Colors is the fourth studio album by American progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me, released on September 18, 2007 through Victory Records. Although separated in 8 tracks, Colors gives the impression of one continuous song, with transitions between each part. The album was remixed and remastered in 2020. In August 2021, the band had released another album being a sequel to Colors, titled Colors II.[1]
Colors was recorded in April through May 2007 at the Basement Studios with Jamie King as the chosen producer for it. Prior to its release, it received great praise and sold 12,600 copies in its first week of release, reaching 57th on the Billboard 200, which was the first time the band reached the top 100 on the list.[2]Mike Portnoy, formerly of Dream Theater, one of Between the Buried and Me's main influences, named Colors his favorite album of the year. PopMatters wrote, "A true marvel, this challenging but ultimately highly rewarding album is an example of a young band just discovering what it’s capable of. At the rate they’re going, the modern metal pantheon awaits," while Ultimate Guitar also named it "Best Album of the Year" in their annual This Year in Metal.[3]
A live DVD, titled Colors Live, was released on October 14, 2008 and includes footage from a live show on August 2, 2008 at Rocketown in Nashville, Tennessee.
The song "Prequel to the Sequel" is featured as downloadable content for the video game, Rock Band 2, though it is the radio edited version of the song, shortened to five minutes, leaving the polka verse and everything after missing.[4]
The band described the album as "adult contemporary progressive death metal".[6][7]
Dave Donnelly of AllMusic described the music of Colors as being "an anomaly on the otherwise more conservative, pop-punk and hardcore oriented Victory Records label" noting that the group "play a progressive style of extreme metal" which incorporated a range of styles.[8]
Loudwire commented about the song "Ants of the Sky": "The 13-minute track weaves in and out of demented carnival metal, psychedelic solos, smooth jazz guitar, space rock and a goddamn country hoedown… not to mention the most tear-jerkingly beautiful solo of Paul Waggoner’s career."[9]
Promotion
Two weeks before the release of Colors, the band released a series of videos for the songs. The videos consisted of clips from classic films, and each video was shown for one day before being removed. The videos were designated different colors to coincide with the album's theme, although having no known relation to the lyrics:
"Foam Born (a) The Backtrack" and "(b) The Decade of Statues" – orange "Informal Gluttony" – green "Sun of Nothing" – yellow "Ants of the Sky" – red "Prequel to the Sequel" – aqua "Viridian" – blue "White Walls" – purple
In 2014, Prog put Colors at #45 on their "Top 100 Greatest Prog Albums Of All Time" list commenting that "Between The Buried And Me found their range and musical mobility here. Aside from metal, it has influences from jazz and pop. It’s an album that encompasses differing styles but has an irresistible dynamic."[19]Loudwire placed the album at #7 on their "Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Albums of the 21st Century" list, saying that it was "nothing less than a complete metamorphosis of progressive metal."[20]
Kerrang named the album in their list "The 21 Best U.S. Metalcore Albums Of All Time."[6]Loudwire named it at fifth in their list "Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time."[21]ThoughtCo also named Colors in their list "Essential Progressive Metal Albums."[22]
Adam Fisher (Fear Before) – harsh and clean vocals on "Prequel to the Sequel"
Graham Bennett – didgeridoo on "Informal Gluttony"
Production
Jamie King – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
Brandon Proff – layout
Chuck Johnson – photography
References
^Rosenberg, Axl (June 24, 2021). "Between the Buried and Me Announce New Album Colors II". Metalsucks. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
^"HIM, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER First-Week Sales Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. September 26, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2007.
