göknar – engineer
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Malcolm Pollack – mixing
  • 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.