Color of Success

Color of Success
Studio album by Morris Day
Released	September 11, 1985
Recorded	Indigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, California
Genre	R&B/Funk
Length	35:33
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Morris Day
Morris Day chronology
Color of Success (1985) Daydreaming (1987)
Singles from Color of Success
"The Oak Tree" Released: 1985 "The Color Of Success" Released: 1985 "The Character" Released: 1985 "Love Sign" Released: 1985

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Color of Success is the 1985 debut album by the funk/R&B singer, Morris Day.

Background

Released a year after departing previous band The Time, the album is similar in style to The Time's material, even going so far as to copy The Time's formula of six songs per album. The album's highlight is "The Oak Tree", a funky-pop number about a dance, akin to "The Bird" by The Time. The album was produced, arranged and composed by Day, who also played drums and keyboards throughout the album. Also on keyboards was Rickey "Freeze" Smith, who would later join Day in the revamped version of The Time in the mid-1990s.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Morris Day

1. "Color of Success" – 5:20
2. "The Character" – 4:07
3. "The Oak Tree" – 7:22
4. "Love Sign" – 6:22
5. "Don't Wait For Me" – 7:12
6. "Love / Addiction" – 5:10

Personnel

• Drums and Percussion - Morris Day
• Drum Programming - Steve Mitchell
• Engineer - Richard Kaplan
• Guitar - Horace Bokie Coleman Jr., Howie Rice, Roland Bautista, Tony Berg
• Mixing - Michael Brauer, Morris Day
• Piano - Greg Phillinganes
• Producer - Morris Day
• Synthesizer - Howie Rice, Larry Dunn, Morris Day, Ricky "Freeze" Smith, Steve Mitchell
• Vocals - Morris Day (lead), Angie Johnson, Bunny Hull, Clydene Jackson, Kit Hain, Mary Bridges, Maxayne Lewis, Mimi Brodsky, Sharon Robinson

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	37
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Albums	7