Take Off Your Colours is the debut studio album

Studio album

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 by English pop punk

Pop punk

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 band You Me at Six

You Me At Six

You Me at Six is a British rock band from Weybridge, Surrey. Formed in 2004, the group rose to fame in 2008 with the success of their debut album, Take Off Your Colours, which included the singles "Save It for the Bedroom", "Finders Keepers" and "Kiss and Tell", with the latter two peaking at #33...

, released October 6, 2008 on Slam Dunk Records

Slam Dunk Records

Slam-Dunk Records is an independent record label , founded in Leeds, England in 2007. The label is most notable for popular band You Me At Six. The label evolved, initially, from popular clubnight 'Slam Dunk', a weekly clubnight held at the city's Cockpit music venue, predominantly centered around...

. The album entered the UK Albums Chart

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 at #25.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Josh Franceschi; music composed by You Me at Six.

1. "The Truth Is a Terrible Thing" - 2:52
2. "Gossip" - 2:58
3. "Call That a Comeback?" - 3:27
4. "Jealous Minds Think Alike" - 3:38
5. "Save It for the Bedroom
   Save It for the Bedroom
   "Save It for the Bedroom" is a single by British band You Me At Six. It was originally released in 2007, but was re-released in March 2009. The re-release version is a different recording to the original....
   
   " - 4:14
6. "Take Off Your Colours" - 3:03
7. "You've Made Your Bed (So Sleep in It)" - 4:20
8. "If You Run" - 3:58
9. "Tigers and Sharks" - 4:29
10. "If I Were in Your Shoes" - 3:01
11. "Always Attract" (featuring Elissa Franceschi) - 6:07
12. "Nasty Habits" - 3:52
13. "The Rumour" - 5:17

Deluxe edition

A deluxe edition of Take Off Your Colours was released on July 21, 2009 in the U.S. and September 14, 2009 in the UK. The new version features five additional songs. Tracks 14 & 15 were 2009 singles and tracks 16-18 were B-sides to "Save It for the Bedroom" (2009 re-release), "Gossip" and "Jealous Minds Think Alike" respectively. The deluxe edition also includes the videos for "Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers (You Me At Six song)

Finders Keepers is a You Me At Six single which was released on 24 May 2009. It features on their "Take Off Your Colours: Deluxe Edition" album along with their next single, Kiss and Tell, and three B-sides. The song reached #1 in the Kerrang Rock Top 40, and peaked at #33 on the UK Singles Chart...

" and "Kiss and Tell". Due to recent claims by the band during their UK tour, the deluxe re-release is rumoured to also feature some live recorded tracks, which was proven false. This deluxe version does however contain a remasted version of The Rumour, which includes screamed vocals in the final stages. Track 11th of the album, which also refers to "Always Attract", features guest vocals from the band's frontman Josh Franceschi's very own sister Elissa.

Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

14. "Kiss and Tell
    Kiss and Tell (You Me at Six song)
    "Kiss and Tell" is a song by You Me at Six. It features on the Take Off Your Colours Deluxe Edition. The song is a first person narrative about a girl that everybody wants, and how she has a promiscuous nature and "Kisses and Tells". The song received considerable airplay across Radio 1 as well as...
    
    " - 3:11
15. "Finders Keepers
    Finders Keepers (You Me At Six song)
    Finders Keepers is a You Me At Six single which was released on 24 May 2009. It features on their "Take Off Your Colours: Deluxe Edition" album along with their next single, Kiss and Tell, and three B-sides. The song reached #1 in the Kerrang Rock Top 40, and peaked at #33 on the UK Singles Chart...
    
    " - 3:11
16. "Sweet Feet" - 3:40
17. "All Your Fault" - 4:28
18. "Blue Eyes Don't Lie" - 3:33

You Me at Six

• Josh Franceschi - lead vocals
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  , lyrics
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• Chris Miller - lead guitar
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• Max Helyer - rhythm guitar
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  , backing vocals
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• Matt Barnes - bass guitar
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• Dan Flint - drums
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  , percussion
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Production

• Matt O'Grady - producer
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• John Mitchell - co-producer, mixing
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• Tim Turan - mastering
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• Tom Barnes - photography
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• Monkey See Monkey Design - artwork
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  , design
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• Ben Ray - A&R
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• Alistair Tant - A&R
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Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #	Ref.
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	October 8, 2008	Slam Dunk Slam Dunk Records Slam-Dunk Records is an independent record label , founded in Leeds, England in 2007. The label is most notable for popular band You Me At Six. The label evolved, initially, from popular clubnight 'Slam Dunk', a weekly clubnight held at the city's Cockpit music venue, predominantly centered around...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , Digital Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	SLAMD005
	September 14, 2009	Virgin Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...	Deluxe 2-CD, Digital	CDV3063
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	July 21, 2009	Epitaph Epitaph Records Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...	CD, Digital	87030

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
UK Album Chart	25