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{{Infobox album|
| name = Color of Success
| type = Album
| artist = [[Morris Day]]
| cover = Color_of_Success.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 11, 1985
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Indigo Ranch Studios, [[Malibu, California]]
| genre = *[[Contemporary R&B]]
*[[funk]]
| length = 35:33
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer = [[Morris Day]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Daydreaming (Morris Day album)|Daydreaming]]
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Color of Success
| type = studio
| single1 = The Oak Tree
| single1date = 1985
| single2 = The Color Of Success
| single2date = 1985
| single3 = The Character
| single3date = 1985
| single4 = Love Sign
| single4date = 1985
}}
}}

'''''Color of Success''''' is the debut album by the [[funk]]/[[R&B]] singer, [[Morris Day]] released in 1985 on [[Warner Bros. Records]].<ref name=Album>{{cite book|title=Morris Day: Color of Success|date=November 1985|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records]]}}</ref> This album has been certified Gold in the US by the [[RIAA]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morris Day |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Morris+Day+#search_section |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=[[RIAA]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Background==
Released a year after departing previous band [[The Time (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 (The Time song)|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.

== Critical reception ==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-color-of-success-mw0000189697|title=Morris Day: The Color of Success|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|website=allmusic.com}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Rolling Stone]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=RollingStone>{{cite web|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=&sort=YMD_date%3AD&page=3&hide_duplicates=0&offset=61&maxresults=20&fld-nav-0=YMD_date&val-nav-0=1985%20-%201985&fld-base-0=alltext&val-base-0=%22Morris%20Day%22&docref=image/v2%3A11EA68C14C72638D%40EANX-K12-14102FE29EE09D67%402446380-140FA59A436DF8B1%4093-140FA59A436DF8B1%40|title=Record Reviews|author=Henke, Janes|page=94|date=November 10, 1985|work=[[Greensboro News and Record]]|publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]|via=newsbank.com}}</ref>
}}

James Henke of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', in a 3 out of 5 stars review, remarked "On his first solo album, former [[The Time (band)|The Time]] singer Morris Day continues to play the role he perfected in
''[[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]]'' that of the coolest, baddest dude around. Musically, this is uptempo R&B, not quite heavy on the synths as the Time's material was."<ref name=RollingStone />

Rob Theakston of [[AllMusic]] wrote "''The Color of Success'' offers to fans what Day does best, funky but accessible dance-pop music in the vein of many of his Minneapolis contemporaries. While the album runs a little bit on the short side, there is no filler and it is surprisingly consistent from start to finish."<ref name=Allmusic />

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
|title1= Color of Success
|writer1= [[Morris Day]]
|length1= 5:20
|title2= The Character
|writer2= Morris Day
|length2= 4:07
|title3= The Oak Tree
|writer3= Morris Day
|length3= 7:22
|title4= Love Sign
|writer4= Morris Day
|length4= 6:22
|title5= Don't Wait For Me
|writer5= Morris Day
|length5= 7:12
|title6= Love/Addiction
|writer6= Morris Day
|length6= 5:10
}}

==Credits==
*[[Drummer|Drums]] and [[Percussionist|percussion]] - Morris Day
*[[Drum machine|Drum programming]] - Steve Mitchell
*[[Audio engineering|Engineer]] - Richard Kaplan
*Guitar - Horace Bokie Coleman Jr., Howie Rice, [[Roland Bautista]], Tony Berg
*[[audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixing]] - Michael Brauer, Morris Day
*Piano - [[Greg Phillinganes]]
*[[Music producer|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==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (1985)
! Peak position
|-
| U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Morris Day {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/morris-day/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 37
|-
| U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Top Black Albums]]<ref name=":0" />
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Morris Day albums]]
[[Category:1985 debut albums]]
[[Category:Warner Records albums]]

Color of Success - Revision history

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