Colours (Stone album)

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Colours
Studio album by
Released1990
Recorded1989–1990 in MTV Studios & Finnvox Studios
GenreThrash metal
Length44:13
LabelMegamania
ProducerMikko Karmila, Stone
Stone chronology
No Anaesthesia!
(1989)
Colours
(1990)
Emotional Playground
(1991)

Colours is the third album by Finnish thrash metal band Stone, released in 1990. This is their first album with Nirri Niiranen, replacing original guitarist Jiri Jalkanen, who had been fired from the band just before the recording sessions started.[1] Colours is considered to be more technical and experimental than Stone's first two albums, continuing the elements of progressive that the band had used on its predecessor No Anaesthesia!, and featuring more complexity and mid-paced tempos, as well as longer songs in length.[1][2] It was remastered and re-issued by Megamania in 2003. The Japanese version had a redder pigment used on the album cover.[3] An EP was released for the album track "Empty Suit".

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stone Cold Soul"Joutsenniemi5:57
2."Another Morning"Latvala, Joutsenniemi3:10
3."White Worms"Joutsenniemi6:09
4."Empty Suit"Latvala, Joutsenniemi6:13
5."Spring"Latvala, Joutsenniemi5:44
6."Storm Inside the Calm"Latvala, Joutsenniemi6:01
7."Ocean of Sand"Latvala, Joutsenniemi4:58
8."Meaning of Life"Joutsenniemi6:01
9."Friends" (bonus track on CD versions, Led Zeppelin cover)Jimmy Page, Robert Plant5:31
Total length:49:49

Personnel[edit]

  • Janne Joutsenniemi – bass, vocals
  • Nirri Niiranen – guitar
  • Roope Latvala – guitar
  • Pekka Kasari – drums
Additional personnel
  • Janne Kannas violin on "White Worms"
  • Miika Uuksulainen cello on "White Worms"
  • Sennu Laine cello on "White Worms"[4][5]
Production
  • Mikko Karmila – producer

Empty Suit EP[edit]

A four-track EP was released for "Empty Suit"[6] in 1990.[7] The A-side contained two tracks from Colours, "Empty Suit" and "Friends", while the B-side contained two live tracks. The live performances on side B were taken from a show in Helsinki on 15 March 1990. This show was guitarist Jiri Jalkanen's final show with Stone before his departure from the band.[7]

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Empty Suit"Latvala, Joutsenniemi6:13
2."Friends" (Led Zeppelin cover)Jimmy Page, Robert Plant5:31
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
3."Empty Corner" (Live)Latvala, Joutsenniemi6:04
4."Meat Mincing Machine" (Live)Joutsenniemi, Latvala5:46

Charts[edit]

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 14

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "J Garcia". Los Angeles Music Awards. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  2. ^ "No Life 'til Metal – CD Gallery – Stone". nolifetilmetal.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. ^ [1], Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  4. ^ [2], Finnmusic.net. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  5. ^ [3], Discogs.com, Retrieved 2 April 2011
  6. ^ [4], Metal-Archives.net, Retrieved 1 April 2011
  7. ^ a b [5], Rateyourmusic.net, Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Stone: Colours" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.