Censored Colors

Censored Colors
Studio album by Portugal. The Man
Released	September 16, 2008
Recorded	January, 2008[1]
Genre	Psychedelic rock Progressive rock
Length	53:11
Label	Equal Vision Records Approaching AIRballoons
Portugal. The Man chronology
Church Mouth (2007) Censored Colors (2008) The Satanic Satanist (2009)

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

Censored Colors is the third full-length album from Alaskan experimental 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]

The album leaked onto the internet 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

All tracks 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

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

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). World of Music (September 08): 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.