Colours (Mark Norman album)

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Colours
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Studio album by
Released Flag of the Netherlands.svg 30 October 2007 Digital
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 16 November 2007 CD
Recorded2007
Genre Electronic
Trance
Tech House
House
LengthCD1:13:44
Label Magik Muzik
Producer Mark de Jong
Norman Lenden
Mark Norman chronology
Synchronicity
(2005)
Colours
(2007)
Singles from Colours
  1. "Colour My Eyes"
  2. "Blikken Machine"
  3. "Niagara"
  4. "Ventura"
  5. "Be With U"
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Colours is the second studio album by Mark de Jong and Norman Lenden as Mark Norman under Magik Muzik, a sub-label from Black Hole Recordings. All tracks with the exception of "Talk Like a Stranger" and "One Moon Circling" were produced and composed by Mark Norman [2] To celebrate the release of the album, Mark Norman's management Global Twist Music prepared a world tour, supported by V Media Creative. [3]

Contents

Track listing

Colours
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Colour My Eyes"Celine6:57
2."Space Invaders" 5:51
3."Horizons" 5:41
4."Talk Like A Stranger" JES 4:37
5."Be With U"Celine7:06
6."Niagara" 5:49
7."One Moon Circling" JES 6:30
8."Blikken Machine" 6:11
9."Become Human" 6:01
10."Saint Barth's" 6:24
11."Ventura" 6:33
12."Abend" 6:06
13."Shiva (Digital Bonus Track)" 8:02
14."Tapas (Digital Bonus Track)" 7:26

Note: The Digital Edition contains two bonus tracks. [4]

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