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Censored Colors
Censored Colors
Studio album by Portugal. The Man
Released	September 16, 2008
Recorded	January 2008
Genre	Psychedelic rock; progressive rock;
Length	53:11
Label	Equal Vision Records; Approaching AIRballoons
Producer	Kirk Huffman, Phillip Peterson, Paul Q. Kolderie
Portugal. The Man chronology

Censored Colors is the third studio album by American rock band Portugal. The Man. The album was released through a partnership with Equal Vision Records on September 16, 2008. This partnership is not a traditional record contract, as the band "could work at their own pace and be intimately involved in all factors of their recording career."^[6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Alternative Press	^[3]
PopMatters	^[4]
World of Music	^[5]

The album leaked onto the Internet on August 25, 2008. The following day, the band posted a blog entry discussing the leak and their support of music downloading, encouraging their fans to download, share, and give feedback about the album.^[7]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by John Baldwin Gourley

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lay Me Back Down"	3:49
2.	"Colors"	5:02
3.	"And I"	5:39
4.	"Salt"	4:17
5.	"Created"	2:52
6.	"Out and In and In and Out"	4:46
7.	"Intermission"	1:49
8.	"New Orleans"	5:03
9.	"Never Pleased"	3:46
10.	"Sit Back and Dream"	1:20
11.	"Hard Times"	2:34
12.	"Our Times"	1:45
13.	"All Mine"	3:46
14.	"1989"	4:12
15.	"Our Way"	2:31

Personnel edit

Portugal. The Man

John Baldwin Gourley – vocals, guitar, organ, drum machines
Zachary Carothers – bass guitar, backing vocals
Jason Sechrist – drums, backing vocals
Ryan Neighbors – organ, synthesizer, piano, vocals, Fender Rhodes

Technical personnel

Kirk Huffman – production, engineering
Phillip Peterson – production, engineering, arranging
Paul Q. Kolderie – production, mixing
Adam Taylor – production, mixing
Ian Kennedy – mastering
Rich Holtzman – management

Additional musicians

Matt Clifford – slide guitar
Kirk Huffman – guitar, percussion, vocals
Thomas Hunter – slide guitar
Garrett Lunceford - percussion
Victoria Parker – violin
Aaron Perrino – vocals, moog synthesizer
Zoe Manville - vocals
Charles Peterson – shouts
Philip Peterson – synthesizer, harmonica, percussion, trombone, trumpet, accordion, cello, harp, vocals
Anthony Saffery – sitar
Ryan Sollee – vocals

References edit

^ @ House Of Breaking Glass, Seattle, WA | Producer Phillip A. Peterson, Kirk Huffman Interview with John Gourley of Portugal. The Man
^ Henderson, Alex. Censored Colors at AllMusic
^ Alternative Press (#243, p. 161)
^ PopMatters review
^ "musik angehört". WOM magazin (in German) (September 08). World of Music: 29.
^ "Equal Vision to release new Portugal. The Man full length." Punknews.org. July 31, 2008.
^ "Hooray For Future Music." Archived September 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Portugaltheman.net blog archive. August 26, 2008.

[1] @ House Of Breaking Glass, Seattle, WA | Producer Phillip A. Peterson, Kirk Huffman Interview with John Gourley of Portugal. The Man

[2] Henderson, Alex. Censored Colors at AllMusic

[3] Alternative Press (#243, p. 161)

[4] PopMatters review

[5] "musik angehört". WOM magazin (in German) (September 08). World of Music: 29.

[6] "Equal Vision to release new Portugal. The Man full length." Punknews.org. July 31, 2008.

[7] "Hooray For Future Music." Archived September 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Portugaltheman.net blog archive. August 26, 2008.

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Summary

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