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 songs written and composed 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." Portugaltheman.net blog archive. August 26, 2008.