^"This Year In Metal: 2007". Ultimate Guitar. December 24, 2007. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
^Goldstein, Hilary (October 21, 2008). . Xbox Live. IGN. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
^Pasbani, Robert (May 16, 2017). "Between the Buried and Me Officially Announce Colors Tour Dates, with The Contortionist, Polyphia, Toothgrinder". Metal Injection. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
^ abYoung, Simon (March 23, 2018). "The 21 Best U.S. Metalcore Albums Of All Time". Kerrang!. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
^Casagrande, Tim (March 8, 2018). "Three Shows to See this Week: Breakbot, Walk Off the Earth, Between the Buried & Me - March 8, 2018". SF Weekly. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ abDonnelly, Dave. "Colors – Between the Buried and Me". AllMusic. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
^Hartmann, Graham (September 18, 2018). "11 Years Ago: Between the Buried and Me Triumph With 'Colors'". Loudwire. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
^Bower, Chad. . About.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
^"Alternative Press - Between the Buried and Me : Colors Review". Altpress.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^"Blabbermouth.Net". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^Synyard, Dave (September 17, 2007). "Between the Buried and Me – Colors review". Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^Begrand, Adrien (October 31, 2007). "Between the Buried and Me: Colors". PopMatters. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
^genebuonaccorsi (September 25, 2007). "Between The Buried And Me – Colors". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
^Kilroy, Hannah May; Ewing, Jerry (August 6, 2014). "The 100 Greatest Prog Albums Of All Time: 60-41". Prog Magazine. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
^"Top 100 Hard Rock + Heavy Metal Albums of the 21st Century". Loudwire. March 25, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
^Hill, John (August 2, 2017). "Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time". Loudwire. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
^Marsicano, Dan. "Best Progressive Metal Albums". LiveAbout. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
^(2007). "Colors liner notes". In Colors [CD booklet]. Victory.
January 08, 2023
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Colors is the fourth studio album by American progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me released on September 18 2007 through Victory Records Although separated in 8 tracks Colors gives the impression of one continuous song with transitions between each part The album was remixed and remastered in 2020 In August 2021 the band had released another album being a sequel to Colors titled Colors II 1 ColorsStudio album by Between the Buried and MeReleasedSeptember 18 2007RecordedMay 2007StudioBasement Studios in Winston Salem North CarolinaGenreProgressive metaltechnical death metalmetalcoreLength64 09LabelVictoryProducerBetween the Buried and Me Jamie KingBetween the Buried and Me chronologyThe Anatomy Of 2006 Colors 2007 Colors Live 2008 Contents 1 Overview 2 Music 3 Promotion 4 Reception 5 Track listing 6 Personnel 7 ReferencesOverview EditColors was recorded in April through May 2007 at the Basement Studios with Jamie King as the chosen producer for it Prior to its release it received great praise and sold 12 600 copies in its first week of release reaching 57th on the Billboard 200 which was the first time the band reached the top 100 on the list 2 Mike Portnoy formerly of Dream Theater one of Between the Buried and Me s main influences named Colors his favorite album of the year PopMatters wrote A true marvel this challenging but ultimately highly rewarding album is an example of a young band just discovering what it s capable of At the rate they re going the modern metal pantheon awaits while Ultimate Guitar also named it Best Album of the Year in their annual This Year in Metal 3 A live DVD titled Colors Live was released on October 14 2008 and includes footage from a live show on August 2 2008 at Rocketown in Nashville Tennessee The song Prequel to the Sequel is featured as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band 2 though it is the radio edited version of the song shortened to five minutes leaving the polka verse and everything after missing 4 In May 2017 Between the Buried and Me announced a 10th anniversary tour of the album with The Contortionist Polyphia and Toothgrinder 5 Music EditThe band described the album as adult contemporary progressive death metal 6 7 Dave Donnelly of AllMusic described the music of Colors as being an anomaly on the otherwise more conservative pop punk and hardcore oriented Victory Records label noting that the group play a progressive style of extreme metal which incorporated a range of styles 8 Loudwire commented about the song Ants of the Sky The 13 minute track weaves in and out of demented carnival metal psychedelic solos smooth jazz