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- Censored Colors
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Portugal. The Man
Released 2008

Created
02:53
9,915 plays

Salt
04:18
8,939 plays

New Orleans
05:03
5,831 plays

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- 1
- Part I: The Colors
- 03:49
- 3,462 plays

- 2
- Lay Me Back Down
- 03:50
- 13,850 plays

- 2
- Colors
- 05:03
- 11,364 plays

- 3
- And I
- 05:40
- 5,392 plays

- 5
- Salt
- 04:18
- 8,939 plays

- 6
- Created
- 02:53
- 9,915 plays

- 6
- Out and In and In and Out
- 04:46
- 4,649 plays

- 7
- Intermission
- 01:50
- 5,396 plays

- 9
- Never Pleased
- 03:46
- 5,690 plays

- 9
- Part II: The Twenty-Five
- 03:46
- 2,229 plays

- 10
- Sit Back and Dream
- 01:21
- 5,028 plays

- 10
- New Orleans
- 05:03
- 5,831 plays

- 11
- Hard Times
- 02:35
- 1,122 plays

- 12
- Our Times
- 01:45
- 1,042 plays

- 13
- All Mine
- 03:46
- 5,412 plays

- 13
- Hard Times and Our Times
- 03:46
- 2,258 plays

- 14
- 1989
- 04:12
- 1,502 plays

- 15
- Our way
- 02:31
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album review

Wasilla, AK, received a great deal of attention in 2008 as the city where VP candidate Sarah Palin once served as mayor, and as a place with a terrible crystal meth problem. Wasilla is also the city that gave listeners Portugal. The Man -- an alternative pop/rock outfit that has had a lot of potential but hasn't always been consistent. Censored Colors, it turns out, is their most consistent and memorable album (certainly as of 2008), and this 53-minute CD finds Portugal. The Man sounding more focused and decisive without sacrificing their experimental nature. The Alaskans have tried different things on different releases; on Censored Colors, their approach is best described as alternative pop/rock with theatrical leanings and elements of progressive rock, psychedelic rock, and soul. Rock musicals are an influence -- Portugal. The Man's members sound like have been checking out Tommy and Hair -- as are artists ranging from Pink Floyd to Radiohead to the Beatles (the gift that keeps on giving). But Portugal. The Man never sound confused on Censored Colors; they had some growing and developing to do, and they show a lot of growth as a band on this 2008 release. That is not to say that Censored Colors isn't self-indulgent at times, but the album's excesses are not a major problem -- and overall, Censored Colors leaves listeners with a favorable impression of the band. Censored Colors is a definite step forward for Portugal. The Man. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide