Colour All My Days

Colour All My Days
Studio album by Limahl
Released	1986
Recorded	October–December 1985 Munich, then West Germany Musicland Studios Union Studios
Genre	Pop rock / Dance
Length	40:46
Label	EMI
Producer	Giorgio Moroder Limahl Derek Nakamoto
Limahl chronology
Don't Suppose (1984) Colour All My Days (1986) Love Is Blind (1992)

Colour All My Days was released in 1986 on EMI label, and was the second album by pop rock/dance singer Limahl.

The record

Following the huge international success of "The NeverEnding Story", the main theme to the soundtrack for the film of the same name, in 1984, Limahl's second long playing work was almost wholly produced by Giorgio Moroder (except for a couple of tracks, by Derek Nakamoto), who already produced the former smash hit. Moroder also provided the music to 7 out of the 10 tracks making up the 1986 record, while the singer himself wrote all but one of the lyrics (in fact, he also co-wrote 2 songs as for the music, and played keyboard on two other tracks).

The only track he did not actually collaborate to was "Inside to Outside", the second single taken from the album, which was written by Colin Pearson^{[disambiguation needed ]} and Achim Opperman (the latter also composed the music). Though this song was a complete commercial flop for Limahl (it was actually released twice, the second time in a more spirited remixed version), it would later become a big worldwide hit for dance vocalist Lady Violet. The first single, "Love In Your Eyes", was instead a minor hit for ex Kajagoogoo singer, and, by only reaching Number 80 in the UK Singles Chart, it represented his last UK single to ever chart among the first 100 positions. The song fared much better in the rest of the world, especially in continental Europe, in particular in German-speaking countries (it went to Number 28 in Germany itself), and in Italy, where, peaking at Number 22, it became his second best-selling single in that country, after the famous soundtrack; it also won a popular Italian TV program along with a few other songs by other artists. The B-side to the second single, "Shock", was a stand-out album track, which also became quite popular in Italy. The album got plenty of airplay there and, though not charting at all in the United Kingdom, was actually very successful in Spain, where a third single was released, namely the title track, "Colour All My Days". This latter song was also adapted by request in Spanish as "No Lo Pienses Más" (meaning "Don't Think About It Anymore") and released as a further single there, with the original English version on its B-side, in fact making it the fifth promotional single to be internationally released from the album. "Don't Send For Me" was released in the Netherlands as the final single from the album.

The LP/MC, generally considered as a commercial failure (at least in Great Britain and in the United States, where it also didn't chart), but highly sought-for as a collectable, was never released on CD, but the first 8 songs were digitally remastered by Disky Records for 1996 The Best of Limahl compact disc, which indeed only omits "Love Will Tear the Soul" (also B-side to the "Colour All My Days" first Spanish single) and the closing track, "For My Heart's Sake" (maybe the weaker song on the whole work). A reduced version of this digital compilation was out in 2002, again on the Disky label, entitled Neverending Story-Best of Limahl, and including 5 tracks from the original album. The full-length greatest hits first CD was however re-released in 2003.

Quotation

music to me is entertainment.

a little glitter in our lives. a spark of 'colour' in our days.

oh how sweet the feeling...

a song can take you to places you've never been,
places you long to go and places we know, so, so well.

see you there...

—Limahl on the 1986 Colour All My Days album inner sleeve.

Track listing

1. "Love in Your Eyes" – 4:18 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
2. "Colour All My Days" – 4:46 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
3. "Nothing on Earth (Can Keep Me from You)" – 3:50 (Limahl/Billy Griffin/Derek Nakamoto)
4. "Tonight Will Be the Night" – 4:10 (Limahl/Glen Grayson)
5. "Working Out" – 4:16 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
6. "Don't Send for Me" – 3:37 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
7. "Shock" – 4:38 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
8. "Inside to Outside" – 3:41 (Colin Pearson/Achim Opperman)
9. "Love Will Tear the Soul" – 3:30 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)
10. "For My Heart's Sake" – 4:00 (Limahl/Giorgio Moroder)

Singles from the album

• "Love in Your Eyes"/"Love Will Tear the Soul" (UK #80, Italy #22, Germany #28)
• "Inside to Outside"/"Shock"
• "Inside to Outside (Remix)"/"Shock" (Germany #57)
• "Colour All My Days"/"Love Will Tear the Soul" (only released in Spain)
• "No Lo Pienses Más"/"Colour All My Days" (A side: Spanish version of "Colour All My Days" - only released in Spain)
• "Don't Send For Me"/"Colour All My Days"

Credits

Band

• Limahl: lead and background vocals; remix and additional keyboards on #3 and #4
• Giorgio Moroder: production; background vocals; keyboards
• Charlie Hornemann: guitars
• Derek Nakamoto: keyboards, programming and production on #3 and #4
• Freddie Santiago: percussion on #3
• Dino Solera: saxophone
• Laslo Szuecs: keyboards and programming
• Donald Griffin: guitars on #3
• Tony Buchannan: saxophone on #3
• Judy Cheeks, Victoria Miles: background vocals
• Vanetta Fields, Shirley Matthews, Billy Griffin, Michael Hamm: background vocals #3

Production

• Brian Reeves: engineer; remix (except #5)
• Hans Menzel: engineer and mix-down
• Zeke Lund: engineer on #3 and #4
• Juergen Koppers: mix on #3 and #4
• Harry Schnitzler: remix #3 and #4

Staff

• Bill Smith Studio: cover art
• Johnny Rosza: photography
• Michael John: hairdresser
• Kinji @ Toshiba Japan, Simon G. Smith @ EMI London: help with Yamaha
• Peter Ikin: special collaboration in Sydney, Australia
• Martin: collaboration at 301 Studios
• Gaff Management (Billy Gaff): management
• Riva Music: publishers

Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
UK	1986	EMI	LP	64-2405671
			MC	64-2405674

Sources and external links

• Paul Gambaccini, Tim Rice, Jonathan Rice (1993), British Hit Singles, Guinness Publishing Ltd.
• Limahl's German official Website
• Amazon.com: general page of contents dedicated to Limahl's musical releases
• Amazon.com: The Best of Limahl track listing and info
• HitParadeItalia