True Colours (Level 42 album)
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| Released | 5 October 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
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| Length | 44:50 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Ken Scott | |||
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True Colours is the fifth studio album by the English jazz-funk band Level 42, released on 5 October 1984 by Polydor Records. Beyond the band's native UK, the album was released in 10-plus other countries, including Japan, Germany and the US. The album peaked at #14 in the UK Albums Chart.
The first single released, "Hot Water", hit #18 on the UK Singles Chart, #7 in Belgium and #3 in the Netherlands, and has become a staple in Level 42's live sets to the present day. The second single "The Chant Has Begun", released in many countries, peaked at #41 in the UK Singles Chart.
"Hot Water" was released in the US in 1986 (after being featured in a single version on the US version of the band's follow-up studio album World Machine) and entered the Billboard Hot 100, at #87.