| Show Your Colors | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 6, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Sound Supreme Studio, Finland | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, power metal | |||
| Length | 44:45 | |||
| Label | Spinefarm | |||
| Amoral chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Show Your Colors | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Blistering |   [1] |
| Danger Dog |   [2] |
| Metal Express Radio | [3] |
| Power Play | [4] |
| Rock Sound | [5] |
Show Your Colors is the fourth studio album by Finnish metal band Amoral.
Amoral's fourth studio album was announced in November 2008 when the band announced Ari Koivunen as their new front man. On January 21, their first single was put up the band's MySpace account. The first single is entitled Year of the Suckerpunch and the song is clearly distinctive from any of Amoral's previous material, and is built around Ari's higher pitched, clean, melodic voice, as opposed to former vocalist Niko Kalliojärvi's growling death metal vocals. The album was released May 6, 2009.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Random Words" | Varon | 1:51 |
| 2. | "Release" | Ots, Varon | 5:50 |
| 3. | "A Shade Of Gray" | Ots, Varon | 4:10 |
| 4. | "Year of the Suckerpunch" | Varon | 5:04 |
| 5. | "Perfection Design" | Ots, Varon | 3:58 |
| 6. | "Sex N' Satan" | Varon | 2:47 |
| 7. | "Song For The Stubborn" | Ots, Varon | 3:21 |
| 8. | "Vivid" | Palin, Varon | 4:02 |
| 9. | "Gave Up Easy" | Ots, Varon | 4:02 |
| 10. | "Last October" | Varon | 3:13 |
| 11. | "Exit" | Varon | 6:23 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Dig Up Her Bones (Misfits cover)" |
| Region | Date |
|---|---|
| UK | May 11, 2009 |
| Germany | May 22, 2009 |
| US | June 9, 2009 |
| Canada | June 16, 2009 |
| Japan | July 22, 2009 |
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