True Colours (Level 42 album)


True Colours is the fifth studio album by the English jazz-funk band Level 42, released on 5 October 1984 by Polydor Records. Beyond the band's native UK, the album was released in 10-plus other countries, including Japan, Germany and the US. The album peaked at #14 in the UK Albums Chart.
The first single released, "Hot Water", hit #18 on the UK Singles Chart, #7 in Belgium and #3 in the Netherlands, and has become a staple in Level 42's live sets to the present day. The second single "The Chant Has Begun", released in many countries, peaked at #41 in the UK Singles Chart.
"Hot Water" was released in the US in 1986 and entered the Billboard Hot 100, at #87.

Track listing

Side A
  1. "The Chant Has Begun" – 5:23
  2. "Kansas City Milkman" – 5.31
  3. "Seven Days" – 4:26
  4. "Hot Water" – 5:41
Side B
  2. "A Floating Life" – 5:14
  3. "True Believers" – 5:03
  4. "My Hero" – 4:15
  5. "Kouyate" – 4:52
  6. "Hours by the Window" – 5:10

Personnel

Level 42
Additional musicians

Production