Colour of Your Dreams

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Colour of Your Dreams
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 16, 1993
Recorded1992, at the Rude Stude Recording, Studio City, CA (except "Now and Forever")
Genre
  • Pop
  • rock
Label Rhythm Safari/Priority/EMI Records
Producer Rudy Guess, Carole King
Carole King chronology
City Streets
(1989)
Colour of Your Dreams
(1993)
In Concert
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Colour of Your Dreams is a 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 .

Contents

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

Charts

Chart (1993/85)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts) [3] 72

Personnel

Production

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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, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.