The Colour Album is the fifth studio album by Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 group Fra Lippo Lippi

Fra Lippo Lippi (band)

Fra Lippo Lippi is a New Wave band from Norway. They had several hits in the 1980s, such as "Shouldn't Have to Be Like That", "Everytime I See You" and "Light and Shade", and recorded a new album as late as 2002...

 and the first release after the band severed their ties with Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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"Count on Me", "Love is a Lonely Harbour" and "Mother's Little Soldier" were released as singles to promote this album. Despite a successful tour to promote the album in the Philippines

Philippines

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, The Colour Album did not do as well as the band's two previous albums. The band parted ways with The Record Station in 1990 and was considering a breakup, but decided to write songs for a new album instead.

Track listing

1. "A Little Rain Must Fall"
2. "Mother's Little Soldier"
3. "Under the Same Sun"
4. "You Bring Me Joy"
5. "Love is a Lonely Harbour"
6. "Count on Me"
7. "ABC"
8. "Childhood Days"
9. "Into The Blue"

Personnel

• Rune Kristoffersen
  Rune Kristoffersen
  Rune Kristoffersen is a Norwegian best known for being the founder and bassist of the pop rock band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Background :Rune Kristoffersen spent the eighties playing bass in Norwegian pop outfit Fra Lippo Lippi, signed to Virgin Records and had an album produced by Walter Becker from...
  
   - Bass
• Per Øystein Sørensen
  Per Øystein Sørensen
  Per Øystein Sørensen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of the New Wave/synth pop band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Biography :...
  
   - Vocals, keyboards

with

• Per Lindvall - Drums, percussion
• Henrik Janson - Guitar, cello
• Tore Elgarøy - Guitar
• Lasse Hafreager - Accordion
• Nils Petter Molvær
  Nils Petter Molvær
  Nils Petter Molvær also known as NPM is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and producer. Molvær is considered a pioneer in fusing jazz and electronic music, showcased on his best-selling album Khmer, released by the German record label ECM in October 1997 in Europe and early 1998 in North...
  
   - Trumpet
• Knut Riisnæs - Saxophone
• Bendik Hofseth - Saxophone
• Arild Stav - Clarinet, flute
• Carl Anders Sponberg - Violin
• Atle Sponberg - Violin
• Stig-Ove Ose - Viola
• Marit Klovning - Cello
• Bjørn Kjellemyr - Acoustic bass
• Matts Alsberg - Acoustic bass
• Per Hillestad - Drums, percussion
• Berit Lohne - Backing vocals
• Mauro Scocco
  Mauro Scocco
  Mauro Scocco is a Swedish pop artist of Italian descent. He was the singer for the pop group Ratata in the 1980s and has been a solo artist since. He has been described as "one of the sharpest songwriters in Sweden"....
  
  - Backing vocals