Shades of Purple

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Shades of Purple
ShadesofPurplecover.JPEG
Studio album by
M2M
Released7 March 2000 [1]
Recorded1999–2000
Genre Pop
Length51:07
Label Atlantic
Producer
M2M chronology
Synger Kjente Barnesanger
(1996)
Shades of Purple
(2000)
The Big Room
(2001)
Alternative cover
M2M Shades of Purple Asian Cover.jpg
Asian edition cover
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Don't Say You Love Me"
  • Bralower
  • Zizzo
3:46
2."The Day You Went Away"
  • Larsen
  • Raven
  • Matt Rowe
  • Bralower (exec.)
  • Rowe
3:43
3."Girl in Your Dreams"RavenRowe3:31
4."Mirror Mirror"
  • Deviller
  • Hosein
3:21
5."Pretty Boy"
  • Bottolf Lødemel
  • Nora Skaug
4:40
6."Give a Little Love"
  • Larsen
  • Raven
  • Matt Rowe
  • Bralower (exec.)
  • Rowe
3:59
7."Everything You Do"
  • Larsen
  • Raven
  • Lars Aass
  • Bralower
  • Kenneth Lewis
4:02
8."Don't Mess with My Love"
Bralower3:44
9."Dear Diary"
Bralower3:58
10."Do You Know What You Want"
Full Force4:06
11."Smiling Face"
  • Larsen
  • Raven
  • Matt Rowe
Rowe4:15
12."Our Song"
Jazayeri, Mather3:54
13."Why"
Bralower4:20
Total length:51:07
Australian and Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."The Feeling Is Gone"
  • Larsen
  • Raven
  • Rowe
Rowe3:14
Total length:54:21

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from AllMusic. [2] Writers and producers are mentioned in track listing.

M2MAdditional musiciansProductionArtwork and management
  • Jimmy Bralower – drums
  • Kent Wood - keyboards
  • Dave Deviller – guitar
  • Johnny Gale – electric guitar
  • Steve Lewinson – bass
  • Ken Lewis – electric guitar
  • Per Magnusson – keyboards
  • Milton McDonald – guitar
  • Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitar
  • Matt Rowe – keyboards
  • Marc Shulman – electric guitar
  • Steve Sidelnyk – percussion
  • John Thernis – guitar
  • Tom Wolk – bass, buitar, keyboards, slide guitar
  • Kent Wood – keyboards
  • Peter Zizzo – bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
  • Steve Boyer – engineer, vocal recording
  • Jimmy Bralower – arranger, drum programming, engineer
  • Robert Jazayeri - composer
  • Michael Brauer – mixing
  • Greg Calbimastering
  • Jake Davies – engineer
  • Dave Deviller – programming, vocal producer
  • Sean Hosein – programming, vocal producer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • David Krueger – arranger, engineer, programming
  • Ken Lewis – engineer
  • Bernard Löhr – mixing
  • Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Per Magnusson – arranger, programming
  • Kaj Robole – engineer
  • Matt Rowe – programming
  • Mark Rubenstein – engineer
  • Ken Schubert – engineer
  • John Siket – engineer
  • Peter Zizzo – arranger
  • Richard Bates – art direction, design
  • Andrea Brooks – art direction, design

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [43] 63
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [44] 97
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [45] 7
US Billboard 200 [30] 89
US Top Heatseekers [30] 1

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