guitar space rock and a goddamn country hoedown not to mention the most tear jerkingly beautiful solo of Paul Waggoner s career 9 Promotion EditTwo weeks before the release of Colors the band released a series of videos for the songs The videos consisted of clips from classic films and each video was shown for one day before being removed The videos were designated different colors to coincide with the album s theme although having no known relation to the lyrics Foam Born a The Backtrack and b The Decade of Statues orange Informal Gluttony green Sun of Nothing yellow Ants of the Sky red Prequel to the Sequel aqua Viridian blue White Walls purpleReception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAbout com 10 AllMusic 8 Alternative Press 11 Blabbermouth net9 10 12 Exclaim highly favorable 13 PopMatters8 10 14 Punknews org 15 Rock Hard7 10 16 Sputnikmusic 17 Ultimate Guitar 9 7 10 18 In 2014 Prog put Colors at 45 on their Top 100 Greatest Prog Albums Of All Time list commenting that Between The Buried And Me found their range and musical mobility here Aside from metal it has influences from jazz and pop It s an album that encompasses differing styles but has an irresistible dynamic 19 Loudwire placed the album at 7 on their Top 100 Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Albums of the 21st Century list saying that it was nothing less than a complete metamorphosis of progressive metal 20 Kerrang named the album in their list The 21 Best U S Metalcore Albums Of All Time 6 Loudwire named it at fifth in their list Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time 21 ThoughtCo also named Colors in their list Essential Progressive Metal Albums 22 Track listing EditAll lyrics are written by Tommy Rogers all music is composed by Between the Buried and Me No TitleLength1 Foam Born A The Backtrack 2 132 B The Decade of Statues 5 203 Informal Gluttony 6 474 Sun of Nothing 10 595 Ants of the Sky 13 106 Prequel to the Sequel 8 367 Viridian instrumental 2 518 White Walls 14 13Total length 64 09Personnel EditCredits for Colors adapted from liner notes 23 Between the Buried and Me Tommy Giles Rogers vocals keyboards Paul Waggoner lead guitar vocals Dan Briggs bass keyboards backing vocals Dustie Waring rhythm guitar Blake Richardson drums percussion Guest musicians Adam Fisher Fear Before harsh and clean vocals on Prequel to the Sequel Graham Bennett didgeridoo on Informal Gluttony Production Jamie King production engineering mixing mastering Brandon Proff layout Chuck Johnson photographyReferences Edit Rosenberg Axl June 24 2021 Between the Buried and Me Announce New Album Colors II Metalsucks Retrieved June 24 2021 HIM BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER First Week Sales Revealed Blabbermouth net September 26 2007 Retrieved September 27 2007 This Year In Metal 2007 Ultimate Guitar December 24 2007 Retrieved June 8 2019 Goldstein Hilary October 21 2008 Rock Band 2 Free DLC Revealed Xbox 360 News at IGN Xbox Live IGN Archived from the original on October 4 2011 Retrieved June 8 2019 Pasbani Robert May 16 2017 Between the Buried and Me Officially Announce Colors Tour Dates with The Contortionist Polyphia Toothgrinder Metal Injection Retrieved June 8 2019 a b Young Simon March 23 2018 The 21 Best U S Metalcore Albums Of All Time Kerrang Retrieved June 8 2019 Casagrande Tim March 8 2018 Three Shows to See this Week Breakbot Walk Off the Earth Between the Buried amp Me March 8 2018 SF Weekly Retrieved September 25 2019 a b Donnelly Dave Colors Between the Buried and Me AllMusic Retrieved April 13 2018 Hartmann Graham September 18 2018 11 Years Ago Between the Buried and Me Triumph With Colors Loudwire Retrieved June 8 2019 Bower Chad Between the Buried and Me Colors About com Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved June 8 2019 Alternative Press Between the Buried and Me Colors Review Altpress com Retrieved 29 July 2021 Blabbermouth Net Roadrunnerrecords com Retrieved 29 July 2021 Synyard Dave September 17 2007 Between the Buried and Me Colors review Retrieved 29 July 2021 Begrand Adrien October 31 2007 Between the Buried and Me Colors PopMatters Retrieved November 26 2012 genebuonaccorsi September 25 2007 Between The Buried And Me Colors Punknews org Retrieved June 8 2019 Rock Hard review issue 246 Between the Buried and Me Colors album review Sputnikmusic September 5 2007 Retrieved November 26 2012 Colors Review Ultimate Guitar Retrieved June 8 2019 Kilroy Hannah May Ewing Jerry August 6 2014 The 100 Greatest Prog Albums Of All Time 60 41 Prog Magazine Retrieved June 8 2019 Top 100 Hard Rock Heavy Metal Albums of the 21st Century Loudwire March 25 2016 Retrieved February 11 2018 Hill John August 2 2017 Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time Loudwire Retrieved June 20 2019 Marsicano Dan Best Progressive Metal Albums LiveAbout Retrieved June 20 2019 2007 Colors liner notes In Colors CD booklet Victory Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Colors Between the Buried and Me album amp oldid 1109840670, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
