Man of Colours

Man of Colours
Studio album by Icehouse
Released	AUS: 21 September 1987 United States: 22 September 1987
Recorded	February to May 1987 @ E.M.I. Studios 301 and Trash Studios, Sydney, Australia and Crescent Studios, Bath, England
Genre	Rock, new wave
Length	44:36 AUS 1987 LP 56:45 AUS 1987 CD
Label	Regular / Chrysalis
Producer	David Lord
Icehouse chronology
Measure for Measure (1986) Man of Colours (1987) Great Southern Land (1989)
Singles from Man of Colours
"Crazy" Released: 8 June 1987 "Electric Blue" Released: 31 August 1987 "My Obsession" Released: 23 November 1987 "Man of Colours" Released: 8 February 1988 "Nothing Too Serious" Released: 16 May 1988
Man of Colours
1988 Black-sleeve release (Regular Records)

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Man of Colours is Australian rock/synthpop band Icehouse's best-selling album, which was released in September 1987 on Regular Records / Chrysalis Records. The album peaked at #1 on the Australian album charts for 11 weeks from 5 October 1987 and has sold over 700,000 copies. "Electric Blue" was their only Australian #1 single, the release of the album and its singles marked the zenith of Icehouse's commercial success, both locally and internationally. Several other songs from the album also charted well.

Founding Icehouse member Iva Davies (vocals, guitars, keyboards, Fairlight CMI, Cor Anglais) was joined by Robert Kretschmer (guitars), Andy Qunta (keyboards, piano), Simon Lloyd (reeds, brass, keyboards, programming), Stephen Morgan (bass guitar) and Paul Wheeler (drums, percussion) in recording the album from February 1987.

It was the first Australian album to supply five top 30 hit singles "Crazy" (3# in July), "Electric Blue" (co-written by Davies and John Oates of US band Hall & Oates) (#1, October), "My Obsession" (#5, December), "Man of Colours" (#28, February 1988) and "Nothing Too Serious" (#29, May 1988). With US chart success for "Crazy", which reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on its Mainstream Rock chart, and "Electric Blue" (#7 Hot 100, #10 Mainstream), the album Man of Colours reached #43 on the Billboard 200.