Vivid (Living Colour album)

Vivid is the debut studio album by the American rock
band Living Colour, released on May 3, 1988 through
Epic Records. It was one of the most popular albums of
1988, reaching No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and
certied double platinum by the RIAA. The album is also
featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before
You Die.
1 Track listing
All tracks written by Vernon Reid, except where noted.
2 Personnel
Assistant Recording & Mix Engineers: Danny Mor-
mando, Debi Cornish, Stephen Immerwahr, Mike
McMackin, Tom Durack, U.E. Natasi
Mastered by Greg Calbi
All Songs Published by Dare To Dream Music, ex-
cept Memories Can't Wait (WB Music Corp./Bleu
Disque Music Inc./Index Music).[5]
4 Chart performance
Singles

2.1 Living Colour 5 Awards

Corey Glover vocals
Grammy Awards
Vernon Reid guitar

Muzz Skillings bass

6 References
Will Calhoun drums
[1] Gold & Platinum Searchable Database. RIAA. Re-
trieved 2015-03-21.
2.2 Additional personnel
[2] Prato, Greg. Vivid - Living Colour. AllMusic. Rovi
Mick Jagger harmonica (8), backing vocals Corporation. Retrieved 2014-11-30.

Chuck D rapping (6)

[3] Davey Boy (2009-01-24). Review: Living Colour -
Vivid. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
Flavor Flav social commentary (6)

The Fowler Family additional backing vocals (2
and 5)
Dennis Diamond carnival barker (8)
3 Production
Tracks 1-8 & 10 Produced by Ed Stasium.
Recorded by Ed Stasium & Paul Hamingson. Mixed
by Paul Hamingson.
Tracks 9 & 11 Produced by Mick Jagger. Recorded
by Ron St. Germain. Mixed by Ed Stasium & Paul
Hamingson.
[4] The Village Voice review
[5] Discogs.com
[6] Chartifacts > Week Ending September 23 1990 (from
The ARIA Report Issue No. 37)". Imgur.com (original
document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2016-08-24.
[7] Living Colour - Vivid. Charts.org.nz. hitparade.ch. Re-
trieved 2007-12-20.
[8] Living Colour - Vivid [albums]". Billboard. Retrieved
2007-12-20.
[9] Living Colour - Vivid. Charts.org.nor. Norwegian-
Charts.com. Retrieved 2007-12-20.

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7 External links
Vivid (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy
where licensed)
Vivid at discogs Retrieved 7/09/10
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