I know it can be hard for folk not to stay focused, but we talk so little about people like Morris Day outside of Prince, let's try to not deal with 1984(Ice Cream Castles) or the 'what if's' in connection to Prince. Any dealings with Prince during his 1985-86 Color of Success period is good.

Recording Location

• Indigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, CA

AllMusic Review by Rob Theakston

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

• 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

It's a good album.My favorite track is "The Character"

"The Character"

I'm so glad you are doing this album.

I loved this album when I was a kid. Heck I still do.

I always loved the first lines of the song.

When he used the word TIME. I always wondered if it had a double meaning?

Patience gone

TIME to move along

it is TIME to win

TIME to spread the word

Cool stuff. I always enjoy reading these!

Morris Day performing "The Character" on Soul Train

That's yours?

SoulAlive said:

portrait session in 1986 in Los Angeles

No,not mine....but I do have a vinyl copy of this album,in one of the crates in the garage

OldFriends4Sale said:

That's yours?

oh ok

SoulAlive said:

No,not mine....but I do have a vinyl copy of this album,in one of the crates in the garage

OldFriends4Sale said:

That's yours?

OldFriends4Sale said:

Man that made me sooo miss the 80s and UPTOWN

I like his choice of band members and routine

SoulAlive said:

Morris Day performing "The Character" on Soul Train

Agree totally. Who cares about some of these "associated artists"

I'm putting this on my playlists for this week.

There are so many albums and songs that this forum reminds me of.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Morris Day Color Of Success 1985 Tour Program

"Color Of Success" official music video (1985)

Tracklist

EmmaMcG said:

The Associated Artists forum should have more of this stuff. It's much more interesting than reading about Mayte's latest tweet or some back-up dancer's new photoshoot or whatever. I like Color Of Success. It's not a great album by any stretch of the imagination but it's solid. I bought this album on CD in HMV about 10 years ago. Before I was even a Prince fan. My boyfriend at the time is a massive fan of Prince but was disappointed that outside of The Time, it was practically impossible to find any albums by artists related to Prince. Especially here in Ireland, where back then, the only Prince albums that were regularly stocked in shops was Purple Rain, Parade and that crap "greatest hits" compilation. Everything else was rarer than teeth on a hen. But one day I was browsing through the "import" section and came across Morris Day's Color Of Success album. I recognised the name from my boyfriend mentioning him and bought the album. It got a lot of plays before I eventually gave it to him.

Definately.

We've done ablum eras on Jesse Johnson, Vanity, Jill Jones, and I think there is still an active one on Sheila E(Sex Cymbal)

Morris Day attends Second Annual MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 1985 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

OldFriends4Sale said:

EmmaMcG said:

The Associated Artists forum should have more of this stuff. It's much more interesting than reading about Mayte's latest tweet or some back-up dancer's new photoshoot or whatever. I like Color Of Success. It's not a great album by any stretch of the imagination but it's solid. I bought this album on CD in HMV about 10 years ago. Before I was even a Prince fan. My boyfriend at the time is a massive fan of Prince but was disappointed that outside of The Time, it was practically impossible to find any albums by artists related to Prince. Especially here in Ireland, where back then, the only Prince albums that were regularly stocked in shops was Purple Rain, Parade and that crap "greatest hits" compilation. Everything else was rarer than teeth on a hen. But one day I was browsing through the "import" section and came across Morris Day's Color Of Success album. I recognised the name from my boyfriend mentioning him and bought the album. It got a lot of plays before I eventually gave it to him.

Definately.

We've done ablum eras on Jesse Johnson, Vanity, Jill Jones, and I think there is still an active one on Sheila E(Sex Cymbal)

You do such an amazing job with these type of threads! More,please

Although it was never released as a single,the slow jam "Don't Wait For Me" was a fan favorite