Colour of Your Dreams is the 15th 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.
Track listing All song written and composed by Carole King, except where indicated "Lay Down My Life" – 5:14 "Hold Out for Love" – 4:51 "Standing in the Rain" (Gerry Goffin, King) – 4:04 "Now and Forever" – 3:13 "Wishful Thinking" – 3:17 "Colour of Your Dreams" – 3:02 "Tears Falling Down on Me" – 4:57 "Friday's Tie-Dye Nightmare" – 4:34 "Just One Thing" – 5:04 "Do You Feel Love" – 5:24 "It's Never Too Late" (Goffin, King) – 3:41
Bonus tracks on 1993 Japanese edition "Te Daria La Vida (Amor)" [Spanish Version of "Lay Down My Life"] (King, Cecilia Noël) – 3:50 "Lay Down My Life" [Radio Edit] – 3:47
Personnel
Musicians Carole King – vocals, acoustic piano (1, 3–6, 9, 11), acoustic piano solo (1), organ (1, 10), keyboards (2), acoustic guitar (6, 7), synthesizers (10) Teddy Andreadis – keyboards (2), organ (3, 11), organ solo (10) Robbie Kondor – synthesizers (4) Rudy Guess – guitars (2–4, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (5–8) Slash – lead guitar (2) J.J. Holiday – acoustic slide guitar (8) John Humphrey – bass, bass solo (10) Danny Carey – drums (1, 10, 11), Yamaha RY-30 (1) Jerry Angel – drums (2–4, 7, 9) Chris Frazier – drums (8) Lynn Coulter – percussion (2), drums (6) Danny Pelfrey – alto saxophone (5), sax solo (10) Jim Avery – French horn (9) Background vocalists Carole King – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 10) Leata Galloway – backing vocals (2) Linda Lawley – backing vocals (2) Danny Pelfrey – backing vocals (2)
Production Carole King – producer, mixing (1–3, 5–10) Rudy Guess – producer, mixing (1–3, 5–10), recording (1–3, 5, 7, 9, 10) Evren Göknar – recording (1, 2, 6, 8–10) Larry Mah – recording (4) Malcolm Pollack – mixing (4) John Bennett – recording (9) Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California) Kosh – art direction, design Robert Blakeman – photography
Charts + Chart performance for Colour of Your DreamsChart (1993)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)72
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