Man of Colours was released on 21 September 1987 and has sold over 10 x Platinum. The album went to No. 1 on the Album Charts (for 11 consecutive weeks) and won two ARIA Awards (Album of the Year, Highest Selling Album).
Rarely has an album won the ARIA Award for both critical acclaim by the music industry, and popular acclaim by the public. It was also the first Australian album to spawn 5 Top 30 singles – Electric Blue, Crazy, My Obsession, Man of Colours and Nothing Too Serious.
Rarely has an album won the ARIA Award for both critical acclaim by the music industry, and popular acclaim by the public. It was also the first Australian album to spawn 5 Top 30 singles – Electric Blue, Crazy, My Obsession, Man of Colours and Nothing Too Serious.
Electric Blue also went on to win Most Performed Australasian Popular Work at the APRA Music Awards.
Tracklist
SIDE A
1. Crazy
2. Electric Blue
3. Nothing too serious
4. Man of Colours
5. Heartbreak Kid
SIDE B
6. The Kingdom
7. My Obsession
8. Girl in the moon
9. Anybody's War
10. Sunrise